Management Accountant                  

Reports to:              Financial Controller

Company:                R3 Polygon UK Limited (and its subsidiaries)

The Position:

The Management Accountant is responsible for providing accurate, timely and insightful financial information to support effective decision-making across Polygon.   This role plays a key role in financial control, performance reporting, budgeting and forecasting, helping the business to understand performance, manage costs and drive continuous improvement.

Key Responsibilities:

• Financial reporting
  • Prepare accurate and timely monthly management accounts, including profit and loss, balance sheet, cash flow reporting and associated KPIs
  • Assist in month-end processes, ensuring journals, accruals, prepayments and balance sheet account reconciliations are completed in accordance with policies and deadlines
  • Ensure compliance with UK accounting standards (e.g. UK GAAP or IFRS)
• Cash Flow
  • Support cash flow forecasting and working capital management
• Internal Controls, Compliance and Audit
  • Maintain strong financial controls and processes
  • Ensure compliance with tax laws and regulations (VAT, corporation tax, CIS)
  • Assist with year-end audit preparation and statutory reporting
• Budgeting & Forecasting
  • Assist with the annual budgeting and periodic forecasting processes, working closely with budget holders and senior leaders
  • Produce meaningful financial analysis and commentary to explain business performance, trends, risks and opportunities
  • Assist with creating and developing financial models to support business case development, commercial modelling and scenario analysis, using multiple data sources.
• Strategic Support
  • Partner with operational and functional stakeholders to improve financial understanding and support sound commercial decision-making
  • Support senior management with financial analysis and ad hoc reporting
  • Analyse operational costs and identify opportunities for efficiency improvements
  • Identify opportunities to improve finance processes, reporting quality and efficiency through continuous improvement
  • Contribute to the wider finance team activity and projects as required, supporting business priorities and change initiatives

Skills and Attributes:

• ACCA, ACA or CIMA Qualified
• Previous experience in a Management Accountant or similar finance role
• Ability to work to tight deadlines
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills, using multiple data sources
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving abilities
• Ability to communicate financial information clearly to non-finance stakeholders
• Experience using accounting software and ERP systems (IFS highly desirable)
• Excellent attention to detail and curiosity to understand more