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St Albans, Hertfordshire (On-site)
17.35 miles
£300 - £400 per day
Full-time
Temporary (6 Month Contract)
Job description
Interim Senior Management Accountant – Grants
Hertfordshire | £300–£400 per day | 6 months | 3 days onsite | ASAP
We are working with a well-established £50m+ charitable and grant-funded organisation to recruit an experienced Interim Senior Management Accountant – Grants for an initial six-month assignment.
Reporting to the Finance Director, this is a senior, hands-on role combining management accounting, complex grant and project finance, business partnering and financial analysis.
A key part of the brief is finding someone who is naturally curious and questioning. They want someone who will interrogate the numbers, investigate anomalies, understand what is driving performance and come forward with solutions rather than simply reporting what has happened.
Key responsibilities
- Take senior oversight of a portfolio of complex, high-value grants and funded projects, ensuring robust financial management throughout the funding lifecycle.
- Work closely with project leads and senior stakeholders, providing financial advice, challenge and insight.
- Lead on management accounts, budgeting, forecasting, variance and trend analysis.
- Ensure restricted and grant-funded income and expenditure is accurately accounted for, allocated and reported.
- Produce and review financial reports and returns for major institutional and public funding bodies, ensuring compliance with individual funding requirements.
- Monitor project cash flow, income recovery, billing schedules and financial risks.
- Investigate variances and anomalies, getting underneath the numbers to understand the underlying issues.
- Identify financial risks and opportunities and develop practical solutions with stakeholders.
- Support improvements to financial processes, controls, systems and management information.
- Provide guidance and support to other members of the finance team and help strengthen financial understanding across the organisation.
What we are looking for
- Qualified accountant – ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent.
- Strong charity, research, education or similarly grant-funded/not-for-profit experience.
- Ideally experience within a £20m+ organisation with a reasonably complex funding structure.
- Significant experience managing restricted grants and project-based funding.
- Understanding of the requirements associated with major institutional, government or research funding streams, including cost allocation, compliance and funder reporting.
- Strong management accounting, budgeting and forecasting experience.
- Excellent Excel, analytical and financial modelling skills.
- Confident business partner who can work effectively with senior stakeholders and non-finance project leads.
- Curious, analytical and willing to challenge – someone who questions their findings rather than taking information at face value.
- Solutions-focused and proactive, with the confidence to identify an issue, investigate it and recommend a way forward.
- Able to operate autonomously and quickly get up to speed within a complex organisation.
Contract: 6 months
Rate: £300–£400 per day
Location: Hertfordshire – 3 days per week onsite
Start: ASAP
Organisation
Posted on: 24 August 2026
Closing date: 05 September 2026 at 14:50
Tags: Finance, Accounting, Data Analysis, Grants
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Public Sector
Job description
Senior Management Accountant
Uxbridge High School | Permanent | Full Time | £49,054 – £53,171 per annum
Goodman Masson are delighted to be supporting Uxbridge High School with the appointment of a Senior Management Accountant.
We are looking for a technically strong, fully qualified accountant to join the Finance Team at this exciting and ambitious school, playing a key role in strengthening financial management and supporting effective decision-making across the organisation.
About Uxbridge High School
Uxbridge High School is a highly successful, oversubscribed co-educational academy for students aged 11–18, with more than 1,300 students, including 220 students in the sixth form.
The school has a strong local reputation and is proud of its diverse and ambitious student body, dedicated staff and commitment to providing a gold standard education.
The Finance Team plays a vital role in supporting the school's strategic priorities, ensuring strong financial management, accountability and value for money.
About the role
As Senior Management Accountant, you will report to the Director of Finance & Operations and take ownership of a broad range of management accounting and financial management responsibilities.
You will lead on the preparation of management accounts, budget monitoring, forecasting, reconciliations, cashflow reporting, payroll review and financial controls.
A key part of the role will be providing clear financial insight and commentary to the Director of Finance & Operations, senior leaders, trustees and budget holders, helping ensure financial information translates into effective organisational decision-making.
You will also have supervisory responsibilities, providing technical guidance to colleagues, reviewing finance work and helping to ensure the team consistently delivers accurate work to agreed deadlines.
Key responsibilities
Your responsibilities will include:
- Leading on monthly management accounts, forecasts and budget monitoring
- Providing insightful variance analysis and financial commentary
- Supporting senior leaders and budget holders with financial advice
- Leading month-end and year-end processes
- Maintaining and reviewing key balance sheet and control account reconciliations
- Managing cashflow reporting and wider financial planning
- Reviewing and reconciling monthly payroll
- Supporting internal and external audit processes
- Supporting the five-year budget plan and integrated financial planning
About you
We are seeking a fully qualified accountant with a recognised professional qualification such as ACCA, CIPFA, CIMA, ICAEW, ICAS or equivalent.
