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Love numbers, storytelling with data, and an early finish on a Friday? We're recruiting on behalf of a well-established manufacturing business in Livingston who are looking for a qualified Management Accountant to be their go-to finance partner. This is a hands-on, high-impact role where your insight will genuinely influence decisions across the business. You'll be joining a busy, collaborative finance team and working closely with operations and commercial colleagues - translating figures into actions and helping drive performance.
Job Responsibility:
Producing monthly management accounts with clear, meaningful commentary
Analysing revenue, margins, costs and key drivers across UK entities
Variance analysis vs budget, forecast and prior year
Turning numbers into insights that non-finance colleagues actually understand
Supporting budgets, forecasts and reforecasts
Maintaining and improving financial models (including scenario analysis)
Working with operational teams to reflect real-world trading
Spotting risks and opportunities before they become headaches
Acting as a trusted finance partner to operational and commercial teams
Supporting pricing decisions, cost control and margin improvement
Challenging assumptions (constructively!) and encouraging accountability
Championing financial awareness beyond the finance function
Digging into materials, labour, overheads and logistics costs
Identifying efficiencies and cost-saving opportunities
Supporting initiatives to boost gross margin and performance
Monitoring KPIs like margin %, cost per unit and volume trends
Analysing debtors, creditors and inventory performance
Supporting cash flow forecasting and variance analysis
Assisting with invoice discounting reporting and reconciliations
Supporting the month-end close and key journals
Ensuring data accuracy across management reporting
Working closely with Financial Accounting for aligned reporting
Improving reporting packs, dashboards and templates
Helping embed Business Central and reporting tools
Driving automation, efficiency and better data integrity
Providing insight to the CFO and Financial Controller
Supporting business cases, strategic projects and investments
Getting involved in ad-hoc deep dives that really matter
Requirements:
Qualified accountant (ACCA, CIMA, ACA or equivalent)
Solid background in management accounting and analysis
Manufacturing or multi-entity experience (highly desirable)
Strong Excel skills and ERP experience (Business Central a plus)
Good knowledge of UK accounting standards and VAT
Comfortable juggling priorities and working independently