Management Accountant

About PXC

We are PXC, the UK’s largest provider of wholesale connectivity. Our vision is to be the UK’s #1 wholesale platform, a one-stop shop provider of connectivity, voice, cloud and security underpinned by the UK’s most robust, secure, resilient and reliable network.

Born from the combination of Virtual1 and TalkTalk’s wholesale services and national network business, we employ 1100 people across our 3 core sites (Salford, London and North Macedonia).

Our mission is clear, to be the UK’s best company to work for and best to work with. We believe this success is driven by the power of our employees. We empower our people to become true experts in their field who embody our values every day: we care; we challenge; we commit.

About the Role

Core Finance is the heartbeat of financial record preparation through the processing of financial transactions, application of accounting standards and preparation of month end reports. We work closely with our Finance Business Partners to provide insightful financial analysis and ensure an accurate and timely financial position.

Management Accountants are a critical part of the team, providing the results and analysis for the overall product area. As a qualified accountant or highly experienced in the field of finance, you will be responsible for preparation and reviewing month end results, including balance sheet control and P&L analysis. You will lead on product area result production and are the first line of analysis and review, providing valuable support to the finance business partners. The role is key in understanding business performance and allowing the organisation to make quality informed decisions.

As a Management Accountant you will support and mentor our Assistant Management Accountants through their development and studies, providing you with an opportunity to hone your management experience for your future careers.

You will possess a ‘can-do’ attitude, with a high level of attention to detail, enabling the preparation of high-quality management accounts and insight into business performance. Through your work you will be responsible for identifying areas of process improvement and working with the Finance Managers design improvement and ensure new processes are implement that enhance controls, reduce manual intervention and drive departmental efficiencies.

Candidate must be based in the Northwest and able to commute to the office twice a week

What you will be working on

You’ll join a fast-paced, dynamic and innovative environment where collaboration is the norm and development opportunities are everywhere. We want to help you to do your best work and make your biggest impact.

We'll support you through your personal development as you progress your career as a qualified accountant, developing your, communication and influencing skills and creating networking opportunities. We also offer flexible working to allow you to work dynamically and balance your work life commitments.

This is what the day to day (or month to month as an accountant!) will look like:

• Build trusted, key stakeholder relationships, proactively seek business and product knowledge to contextualise understanding and analysis, and owning problems to promptly identify and implement solutions;
• Demonstrate commercial awareness through the insight you provide around how the financials relate to the business performance and act as the subject matter expert on your product area;
• Prepare, reconcile and review balance sheet accounts, to raise corrective journals where necessary, fix identified process breakdowns, and highlight risks and opportunities;
• Manage and contribute to the production of monthly management accounts in accordance with up to date accounting regulation;
• Consolidate, analyse and review trends and variances across the product financial statements, interlinking non-financial data with financial data, to interpret business performance and aid business understanding for decision making;
• Lead the presentation of month end product reviews and act as the key point of contact with finance business partners to concisely articulate financial results and analysis;
• Facilitate and close business queries on management accounts in a prompt and efficient manner;
• Support the business with internal and external audit reviews;
• Enhance the control framework of the business through the identification, adoption and embedment of new processes and controls to prevent accounting errors;
• Champion change by highlighting, designing and implementing changes that drive process efficiencies and effectiveness

What will make you successful in your role?

• Professional qualification – ACCA or CIMA
• Strong Excel skills
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with a proven ability to engage with a variety of stakeholders
• Strong attention to detail and organisation skills
• Excellent technical accounting knowledge
• Prior experience in a finance position

How we look after our employees

• Here are just some of the ways we recognise and reward our colleagues:
• True flexible working and hybrid working options available for staff
• Fantastic, accessible and collaborative office spaces for those days in the office
• 25 days holiday plus your birthday off (you also get the option to buy up to 10 extra days holiday per year your holiday allowance goes up with tenure)
• Free private healthcare for all employees, competitive pension scheme and the opportunity to earn bonus
• Free broadband for all employees plus gifts for major life events such as marriages and birth
• Flexible salary sacrifice scheme including dental, gym, electric car scheme and much more, plus a huge range of shopping and leisure discounts so you can save even more cash
• A range of inclusive employee networks to help integrate employees into life at PXC