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Management Accountant

Published 01 October 2026
£40,000.00 - £45,000.00 per year
Newark
Permanent
Job Starts: 1st October 2026
Accountancy & Finance

Job Description

Job title: Management Accountant

Location: Newark, Nottinghamshire, 5 days on site

Salary: £45,000

Job type: Permanent, full-time

Job description:

Macildowie are working with an established, owner-led retail business, based near Newark, to recruit a Management Accountant.

Its finance lead is moving into a wider role, so this new position will take ownership of the monthly management accounts. The current pack is simple, which gives the successful candidate real scope to develop it: adding detail, splitting out the numbers and making it more useful to the business. Over time, the role will also take on the financial accounts and year-end audit.

It's a small, hands-on team where everyone gets involved, so alongside month-end you'll pick up a varied mix of commercial and ad hoc work.

Key responsibilities

  • Preparing the monthly management accounts
  • Reviewing and developing the management accounts pack
  • Posting month-end journals, including payroll, accruals and prepayments
  • Reconciling payroll postings (payroll itself is run by HR)
  • Completing returns and government surveys
  • Over time, setting priorities for a small admin team covering bank reconciliations, purchase ledger and sales input
  • Checking supplier invoices for utilities, phones and IT, and resolving billing issues
  • Supporting utility contract negotiations
  • Longer term, taking on the financial accounting and year-end audit

About you

  • Experience producing monthly management accounts, including journals, accruals and prepayments
  • Strong with numbers and confident improving a set of accounts, not just producing them
  • Comfortable in a small team where finance gets involved in wider business tasks
  • Looking for a long-term role with stability and the chance to grow
  • Qualified by experience, part-qualified or studying candidates are all welcome
  • Microsoft Dynamics experience is useful but not essential

What's on offer

  • £45,000 salary
  • Ownership of a full set of management accounts
  • Close support from an experienced finance lead
  • Study support after probation
  • A route into financial accounting, audit and further progression as the business grows
  • 20 days' annual leave plus 8 bank holidays
  • Life assurance (2× salary)
  • Staff discounts
  • Pension
  • Flexible start and finish times

This is a fully office-based role, Monday to Friday, 37.5 hours a week. 

To find out more, apply now or contact Ashley Roope at Macildowie for a confidential conversation.



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