Management Accountant Reporting to: Financial ControllerLocation: Hitchin, Hertfordshire £40,000 - 45,000 plus bonus and excellent benefits Are you an experienced Management Accountant who is studying towards their professional qualifications or qualified? StormX is delighted to be exclusively working with a growing manufacturing business based in Hitchin, Hertfordshire. This business’s products are used on a worldwide basis and are considered to be industry leading. They put key significance on sustainability whilst striving for excellence. Key responsibilities will include:• Playing a vital role in improving key processes in the Finance team and the wider business. • Business partnering with teams across the business to ensure commercial interests are being protected and advanced.• Performing data analysis on business performance - particularly around sales, margins, and stock.• Reporting key results and metrics to the wider business. • Owning key pieces of the period-end close process, e.g., preparing and posting journals, preparing and presenting balance sheet reconciliations, accounts preparation work.• Preparing VAT returns, ONS returns, HMRC environmental returns.• Assist in preparation of monthly management accounts, monthly forecasts, annual budgets, board packs. Skills & Experience• Prior finance experience as a management accountant or similar role required.• Part or fully qualified Accountant - ideally ACCA or CIMA• Must be highly numerate and analytical. • Must be highly organised.• Must be able to work well with Excel and standard office applications. • Must be able to work well in collaborative settings. • Must possess strong commercial awareness.• Must be a self-starter with a positive can-do attitude; we’re looking for people to help transform our business and support our continuous improvement efforts.• Results and customer oriented.• Manufacturing experience preferable.• Must be based within commutable distance from our Hitchin office. What’s in it for you?• A competitive salary, plus bonus and excellent company benefits.• Hybrid working opportunities with the need to be in Hitchin as least 3 days per week. • The opportunity to join a talented and diverse team. • A dynamic and fast-paced work environment, ideal for professional development.• Access to a wide range of high-quality training resources.• The opportunity to be involved in the finance activities that support future growth, both organic and inorganic, and to be a true business partner within the organisation. Due to the anticipated high volume of applications we may receive for this advertisement, it is with regret that we may only be able to contact those applicants successful in being shortlisted. However, your application for this or any further roles, may mean that we are able to contact you when additional vacancies become available. Should you not want this to be the case, please feel free to contact us directly to ensure we are aware of your wishes. StormX Recruitment Ltd is an employment agency and employment business.