Interim Management Accountant

Your new company
You will be joining a large, complex, contract-led infrastructure business, operating across major long-term frameworks. The organisation is PE-backed, commercially driven, and continues to invest heavily in its finance and commercial capability as its portfolio grows. Due to internal change and an expanding senior leadership remit, the business is now seeking an interim Management Accountant to ensure continuity and robustness across key contracts.

Your new role
You will join the finance team as a Management Accountant on an initial 6-month contract (with strong likelihood of extension), supporting a key water infrastructure project. Reporting into the Finance Manager, you'll take full ownership of the month-end process from start to finish, operating without junior support. You'll be part of a wider team of Management Accountants, with a structured handover provided at the start of the assignment.

Key responsibilities will include:

• Full management accounts production (end-to-end)
• Journals, accruals, and prepayments
• Full P&L ownership
• Balance sheet reconciliations
• WIP and deferred income
• Variance analysis, budgeting, and forecasting
• Cost-to-complete analysis
• Business partnering with operational and commercial teams
• Audit preparation and readiness
• Presenting financial outputs to senior stakeholders

What you'll need to succeed

• QBE or qualified accountant
• Strong experience in management accounting within a project or contract environment
• Ability to manage the full accounting cycle independently
• Strong Excel skills
• Experience with Oracle NetSuite (or similar ERP systems)
• Understanding of project accounting principles
• Confident communicator with experience presenting to senior finance stakeholders

What you'll get in return

• 300 per day (inside IR35)
• Initial 6-month contract with strong extension potential
• Hybrid working (1 day onsite)
• Opportunity to work on a large-scale infrastructure project within a collaborative finance team

What you need to do now
If you're interested in this role, please click "apply" and we will revert to the most relevant applications as soon as possible.

If this job isn't quite right for you, but you're an accountant looking for a new job in finance, please contact Benjamin Stanton at the Hays Senior Finance team in Manchester.

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