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Senior Management Accountant - Oxford - hybrid working (1-2 days in office)

Overview

The Senior Management Accountant leads the Management Accounting Team to deliver high-quality monthly management accounts, ensures compliance with financial policies, and manages grant and income claims. The role also supports the continuous development of the Finance Operations function and acts as a key partner to various stakeholders across the organisation.

Responsibilities

• Lead the month-end close process, ensuring timetables are agreed and followed. Produce accurate management accounts and reporting packs with insightful commentary.
• Oversee the accurate completion and submission of all grant returns, ensuring deadlines, compliance, and income recovery opportunities are fully maximised.
• Manage the submission of statutory returns and ad hoc reporting.
• Maintain the fixed asset register, ensuring compliance with accounting standards and year-end readiness.
• Provide hands-on leadership, coaching, and development for the Management Accounting team, setting clear objectives and driving high performance.
• Review balance sheet reconciliations, ensuring robust financial control.
• Support the annual accounts preparation and external audit process, working to tight year-end deadlines.
• Drive ongoing process improvement and support systems development and implementation across finance.

Essential Qualifications & Experience

• Part-qualified accountant (ACCA, CIMA, CIPFA or equivalent) with experience in a large finance function
• Strong analytical and Excel skills with the ability to interpret financial data and present insights
• Proven team leadership and line management experience
• Demonstrable experience in process improvement and change management
• Skilled communicator with the ability to explain financial outputs to senior stakeholders
• Detail-oriented with strong ownership of deliverables

Working Conditions / Time Pressures

• High-intensity periods include the first week of each month, quarterly grant deadlines, and April/July year-end and audit deadlines
• High level of autonomy with decision-making responsibility within agreed frameworks
• Requires excellent planning and coordination across departments to meet financial reporting deadlines

Seniority level

• Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Full-time

Job function

• Accounting/Auditing, Analyst, and Finance

Industries

• Non-profit Organizations

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