You will have a strong management accounting background and experience across areas such as management accounts, forecasting, budget monitoring, reconciliations, month-end and year-end processes.
We are particularly keen to speak with candidates who have experience of:
- Producing management accounts and financial reports
- Budgeting, forecasting and variance analysis
- Financial controls and reconciliations
- Audit preparation and supporting audit queries
- Improving financial systems and processes
- Working accurately to tight deadlines
- Advanced Excel and financial data analysis
Experience within a school, academy trust, charity, public sector or similarly regulated environment would be advantageous. Knowledge of academy finance requirements, ESFA returns and school MIS platforms would also be desirable.
You will be a confident communicator who can explain financial information to non-finance stakeholders, challenge appropriately and build strong relationships across an organisation.
What's on offer?
Alongside a salary of £49,054 – £53,171 per annum, inclusive of Outer London weighting, the successful candidate will receive:
- 34 days' annual leave, rising to 37 days after 10 years' continuous service
- Local Government Pension Scheme
- Early finish on Fridays
- Private healthcare and wellbeing support
- Staff wellbeing initiatives
Application deadline is Wednesday 26th August. CVs will be reviewed on a rolling basis, please apply ASAP to ensure you are considered.
Posted on: 19 August 2026
Closing date: 18 September 2026 at 10:43
Job ref: 166288
Tags: Finance
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Public Sector
Job description
Senior Management Accountant
Uxbridge High School | Permanent | Full Time | £49,054 – £53,171 per annum
Goodman Masson are delighted to be supporting Uxbridge High School with the appointment of a Senior Management Accountant.
We are looking for a technically strong, fully qualified accountant to join the Finance Team at this exciting and ambitious school, playing a key role in strengthening financial management and supporting effective decision-making across the organisation.
About Uxbridge High School
Uxbridge High School is a highly successful, oversubscribed co-educational academy for students aged 11–18, with more than 1,300 students, including 220 students in the sixth form.
The school has a strong local reputation and is proud of its diverse and ambitious student body, dedicated staff and commitment to providing a gold standard education.
The Finance Team plays a vital role in supporting the school's strategic priorities, ensuring strong financial management, accountability and value for money.
About the role
As Senior Management Accountant, you will report to the Director of Finance & Operations and take ownership of a broad range of management accounting and financial management responsibilities.
You will lead on the preparation of management accounts, budget monitoring, forecasting, reconciliations, cashflow reporting, payroll review and financial controls.
A key part of the role will be providing clear financial insight and commentary to the Director of Finance & Operations, senior leaders, trustees and budget holders, helping ensure financial information translates into effective organisational decision-making.
You will also have supervisory responsibilities, providing technical guidance to colleagues, reviewing finance work and helping to ensure the team consistently delivers accurate work to agreed deadlines.
Key responsibilities
Your responsibilities will include:
- Leading on monthly management accounts, forecasts and budget monitoring
- Providing insightful variance analysis and financial commentary
- Supporting senior leaders and budget holders with financial advice
- Leading month-end and year-end processes
- Maintaining and reviewing key balance sheet and control account reconciliations
- Managing cashflow reporting and wider financial planning
- Reviewing and reconciling monthly payroll
- Supporting internal and external audit processes
- Supporting the five-year budget plan and integrated financial planning
About you
We are seeking a fully qualified accountant with a recognised professional qualification such as ACCA, CIPFA, CIMA, ICAEW, ICAS or equivalent.
You will have a strong management accounting background and experience across areas such as management accounts, forecasting, budget monitoring, reconciliations, month-end and year-end processes.
We are particularly keen to speak with candidates who have experience of:
- Producing management accounts and financial reports
- Budgeting, forecasting and variance analysis
- Financial controls and reconciliations
- Audit preparation and supporting audit queries
- Improving financial systems and processes
- Working accurately to tight deadlines
- Advanced Excel and financial data analysis
Experience within a school, academy trust, charity, public sector or similarly regulated environment would be advantageous. Knowledge of academy finance requirements, ESFA returns and school MIS platforms would also be desirable.
You will be a confident communicator who can explain financial information to non-finance stakeholders, challenge appropriately and build strong relationships across an organisation.
What's on offer?
Alongside a salary of £49,054 – £53,171 per annum, inclusive of Outer London weighting, the successful candidate will receive:
- 34 days' annual leave, rising to 37 days after 10 years' continuous service
- Local Government Pension Scheme
- Early finish on Fridays
- Private healthcare and wellbeing support
- Staff wellbeing initiatives
Application deadline is Wednesday 26th August. CVs will be reviewed on a rolling basis, please apply ASAP to ensure you are considered.
Posted on: 18 August 2026
Closing date: 17 September 2026 at 06:04
Job ref: 166288
Tags: Finance
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