Group Management Accountant

About the Company

This company is at the forefront of the energy transition, dedicated to funding, developing, and delivering flexible energy solutions that help businesses decarbonise. With a clear mission to create a smarter energy future, the organisation is tackling one of the most significant challenges of our time. Known for its bold, ambitious, and collaborative culture, this company continuously pushes boundaries to drive innovation and sustainability in the energy sector. Based in London, the organisation offers a dynamic and evolving environment where professionals can thrive, contribute meaningfully, and grow their careers.

About the Role

This company is seeking a highly skilled and motivated Group Management Accountant to join its London-based team. This is a fantastic opportunity for a qualified accountant to play a pivotal role in delivering accurate, timely, and insightful financial reporting across the organisation. The Group Management Accountant will act as a key finance partner to budget holders, providing high-quality management information and ensuring compliance with statutory and covenant requirements. This role offers significant scope for professional growth, involvement in impactful projects, and the chance to contribute to process improvements and systems development.

Key Responsibilities

• Take ownership of the month-end process for Group holding entities, ensuring timely and accurate postings.
• Prepare and post journals, accruals, prepayments, and adjustments as part of monthly and annual close processes.
• Support the preparation and review of the monthly group management pack, providing accurate financial commentary on results and highlighting key movements, risks, and opportunities.
• Prepare robust monthly balance sheet reconciliations for assigned entities.
• Assist with the preparation of consolidated management reports.
• Develop and maintain consolidated financial models, including those used for covenant compliance.
• Prepare and review consolidation journals, eliminations, and adjustments, ensuring consistency of reporting and accounting policies across Group entities.
• Prepare statutory financial statements for assigned Group entities in line with applicable accounting standards and regulatory requirements.
• Own specific audit areas end-to-end and resolve audit queries in a timely manner.
• Review, process, and reconcile intercompany loan postings and balances.
• Maintain and update external interest schedules, ensuring accurate calculations and postings.
• Own Group cashflow forecasting, analyse cash movements, and prepare treasury-related reporting.
• Perform detailed monthly budget vs actual variance analysis, identifying key drivers of performance.

Required Skills and Experience

• Fully qualified accountant (CIMA, ACCA, ACA, or equivalent), part qualfied or QBE.
• Strong technical accounting knowledge (IFRS/FRS).
• Proficient in Excel and confident working with large data sets.
• Experience preparing management accounts for multiple entities.
• Proven experience in preparing consolidation accounts and intercompany reconciliations.
• Strong understanding of management accounting principles, budgeting, forecasting, and financial controls.
• Substantial hands-on experience in a management accounting role with end-to-end responsibility for month-end processes.
• Ability to provide financial insights to non-finance stakeholders to support operational and commercial decision-making.
• Experience maintaining cashflow forecasts and contributing to process improvements, systems development, or reporting enhancements.
• Highly analytical with excellent attention to detail and a strong focus on accuracy.
• Comfortable operating in a dynamic organisational environment, with strong organisational skills to manage competing priorities and meet tight deadlines.
• Commercially aware, solutions-focused, and confident in constructively challenging assumptions.
• Clear and confident communicator, capable of explaining financial information effectively.