Management Accountant

Management Accountant

Location: Remote

Department: Finance

Contract type: Permanent / Full-time

About the role

We’re looking for a Management Accountant to join our Finance team, having overall responsibility for the production of timely and accurate management accounts and providing key finance business partnering support to budget holders around the business. Driving performance against set targets and providing strong leadership and direction to the team.

Activate Group is a growing UK business with 1,000+ team members nationwide. This is an exciting opportunity to build a long-term career with a company that values its people and offers genuine development and progression opportunities.

Key responsibilities

• Taking full ownership and producing timely and accurate monthly management accounts for Multiple sites within Activate Accident Repair Group (AAR), including detailed P&L analysis, balance sheet reconciliations, recommendations and commentaries. Presenting the results to the relevant business managers, CFO and CEO.
• Creating board reporting pack
• Working with budget holders to provide robust budgets and forecasts for AAR.
• Drive the continuous improvement of processes to improve efficiency and the control environment of AAR.
• Responsible for the year-end closing activities including audit and liaising with external auditor.
• Providing support to the Finance Manager, CFO and CEO where required.
• Adhere to all relevant regulatory rules and guidance applicable to the role.
• Work with the business managers and hold monthly budget review meetings to produce budgets for AAR along with regular forecasts.

Skills and experience

• CIMA/ACA/ACCA qualified but would consider part qualified with relevant experience

• Multi site or Multi entity experience - essential

• Excellent attention to detail

• A methodical approach to query resolution

• High standard of accuracy

• Ability to work under pressure

• Good working knowledge of Sage 200

• Intermediate MS Excel skills

• Ability to prioritise workload

• Willingness to learn and desire to improve current processes

Benefits

We believe in rewarding our people for the great work they do. When you join Activate Group, you can expect:

• 33 days holiday, including bank holidays
• Personal health cash plan – claim back the cost of everyday healthcare such as dental and optical check-ups
• Enhanced maternity, paternity, adoption and shared parental pay
• Life assurance at three times your basic salary
• Free breakfasts and fresh fruit
• A birthday surprise for everyone

What you can expect from us

At Activate Group, we want everyone to have the tools and support they need to do their best work. We’re an innovative business that continuously reviews and improves our systems, processes and ways of working, making sure they support our teams to do their jobs effectively.

Every role at Activate Group is aligned to our wider business vision and purpose – making someone’s bad day better. You’ll understand how your role contributes to the bigger picture and how your work helps deliver excellent outcomes for customer and partners.

We believe work should be enjoyable. We make time to celebrate success, recognise achievements and bring people together at team events and company-wide celebrations. We’ll also support your ongoing development through regular feedback and career planning.

Whether you’re based in one of our contact centres in Halifax, Peterborough or Huddersfield, working at an Activate Accident Repair (AAR) site, or working from home, you’ll be part of a supportive culture where people are encouraged to succeed.

A bit about us

Activate Group is a fast-growing business approaching 1,000 team members nationwide.

We work with some of the UK’s largest fleets and insurance companies, supporting drivers that have been involved in road incidents through our contact centres in Halifax, Peterborough and Huddersfield.

We manage every step of the repair journey - repairing vehicles at our own Activate Accident Repair (AAR) body shops, as well as through a UK-wide network of trusted independent repair partners.

We also work with the UK’s largest vehicle manufacturers, supporting their approved repair programmes, and deliver innovative technology solutions to fleets, vehicle repair centres and dealerships.

Our purpose & values

Our purpose underpins everything we do: Make someone’s bad day better

Our values define how we work with our team members, customers and suppliers:

• Make it happen – Be accountable. Take the initiative, work fast, and do a great job.
• Strive for better – Be bold. Challenge the norm - make small improvements often.
• Win together – Be a team player. Win together, learn together, respect each other.