108 Senior Management jobs in Cardiff

Our contract catering client is seeking an experienced and detail-oriented Management Accountant to join their finance team. This role is vital in ensuring accurate financial reporting, supporting business decisions, and driving continuous improvement across our finance processes.

Key Responsibilities

• Prepare, review, and analyse monthly management accounts
li>Support the month-end and year-end close processes
• Assist with budgeting, forecasting, and variance analysis to provide insight into financial performance.
• Maintain and reconcile general ledger accounts, ensuring compliance with accounting standards.
• Work with operational teams to provide financial support and guidance.
• Support the Finance Manager with ad-hoc projects and business initiatives.

Skills & Experience

• Qualified or part-qualified accountant (CIMA, ACCA, ACA, or equivalent).
• Strong experience in management accounting
• Excellent knowledge of balance sheet preparation and reconciliation.
• Strong Excel and data analysis skills.
• Attention to detail with the ability to meet deadlines.
• Effective communication skills with the ability to partner with non-finance stakeholders.

If you are a proactive and analytical professional looking to further your career in management accounting, we would love to hear from you. Our client offers a varied/ interactive/ autonomous role with a good benefits package. This is mainly a site based role.

We are seeking a skilled Management Accountant to join our finance team and play a crucial role in delivering accurate and timely financial and management information. You will be responsible for preparing the Trial Balance on schedule and providing excellent support to the Financial Control function.

Key Responsibilities:

• Produce the Trial Balance with detailed analysis and commentary on movements.
• Assist with overhead variance analysis and related reporting.
• Provide analysis and evidence to support Balance Sheet reconciliations and ensure timely completion of related actions.
• Run the monthly stock report and post related journals.
• Prepare VAT returns for review.
• Prepare prepayment and accrual schedules, posting entries upon approval.
• Monitor and test critical spares stock monthly to ensure accounts reflect actual usage.
• Support year-end and audit processes by providing necessary information.
• Post and reconcile intercompany balances monthly, ensuring proper documentation.
• Maintain an audit-ready asset register with accurate asset postings and recharges.
• Manage assets under construction and oversee capitalization processes.
• Prepare accruals and prepayments for monthly and year-end closes, explaining variances.
• Perform weekly and monthly

We are seeking a skilled Management Accountant to join our finance team and play a crucial role in delivering accurate and timely financial and management information. You will be responsible for preparing the Trial Balance on schedule and providing excellent support to the Financial Control function.

Key Responsibilities:

• Produce the Trial Balance with detailed analysis and commentary on movements.
• Assist with overhead variance analysis and related reporting.
• Provide analysis and evidence to support Balance Sheet reconciliations and ensure timely completion of related actions.
• Run the monthly stock report and post related journals.
• Prepare VAT returns for review.
• Prepare prepayment and accrual schedules, posting entries upon approval.
• Monitor and test critical spares stock monthly to ensure accounts reflect actual usage.
• Support year-end and audit processes by providing necessary information.
• Post and reconcile intercompany balances monthly, ensuring proper documentation.
• Maintain an audit-ready asset register with accurate asset postings and recharges.
• Manage assets under construction and oversee capitalization processes.
• Prepare accruals and prepayments for monthly and year-end closes, explaining variances.
• Perform weekly and monthly

Your new company

A well-established and fast-growing retail organisation with a pan-European footprint is seeking a TEMP Senior Management Accountant to provide high-level financial support during a critical period. This is a strategic interim role suited to someone with strong commercial acumen and the ability to lead and influence across finance and operational teams.

Role Summary

You'll play a key role in driving financial performance, supporting decision-making, and ensuring robust financial control. The position requires a confident, proactive individual who can operate independently, manage competing priorities, and deliver insights that shape business outcomes.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the preparation of monthly management accounts, including variance analysis and commentary
• Own the forecasting and budgeting process across multiple cost centres
• Provide strategic financial support to senior stakeholders and operational leads
• Oversee month-end close, ensuring accuracy and timeliness
• Analyse complex datasets to identify trends, risks, and opportunities
• Drive improvements in financial reporting, controls, and systems
• Contribute to cross-functional projects and transformation initiatives

Candidate Profile

• Part-qualified (ACCA, CIMA, ACA) or QBE with senior-level experience
• Strong technical accounting skills and commercial awareness
• Advanced Excel and experience with ERP/general ledger systems
• Proven ability to communicate financial insights to senior non-finance stakeholders
• Experience in retail, FMCG, or multi-site environments is highly desirable
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced, evolving business setting

What's on Offer

• Competitive hourly rate: 20 - 23 per hour
• Immediate start required
• Hybrid working model (2 days in office)
• Exposure to a pan-European finance structure and strategic projects

What you need to do now
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Your new company

A dynamic and fast-paced retail business with a strong European footprint is seeking a Management Accountant to join its Group Finance team on a temporary basis. The company operates across multiple markets and offers a collaborative, commercially focused environment.

The Role:

This is a Temporary Management Accountant role - immediate starting availability is essential! You'll be supporting the Group Finance function with core management accounting duties, financial analysis and business partnering. This is a hands-on role ideal for someone who thrives in a fast-moving environment and can hit the ground running.

