Interim Management Accountant (FTC)

Fixed Term Contract until Dec 2026

Bristol

Salary: £50,000 - £55,000 per annum

The Opportunity

We’re partnering with a highly diverse, privately owned business in Bristol to appoint a commercially minded Management Accountant.

This is far from a “sit in the corner and produce the numbers” role. You’ll be working closely with budget holders and operational managers, helping them understand performance, challenge assumptions and drive better decision-making across a varied portfolio of activities.

If you enjoy partnering with non-financial stakeholders, thrive in a hands-on environment and want genuine ownership across month-end, reporting and forecasting — this could be for you.

The Role 

Reporting into the Head of Finance, you’ll take responsibility for delivering timely, accurate management information and maintaining strong financial controls across the organisation

Key responsibilities include:

• Full ownership of month-end processes (journals, accruals, prepayments, recharges, fixed assets)
• Preparation of monthly Management Accounts with meaningful commentary and variance analysis
• Budgeting and dynamic forecasting, partnering closely with budget holders
• Cashflow reporting and bank reconciliations
• Balance sheet reconciliations with documented investigation of variances
• KPI and project performance reporting (including analysis of overspends and operational metrics)
• Oversight of AP/AR processes, PO controls and credit card programmes
• Payroll review and integrity checks
• VAT and other tax reporting support (including P11D and partnership returns)
• Maintenance of the asset register and alignment with insurance records
• Supporting finance system improvements and change projects

There is also exposure to senior leadership reporting and group-level meetings, giving you visibility and influence beyond finance.

About You

You’ll be a qualified accountant (ACA / ACCA / CIMA or equivalent) with previous experience in a Management Accountant role

Beyond the technical skills, personality and approach matter here.

We’re looking for someone who:

• Can confidently explain financial performance to non-finance stakeholders
• Is commercially aware and comfortable challenging constructively
• Has strong Excel capability
• Understands VAT and compliance fundamentals
• Operates with discretion and professionalism
• Takes ownership and enjoys improving processes
• Can manage competing priorities and meet deadlines

This environment suits someone pragmatic, solutions-focused and comfortable operating in a changing, multi-stream business setting

Why This Role?

• Broad, hands-on exposure across multiple business streams
• Genuine stakeholder interaction — not just reporting in isolation
• Opportunity to influence budgets, forecasts and operational decisions
• Involvement in finance system improvements and process evolution
• A values-led, collaborative working culture

Interim Management Accountant
Location: Bath (hybrid)

Rate: £250-£300 per day (Inside IR35)

Duration: 3-6 months (likely longer)

Our client is a privately owned UK subsidiary within a wider international group. The business requires an experienced Management Accountant to take full ownership of day-to-day finance operations and deliver timely, high-quality group reporting.

This is a hands-on role within a modern, cloud-based finance environment, offering real autonomy and direct exposure to senior leadership.

Why this role exists

During a transition period, the organisation requires experienced support to ensure financial control, reporting integrity, and operational continuity.

Leadership needs clean ledgers, robust controls, accurate multi-entity consolidation, and insightful management information delivered at pace.

This role has been created to provide stability, ownership, and forward-looking financial visibility while supporting process optimisation across the finance function.

What you’ll be doing

You’ll take full ownership of the finance cycle, ensuring operational accuracy and delivering meaningful insight to leadership:

• Maintain ledger integrity, oversee daily postings, reconciliations, AP & AR cycles, expenses and payroll journals
• Manage rolling cashflow forecasting and highlight variances or risks to the Head of Finance
• Lead full month-end close including accruals, prepayments, revenue recognition, FX and intercompany adjustments
• Consolidate international group entities and produce Group P&L and Balance Sheet within tight reporting deadlines
• Deliver concise, insight-driven management information packs including KPI dashboards and variance commentary
• Ensure compliance with UK GAAP / FRS102 and support external advisors with tax and statutory reporting
• Maintain fixed asset registers and capitalisation policies
• Improve processes and system integrations across the cloud finance stack, identifying automation opportunities
• Support budgeting cycles and provide ad-hoc commercial analysis and scenario modelling

What you’ll bring

You’ll be a confident, hands-on finance professional who can step in and add value immediately.

• Experience within an SME environment with full ownership of month-end
• Experience of multi-entity consolidation, ideally within an international structure
• Strong Excel / Google Sheets capability and confidence using cloud accounting systems
• Clear communicator, able to translate financial information for non-finance stakeholders
• Highly organised, detail-oriented and comfortable working independently
• Part-qualified / qualified (ACA / ACCA / CIMA) or strong QBE preferred
• Exposure to multi-currency and international reporting environments advantageous

How success is measured

Success in this assignment will be defined by stability, clarity, and control:

• Clean, accurate ledgers with strong financial governance.
• Month-end closed within five working days with reliable consolidated reporting
• Clear and insightful management information delivered to leadership.
• Improved cashflow visibility and forecasting accuracy.
• Enhanced processes and documented controls that leave a lasting impact beyond the contract period.

