Management Accountant (24 month FTC) Full Time

At Close Brothers we look to recruit individuals from all different backgrounds and encourage you to apply even if you don’t tick every box. We celebrate diversity, promote inclusivity and are open to discuss flexible work options to help you balance your work and home life.

Join the Close Brothers Vehicle Hire (CBVH) team where you will assist the delivery of the month end management accounts process, variance analysis, forecasting and budgeting activities, and the maintenance of strong financial controls.

The role provides analytical support to senior finance stakeholders and acts as a key link between finance and operational and commercial teams, helping to improve understanding of financial performance, margins, costs and asset utilisation.

Working as part of the Finance team, onsite in Ilkeston, our ideal team member will have previous experience delivering accurate, timely and insightful management information to enable effective decision making across the business.

Responsibilities

• Support the preparation of accurate, timely management accounts to assist month‑end reporting and financial analysis.
• Assist with budgeting and forecasting activities, contributing input to periodic reviews and longer‑term planning.
• Analyse variances against budget and forecast, helping to identify drivers and summarise findings for review.
• Produce and maintain management information and reports to support finance and operational decision‑making.
• Help interpret financial data and translate it into clear, accessible insights for finance and non‑finance stakeholders.
• Work closely with senior finance colleagues to improve reporting quality, controls and process efficiency.
• Review existing processes and reports to identify routine errors, inefficiencies or opportunities for improvement.
• Resolve day‑to‑day accounting and reporting queries with guidance, escalating more complex issues as required.
• Build effective working relationships across finance, operational and commercial teams to ensure accurate information flow.
• Support audit, banking or group finance requests by preparing data and documentation when required.

WE WOULD LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU IF YOU HAVE/ARE:

• Qualified or part-qualified Accountant (ACCA OR CIMA)
• A strong track record of delivering effective reporting under pressure and to tight deadlines;
• Able to demonstrate collaboration with and influencing others across functional and geographic boundaries;
• A keen interest in business performance and a questioning mind to appreciate and challenge both current business performance as well as forecast and strategic performance;
• Able to prioritise and deal with a wide range of business as usual and development activities at the same time;
• Able to take ownership for resolving issues with any development intervention or follow-up as necessary;
• An excellent speaker with a direct and open style, able to translate financial performance into clear and simple key messages.

We are committed to providing an inclusive and accessible recruitment process. We recognise that candidates may have specific needs that require adjustments to ensure they have a fair and equal opportunity to demonstrate their skills and abilities. Candidates who require the job description or application form in an alternative format, or any other adjustments, are encouraged to email us at recruit.ssc@closebrothers.com or request a call back.

About Us

At Close Brothers we support employees to balance their work life priorities and in this role you will be able to enjoy a mixture of hybrid working.

Close Brothers is a leading UK merchant banking group providing lending, deposit taking and securities trading. We employ approximately 3,000 people, principally in the United Kingdom and Ireland. Close Brothers Group plc is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 250.

To find out more about Close Brothers, please visit our careers page: https://www.closebrothers.com/careers

To find out more about life at Close Brothers:

https://www.closebrothers.com/life-close-brothers#374017299-899295541

To find out more about our benefits:

https://www.closebrothers.com/employee-benefits

To find out more about our commitment to creating an inclusive environment:

Our Responsibility – Diversity and inclusion ¦ Close Brothers Group

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