Key Responsibilities:

• Assist with financial forecasting, budgeting, and variance analysis
• Support month-end close and trial balance reconciliations
• Process and analyse large datasets for reporting purposes
• Provide financial support to cost centre managers
• Contribute to ad-hoc finance projects and continuous improvement initiatives
• Help manage internal SLAs and stakeholder relationships

What You'll Need to Succeed

• Part-qualified accountant (ACCA, CIMA, AAT) or QBE with relevant experience
• Strong Excel skills and experience with general ledger systems
• Comfortable working with large volumes of data
• Ability to communicate financial information to non-finance stakeholders
• Exposure to payroll or HR finance processes (desirable)
• Experience in a retail or FMCG environment is a plus.

What's on Offer

• Competitive hourly rate: 18 - 20 per hour (DOE)
• Immediate start
• Hybrid working model
• Exposure to a pan-European finance team

What you need to do now

If you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call us now.
If this job isn't quite right for you but you are looking for a new position, please contact us for a confidential discussion on your career.

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Your new company
The Corporate Office sits at the heart of a federated public sector organisation, supporting multiple operational and research divisions. The team works closely with senior leadership and government stakeholders, providing strategic and operational support across governance, finance, HR, and planning functions.

Your new role
Currently looking for a Management Accountant to support one of our esteemed clients on a 3-MONTH TEMPORARY BASIS - POTENTIAL TO GO PERMANENT. OFFERING 221 PER DAY (UMBRELLA)/ 187.16 PER DAY (PAYE)

Key Responsibilities

• Financial Forecasting & Monitoring: Assist in preparing and updating financial forecasts and budgets. Support in-year budget tracking and reporting.
• Trial Balance & Accounting Support: Maintain trial balances and assist with reconciliations and month-end processes.
• Large Data Processing: Handle and manipulate large datasets for financial and operational reporting.
• Payroll & HR Support: Provide administrative support for payroll processes and HR data management, including pay, performance, and well-being initiatives.
• Business Partnering: Support cost centre managers with financial queries and expenditure reviews.
• Service Level Agreements (SLAs): Assist in managing SLA's between internal departments and external partners.
• Ad-hoc Projects: Contribute to project work and continuous improvement initiatives within the finance function.

What you'll need to succeed
Qualifications:

• Part-qualified accountant (e.g. AAT, ACCA, CIMA) or QBE with relevant experience.

Essential Experience:

• Experience in financial forecasting and budget monitoring.
• Familiarity with trial balance and accounting processes.
• Comfortable working with large datasets and Excel.
• Exposure to payroll and HR administration (desired).
• Strong IT skills (Excel, general ledger systems, MS Office).
• Ability to interpret and present financial data to non-finance colleagues.

Desirable:

• Experience in public sector finance or working with government frameworks.
• Understanding of financial controls and audit requirements.

What you'll get in return
Potential to convert to a permanent role for the right candidate.
Immediate start
Duration: Initially 3 months - potential for the right candidate to be offered a permanent role!Umbrella Pay: 221 per day PAYE: 187.16 per day


What you need to do now
If you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call us now.
If this job isn't quite right for you but you are looking for a new position, please contact us for a confidential discussion on your career.

Hays Specialist Recruitment Limited acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and employment business for the supply of temporary workers. By applying for this job you accept the T&C's, Privacy Policy and Disclaimers which can be found at (url removed)

Our contract catering client is seeking an experienced and detail-oriented Management Accountant to join their finance team. This role is vital in ensuring accurate financial reporting, supporting business decisions, and driving continuous improvement across our finance processes.

Key Responsibilities

• Prepare, review, and analyse monthly management accounts
li>Support the month-end and year-end close processes
• Assist with budgeting, forecasting, and variance analysis to provide insight into financial performance.
• Maintain and reconcile general ledger accounts, ensuring compliance with accounting standards.
• Work with operational teams to provide financial support and guidance.
• Support the Finance Manager with ad-hoc projects and business initiatives.

Skills & Experience

• Qualified or part-qualified accountant (CIMA, ACCA, ACA, or equivalent).
• Strong experience in management accounting
• Excellent knowledge of balance sheet preparation and reconciliation.
• Strong Excel and data analysis skills.
• Attention to detail with the ability to meet deadlines.
• Effective communication skills with the ability to partner with non-finance stakeholders.

If you are a proactive and analytical professional looking to further your career in management accounting, we would love to hear from you. Our client offers a varied/ interactive/ autonomous role with a good benefits package. This is mainly a site based role.

A wholesale organisation based in Avonmouth is currently recruiting an Assistant Management Accountant to join their team.

Working for a well-established business that offers study support, this role will progress onto a more senior management accounting position in due course and is an excellent opportunity for anyone looking to further their career within this field.

Duties will include:

• Assist the Financial Controller with the budgeting and forecasting process
• Balance sheet reconciliations
• Assist with month end analysis and performance
• Assist with year-end statutory accounts
• Cash flow forecasting and reporting
• Journals, accruals and pre-payments
• VAT returns
• Ad hoc project accounting

The successful candidate will have worked in an accounting role previously and ideally be studying toward or have completed an accountancy qualification. Strong excel/analytical skills are also essential.