If you’re an experienced Management Accountant available at short notice and looking to make an immediate impact within a dynamic, scaling organisation, we’d welcome a confidential conversation.

Financial Planning & Analysis Manager

South West (Hybrid – 1-2 days on-site)
Permanent

Salary: £75,000 - £80,000 per annum

Play a key role in driving commercial insight within a scaling, investment-backed organisation.

Our client is a privately owned UK group operating across essential services and long-term asset-backed projects. With a multi-year growth strategy in place and increasing operational complexity, the business is investing in its commercial finance capability to support the next phase of expansion.

Why this role exists

As the organisation scales, leadership requires sharper forward-looking insight, improved commercial evaluation, and stronger performance visibility. This role has been designed to elevate financial analysis beyond reporting, embedding meaningful challenge and strategic thinking into everyday decision-making.

You’ll work closely with operational and executive stakeholders, helping shape pricing, investment, and performance strategy across the group.

What you’ll be doing

You’ll own and lead the full FP&A agenda, ensuring the organisation has a clear, accurate, and insight-driven view of its performance and trajectory:

• Lead the group-wide reforecasting and rolling planning cycles.
• Partner with operational leads to analyse performance drivers and identify opportunities for margin enhancement.
• Develop scenario analysis to support capital allocation, contract evaluations, and commercial bids.
• Enhance reporting frameworks, introducing clearer KPI dashboards and data visualisation tools.
• Support long-range planning and funding discussions with robust financial insight.
• Provide commercial input into new initiatives, cost optimisation programmes, and investment appraisals.
• Deliver concise and impactful reporting packs for the executive team.
• Act as a trusted advisor to non-finance stakeholders — translating complex data into practical recommendations.

What you’ll bring

You’ll combine strong technical capability with commercial curiosity and confidence.

• Qualified accountant (ACA / ACCA / CIMA) or equivalent experience.
• Proven background in commercial finance, business partnering, or FP&A within a dynamic environment.
• Strong financial modelling and analytical skills.
• Comfortable influencing senior stakeholders and challenging assumptions constructively.
• Experience improving reporting processes and leveraging BI tools.
• Naturally inquisitive with a focus on continuous improvement.

How success is measured

Your impact will be felt both in the numbers and in the decisions they inform. Success in this role means:

• Clearer commercial visibility across divisions.
• Forward-looking insight that influences investment and operational decisions.
• Improved forecasting accuracy and enhanced KPI reporting.
• Strong relationships with senior stakeholders.
• Measurable impact on profitability and strategic outcomes.

About The Business

We're supporting a fantastic, Bristol-based professional services SME with the search for a new Financial Controller. The business sits at ~£10m revenue, and has experienced steady growth in recent years in particular.

Now undertaking a strategic shift in optimising a broad range of processes across the company, advancing their cross-departmental integrations, and tapping further into AI and the advantages it can bring to their industry.

About The Role

This is a number one finance position, reporting to the MD and Board.

The role will assume total responsibility for financial operations & controls, financial leadership and people management, transactional finance processes, cashflow and reporting, and budgeting and commercial support to the SLT and wider business Heads.

The role offers hybrid working in central Bristol, ideally at a minimum of 2 days on site.

About The Candidate

We're looking for a fully qualified accountant who is experienced in an SME environment. The role will be dynamic, "no two days the same", requiring the Financial Controller to be confident in reaching out to your peers to find out what you don't know.

Ideally, you shall have experience in a number one role, but we are also very much open to someone making the step up from a 2ic position.

A services background is strongly preferred but not an essential requirement. Your ability to be a trusted leader to the MD and Board, showing confidence in delivering key reporting and presentations, will be highly advantageous.

Are you ready to take the next step in your corporate tax career?

Our client, a fast-growing independent tax practice, is expanding its Corporate Tax – M&A & Transactions team and looking for ambitious Managers and Assistant Managers to join their Bristol office. This is your chance to work on high-quality M&A, restructuring, and international projects while building your career in a collaborative and supportive environment.

What You’ll Do

• Advise clients on M&A, reorganisations, due diligence, demergers, and structuring.

• Manage a portfolio of corporate tax compliance and advisory work.

• Work directly with clients and intermediaries, becoming a trusted advisor.

• Develop your leadership skills by supporting and mentoring junior team members.

What We’re Looking For

• CTA / ACA (or equivalent) qualified (part-qualified considered for AM).

• 3+ years’ corporate tax experience (Assistant Manager) / 4+ years (Manager).

• Strong technical knowledge of corporate tax compliance and accounting (loss relief, corporate interest restrictions, deferred tax, CFCs, exceptional items).

• Great communication skills and a proactive approach.

• Alphatax experience is a plus but not essential.

Why Apply?

• Competitive salary benchmarked against Big 4 (up to £80k depending on level)

• Flexible hybrid working

• Career progression in a fast-growing, ambitious firm

• Exposure to complex, high-value corporate transactions

Full-time preferred, but flexible arrangements will be considered. Applicants must have the right to work in the UK and relevant UK tax experience.

Ready to accelerate your career in Corporate Tax M&A & Transactions? Apply now and be part of something exciting.