Management Accountant
At a glance
Mid-level Accounting role at Awg (Broadbean External). Huntingdon · full-time · no salary stated · we estimate £37,315–£57,500 across the United Kingdom.
Awg (Broadbean External) has not published a salary for this role. The figure below is our estimate, not theirs.
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What you'll do
- Build budgets and forecasts for your assigned business area, covering both operating and capital expenditure
- Give budget holders the financial data they need and act as their main finance contact
- Test forecast assumptions and balance potential risks against opportunities in the final outlook
- Keep budgeting milestones on track and improve the process with your team
- Deliver accurate actuals and follow financial controls, escalating issues and sharing key guidance
What you bring
- You are at least part-qualified in ACCA, CIMA or ACA, or have equivalent experience
- You have experience preparing actuals, forecasts and budgets, alongside management accounting work
- You have managed stakeholders and worked within financial controls and processes
- You can use financial reporting and analysis tools, including Power BI or SAP applications
Who this fits
This mid-level role suits a finance professional who can support budget holders and deliver planning and management accounting for a business area. It is full time at thirty-seven hours, based in Huntingdon or Peterborough, with flexible working options possible.
From the employer
Management Accountant
Circa £43,344 dependent on skills and experience
Permanent, full time (37 hours) with potential flexible working options
Huntingdon / Peterborough
Dive into a world of opportunity, and join our team!
Reporting into the Finance Manager, you will play a pivotal role in driving financial planning, performance, and decision-making across your business area. You will be delivering high-quality financial insight, budgeting and forecasting, and commercial support that enables informed decision-making in a complex and regulated environment. You will be accountable for delivering accurate actuals, forecasts, and budgets for both the area you support and other areas within the remit of the Finance Manager and your team.
You will be responsible for maintaining compliance with financial controls policy & procedure, escalation of control issues and communicating key financial controls messages across the virtual finance teams for your designated business area. You will deliver the business planning and management accounting processes for the designated business area for OPEX and CAPEX, driving continuous improvement of processes, communicating key messages and timescales to stakeholders. The budget areas you will be responsible will be of a mid-size and complexity.
Key responsibilities
- Responsible for producing financial budgets and forecasts for your designated business area
- Single point of contact for assigned budget holders for provision of all financial data and information
- Working with your team and the Financial Controller, ensure key milestones and budget objectives are built into the timetable and plan
- Ensure compliance with the budget timetable and process
- Drive standardised continuous improvement in the budget process in conjunction with your team
- Deliver the forecasting process for the designated business area, challenge assumptions in the bottom up process and ensure forecasts reflect an appropriate balance of risk and opportunity
We invest in our people - as a valued employee, you’ll be entitled to:
- Personal private health care
- Generous double match pension – contribute 7% and Anglian Water will contribute 14%, giving a total contribution of 21%
- 24-hour Virtual GP service for you and your household
- 26 days annual leave – rising with length of service and the ability to buy more
- Life assurance (up to 8 x salary)
- Personal accident cover (up to 5 x salary)
- Excellent family friendly policies, such as 26 weeks full pay for maternity / adoption leave, as well as 4 weeks paid paternity / partner leave. Opportunity for shared parental pay
- Bonus scheme
- Flexible benefits and working culture to support your wellbeing and lifestyle.
What does it take to be successful?
- Minimum Part-Qualified Finance professional (ACCA, CIMA, ACA) or equivalent experience
- Experience in managing stakeholders
- Experience in producing actuals, forecasts and budgets
- Experience with management accounting
- Experience of compliance with financial controls and processes
- Sound knowledge and understanding of, and application of financial reporting and analysis tools (e.g Power BI, SAP analysis and reporting applications) in providing high quality outputs
Inclusion at Anglian Water:
Inclusion is for everyone and we are an equal opportunity employer, which means we’ll consider all suitably qualified applicants regardless of gender identity or expression, ethnic origin, nationality, religion or beliefs, age, sexual orientation, disability status or any other protected characteristic. We recruit and develop our people based on merit and their passion for creating better outcomes, and we’re committed to creating an environment where all our colleagues feel they belong.
Closing date: 5th October 2026
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