Management Accountant - UK&I

This job is with RS Group, an inclusive employer and a member of myGwork – the largest global platform for the LGBTQ+ business community. Please do not contact the recruiter directly.

Location : This is a hybrid role, requiring at least two days per week in the Corby (Northamptonshire) office.

Contract Type : Permanent

The Opportunity

We’re looking for a commercially minded Management Accountant to support the UK&I cost base, providing insight that helps drive operational performance and commercial returns. This role is ideal for someone who is a finalist or close to completing their professional qualification, or an experienced Management Accountant who is already qualified and looking for their next step in a fast‑paced, stakeholder‑focused finance environment.

What You Will Be Doing

• Acting as the primary finance partner for the UK&I cost base, embedding yourself in daily operations
• Providing high‑quality cost analysis, identifying risks, opportunities and efficiency improvements
• Supporting budgeting, forecasting and cost‑base planning activities

Delivering clear financial reporting and commentary for operational and functional teams

Evaluating investment decisions and commercial spend to support value creation

Building strong relationships across stakeholders and leading cost‑focused discussions

Driving a robust controls environment across UK&I

What You’ll Bring

• ACA, ACCA, CIMA (or equivalent) qualified, or at finalist level and actively progressing toward completion.
• Solid management accounting experience
• Strong stakeholder management skills with ability to influencing non‑finance colleagues
• Analytical mindset with the ability to translate data into clear, actionable insight
• Strong communication skills and the skills to operate in a dynamic, matrix environment
• Experience with SAP, OneStream or Power BI (desirable, not essential).
  
  

We Are RS

We’ve been solving industry problems for over 80 years. We turn the ‘what ifs’ into the ‘why nots’, the impossible into the possible.

Our purpose? Making amazing happen for a better world.

We offer service and product solutions to over 1.2 million customers globally, shipping a parcel every 2 seconds to over 130 countries. With over 800,000 stocked and 3 million unstocked products, we’re a trusted partner to the world’s leading industries.

We’re looking for curious, driven, and empathetic professionals to join our journey. People who think differently, act with purpose, and want to make a real impact.

Rewards

Our Reward Strategy Philosophy is designed to offer market competitive base salaries and provide all of our people the opportunity to participate in a short-term incentive, enabling them to share in the success of the Company.

Benefits

Our total reward package is more than just the cash; our recognition and benefit offering provide the opportunity for us to recognise, reward and enable the wellbeing of our people at all stages of their journey with RS. Our rewards and benefits vary by country, but include:

• Financial - pension/retirement; life assurance; salary finance (payroll deduction loan scheme)
• Wellbeing - medical plans; health screening; critical illness; disability insurance; holiday / paid time off; employee assistance programme; discounted gym/health club membership
• Lifestyle - transportation assistance schemes (e.g., cycle to work, travel loans, car leasing); onsite catering/lunch vouchers; retail discounts
• Spotlight – our global recognition programme provides a platform to highlight and recognise people role modelling our values
  
  

Ready to Make Amazing Happen?

Join c. 9,000 colleagues and help us shape the future of our industry. Whoever you are, wherever you are — it all starts here.

Apply now and make RS a part of your journey.

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