Management Reporting Accounant - 12 months contract

Are you a Management Accountant looking for a new challenge and change?

If you are available immediately or on a short notice, please read further.

Charity People have partnered with a £30million turnover union based in South West London to help recruit a Management Accountant.

This is a newly created role and candidates with strong management reporting experience are invited to apply to this role.

Salary: £47,468

Location: Wimbledon

Hybrid: 3 days a week in Wimbledon due to the nature of this role and two days working from home.

Candidates who have union, charity or NFP experience with relevant experience will be shortlisted.

Some of your duties and responsibilities are;

• Management accounting and strong experience in business partnering with budget holders
• Budgeting
• Financial review, analysis and planning - supporting the finance operations manager to overseeing a zero-based budgeting exercise
• Collaborate across the Union to understand financial matters and support the budget holders to look at areas where savings could be made
• Work closely with purchase ledger and budget finance staff to review all spend at a granular level and provide insightful analysis.
• Support in the forecast and business planning processes and give an overall big picture of financial performance/position in the short to medium term
• Manage month-end accounts
• Support key month-end activities, management reporting and identify high-cost areas and make actionable recommendation to management/budget holders

Candidates applying for this role should have;

• An understanding of the management of finances in the not-for-profit / charity sector
• Knowledge of Tax, Inland Revenue policies and practices and compliance requirements - will be an advantage
• Strong experience of planning, budgeting and delivering key reports to a medium size union or not for profit organisation.
• Experience in business modelling and financial forecasting
• Financial ability to analyse and identify key areas of improvement and work closely with budget holder to give guidance and provide useful insight that will give that confident
• Experience using Sage line 50 or similar accounting systems
• Fully qualified or part qualified/finalist (CIMA, ACCA, QBE)
• Strong communication skills and ability to work alongside non-finance stakeholders
• Supporting and developing financial understanding across the union's budget holders
• Constructive contributor to senior management to improve organisation performance

The role will be closing at 9.00am on 10 th September, 2025

Candidates shortlisted for this role will be required to write a supporting statement

Please apply without further delay!

Charity People is a forward-thinking, inclusive organisation that actively and deliberately promotes equity, diversity and inclusion. We know organisations thrive when inclusion is at the forefront. We evidence our commitment by matching charity needs with the skills and experience of candidates irrespective of background-e.g. age, disability (including hidden disabilities), gender, gender identity or gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, or sexual orientation. We do this because we believe that greater diversity leads to greater results for the charities we work with.