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Universal Business Team

Management Accountant

Crawley , United Kingdom
On-site

Location: Crawley, West Sussex
Salary: £35,000 - £45,000 per annum (negotiable DOE)
Hours: Monday – Friday, 7:30 AM – 4:30 PM

Benefits: Company wide Bonus scheme, A fantastic opportunity to grow into a strategic finance role, Exposure to senior leadership and decision-making processes, A supportive and collaborative working environment.

We are recruiting for a Management Accountant to join a fast-growing SME, based in Crawley.  The Management Accountant will be responsible for carrying out the entire Finance Function on a day-to-day basis. You will play a key role in managing our client’s financial operations, ensuring accurate and timely reporting, and supporting business decision-making. Working closely with senior leadership, this person will have the opportunity to grow into a more strategic role while maintaining a hands-on approach to finance.

 Key Responsibilities

  • Oversee management accounting, ensuring accurate and timely financial reporting.
  • Streamlining processes where appropriate.
  • Manage purchase ledger and credit control functions.
  • Collaborate with our external accounting agency to ensure smooth financial operations.
  • Support cash flow management, budgeting, and forecasting.
  • Provide financial insights to support business decisions and growth strategies.
  • Ensure financial controls and processes are maintained and improved where necessary.
  • Assist with project accounting as needed (though extensive experience in this is not required).
  • Work closely with internal stakeholders, offering finance-related guidance where necessary.
  • Adopt a proactive, can-do attitude, supporting the broader team with tasks outside of core responsibilities when required.
  • Confidently advise team members about finance matters.

Requirements

Essential:

  • Experience in management accounting and financial operations.
  • A strong attention to detail with the ability to also think strategically as well as being hands on with the day-to-day duties.
  • Proactive, self-motivated, and able to take initiative.
  • Strong experience with Microsoft Suite, including Excel.
  • Comfortable using financial systems.
  • Comfortable advising non-finance colleagues on financial matters.
  • Experience in purchase ledger and credit control.
  • AAT Level qualification (or higher) OR QBE would be considered.
  • A hands-on approach and willingness to support a small, dynamic team.

Desirable:

  • Experience in a project-based business.
  • Background in manufacturing (bespoke products).
  • Industry experience in construction.

Universal Business Team

Universal Business Team (“UBT”) is a global enterprise spanning 19 countries across the United Kingdom, Europe, North America, Central America and Australasia. UBT, headquartered in Sydney, Australia, is a diversified business consultancy that supports clients with business-advisory and group-buying services with the objective to help businesses develop a competitive edge. UBT was launched in 2009 in response to the Global Financial Crisis to support client organisations that were either in distress or looking to improve their competitiveness and financial performance. Currently, UBT turns over $500M (AUD) and has aspirations for significant growth over the next three to five years. A recent decision was made to bring four separate global regions together under the one global brand and leadership team. UBT’s business advisory services comprise corporate training, consulting, recruitment, accounting, and group buying services. UBT facilitates leadership and business excellence for our client’s in their respective industries. Through the group buying function, UBT nurtures mutually-beneficial relationships between member businesses and world-leading providers of business goods and services. The outcome to which we strive is a “win-win” for small-to-medium enterprises and big business alike. UBT provides services and products to approximately 3,000 independent, family-owned businesses globally with combined annual revenues exceeding $12B (AUD). The majority are small to medium sized enterprises with typical annual revenue ranges between $5m-$20m. However, there are also some larger businesses with annual revenues in the range of $100m-$250m. The unifying feature of all UBT’s clients is that the owners are parishioners of the Plymouth Brethren Christian Church (PBCC). UBT (which is owned by the PBCC) supports clients by providing products, services and support designed to increase their profitability and growth. The after-tax profits generated by UBT are reinvested into community initiatives, predominantly through schools (established to educate the children of Brethren families) and charities, such as the Rapid Relief Team (“RRT”) and the Red Cross. UBT Recruitment are an Equal Opportunities Employer. We will apply a rigorous, objective selection process using non-discriminatory criteria, as far as possible on behalf of all the businesses we recruit for.To view our policy in full please contact [email protected]

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