Management Accountant

Management Accountant 🌟 Position: Management Accountant (Qualified / Nearly Qualified) 📍 Location: Hybrid – London office and home working 💼 Type: Full-time 📅 Start Date: Immediate 💰 Salary: £45k to £60k About Cooper Moss Rutland Cooper Moss Rutland (CMR) is an independent, award-winning project controls consultancy supporting some of the UK's most complex construction and infrastructure programmes. We provide specialist expertise across project controls, planning, cost, risk, change, reporting and data, working across rail, highways, aviation, defence, nuclear, energy and water. We are a growing business with an ambitious outlook. Our culture is collaborative, entrepreneurial and focused on delivering high-quality work for our clients, while creating an environment where our people can develop and make a genuine impact. The Role We are looking for a Management Accountant to take ownership of the core financial processes that underpin our growing business. This is a hands-on role covering the mechanics of our finance function: month-end close, accruals, reconciliations, VAT, the timesheet-to-invoice process and the production of accurate, timely management accounts. You would be joining a function that has grown quickly and has room to improve. We want someone who will run the core processes reliably and then make them better, rather than accepting them as they are. You would be the in-house finance lead, working with our external accountants and, where needed, senior finance support. This would suit someone who is qualified or nearly qualified , has strong technical accounting fundamentals and enjoys being close to the detail while also understanding the wider commercial picture. Key Responsibilities Month-End & Management Accounts • Own and manage the month-end close process from start to finish. • Prepare accurate and timely monthly management accounts. • Prepare and post month-end journals, including accruals, prepayments and other adjustments. • Reconcile balance sheet accounts and investigate and resolve discrepancies. • Provide clear financial information and commentary to the leadership team. • Prepare monthly cash flow forecasts and support the annual budgeting cycle. Revenue, Billing & WIP • Own the timesheet-to-invoice process, from approved timesheets through to invoices issued. • Raise client invoices in line with each client's billing arrangements, which vary considerably by client and by platform. • Maintain revenue accruals and monitor unbilled work, keeping WIP and the cash conversion cycle under control. • Run credit control and follow up overdue balances. • Monitor timesheet submissions and chase employees for missing or incomplete timesheets ahead of each month-end. Accounts Payable, Payments & Cash • Manage the accounts payable process, ensuring supplier invoices are accurately recorded and appropriately authorised. • Maintain accurate supplier records and resolve supplier queries and invoice discrepancies. • Process employee expenses and company credit card transactions, checking them against policy and chasing missing receipts. • Prepare and process supplier payment runs. • Support cash flow management and ensure key payment obligations are met on time. VAT & Compliance • Prepare and submit VAT returns accurately and on time. • Ensure VAT treatment is applied correctly across transactions. • Support the year-end accounts process and CMR's external accountants. • Work with the external accountants (and any fractional senior finance support) on year-end, tax and technical accounting matters, escalating judgement calls rather than deciding them alone. Financial Control & Reporting • Perform regular bank, control account and balance sheet reconciliations. • Identify errors, incons