We’re hiring for a Management Accountant to support our growing Finance team
To keep up with our growth in the UK and Ireland, we are looking for an Management Accountant to join a fast-paced organisation, supporting financial reporting, business partnering, and continuous improvement across the UK operations. The role will play a key part in strengthening financial control, enhancing processes, and delivering high-quality insight to support decision-making.
Lucy Reed
Talent Acquisition Executive
Who are NFP?
NFP, part of the Aon group, specialise in helping businesses in four core areas:
- Insurance (helping them manage key risks)
- Health and safety (supporting them to create a safer workplace for their employees)
- Employee benefits (helping them reward their people more effectively)
- HR, people and talent (supporting employers and their people to thrive through changes and challenges)
Apply now or contact us for more information
We're looking for someone with:
- A proactive, solution-oriented mindset, taking ownership of issues through to resolution
- Strong stakeholder management skills with the ability to communicate financial information clearly to non-finance audiences
- An ability to manage competing priorities effectively and deliver high-quality outputs within tight deadlines
- High attention to detail with a strong focus on accuracy, control, and continuous improvement
- Commercial awareness, with the ability to translate financial data into meaningful business insight
- Strong organisational and time management skills
- Strong technical accounting knowledge with a solid understanding of financial reporting and controls
- A dedicated focus on continuous improvement, leveraging automation and standardisation to enhance efficiency
Using your skills, you will be:
- Responsible for reporting financial performance for your business line, including the production and review of monthly management accounts (P&L and Balance Sheet), supported by robust variance analysis and clear commentary
- Leading and continuously improving month-end close activities, ensuring adherence to reporting deadlines, financial integrity, and completeness of reporting
- Owning key finance processes, including bank reconciliation, accruals, prepayments, deferred revenue and intercompany transactions, ensuring accuracy, consistency, and continuous improvement across all reporting activities
- Managing and reconciling balance sheet accounts, ensuring appropriate controls, accuracy, and timely resolution of reconciling items
- Identifying and implementing process enhancements to strengthen financial controls, improve efficiency, and enhance reporting capabilities
- Driving standardisation of finance processes across business units to improve consistency, scalability, and governance
- Delivering meaningful financial analysis and insight to support strategic and operational decision-making
- Building strong relationships with non-finance stakeholders, providing clear, relevant, and actionable financial insight to support decision-making
- Proactively challenging stakeholders to drive improved financial performance and accountability
- Contributing to the development, implementation, and ongoing enhancement of financial policies, processes, and controls
- Supporting budgeting and forecasting processes, providing insightful analysis on key drivers and variances
- Supporting budgeting and forecasting processes, providing insightful analysis on key drivers and variances
- Collaborating with transactional finance teams, ensuring appropriate oversight and alignment with financial control requirements
- Performing group reconciliations and supporting head office reporting requirements as required
- Leading year-end audit processes for assigned areas, including preparation, coordination with auditors, and timely delivery of requirements
- Supporting VAT and corporation tax processes, ensuring completeness and accuracy where applicable
- Acting as a change champion, driving adoption of improved processes and controls across the business
- Supporting ad-hoc finance projects and initiatives as required
Key information
At NFP, an Aon company, we offer flexible or hybrid working, subject to your contract or line manager
35 Hours
Hybrid
Location
Birmingham
What you'll love about working here
- working in a dynamic, fast-paced organisation in an exciting industry
- the opportunity to do globally impactful work from day one
- learning from industry and business line specialists with decades of experience
- a huge variety of projects to work on and challenges to solve
- our People First culture, which illustrates our commitment to your wellbeing and development, not just as an employee but as a human being
- a rich suite of employee benefits and out-of-work perks
The great benefits we offer
Finances
It’s important to know you’re paid fairly for the hard work you put in, which is why we complete regular reviews to keep your salary in line as you progress. Plus, we offer initiatives to support and give you financial peace of mind.
- Matched employer pension contributions
- Life Assurance and Group Income Protection
- Lifestyle discounts for well-known brands
Work-life balance
We appreciate the importance of your life outside of work and the benefits of an effective work-life balance. That’s why our policies and culture respect your ability to be flexible, helping you be your best self both in and out of the office.
- Opportunity for hybrid working
- Generous annual leave allowance
- Buy even more annual leave so you don’t miss out on that extra trip
Health and wellbeing
We firmly believe in supporting the whole person, not just the employee. At NFP, you have access to a number of initiatives and resources designed to support your physical and mental health and wellbeing.
- Comprehensive Private healthcare
- Healthcare cash plan
- Additional days off throughout the year to focus on your wellbeing
Charity and community work
At NFP, your sense of purpose will stretch far beyond your job role. With numerous opportunities to support charities and local initiatives close to our heart, you’ll be able to join us in making a real difference.
- Numerous charity fundraising challenges and events throughout the year
- Opportunities to volunteer and give back to the community
- Award-winning apprenticeship program, helping young adults from local schools take their first steps into the world of work
Social
It’s not all hard work; we also love to let our hair down. By providing plenty of opportunities to socialise with your colleagues throughout the year, we help ensure our people get on personally as well as professionally.
- Two large employee events every year for summer and Christmas
- Enjoy out-of-work events and socials to get to know your team better
- Good office locations with plenty of opportunity to socialise outside of work
Inclusion and belonging
We’re proud holders of Insurance Business Magazine’s 5-Star Inclusion and Belonging Employer award. Through our dedicated Inclusion and Belonging committee, we hold educational events that foster a culture of curiosity, not judgement.
- A dedicated Inclusion and Belonging Committee, supported by our Global Advisory Board
- Inclusive policies to ensure all of our people are treated fairly
- Access to Business Resource Groups
We’re committed to creating an inclusive and accessible recruitment process. If you require any reasonable adjustments at any stage of the application or interview process, please let our Talent Team know – we’ll do our best to support you.