Management Accountant - Sales

The Opportunity - Management Accountant

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About the role:

As a Management Accountant at JCB, you’ll take on a highly visible and valued role within our Sales Finance team, partnering with colleagues across the business and external stakeholders to support confident, informed decision-making.

If you’re a qualified (or nearly qualified) accountant with experience in management accounts and a passion for turning numbers into meaningful insight, this could be a great next step for you.

You’ll become a trusted go to for finance queries, known for your approachable style, clear communication, and ability to bring clarity to complexity. Working in a collaborative and supportive environment, you’ll play an important part in delivering accurate, timely reporting while adding real value through your ideas and input.

This is a role where you’ll gain exposure, build relationships, and continue to grow, contributing not just to financial accuracy, but to how we continuously improve and evolve as a team.

What does this role involve day to day:

As a Management Accountant, you will provide valuable financial insight and support to ensure accurate reporting, effective cost management, and robust financial control across the business. Your day-to-day responsibilities will include: 

• Supporting the Assistant Financial Controller with month end reporting activities

• Preparing and clearly explaining key variances, providing insight and context for stakeholders

• Leading forecasting and budgeting, partnering with non Finance teams to build monthly overhead forecasts and the annual budget

• Completing balance sheet and intercompany reconciliations, investigating variances and resolving issues in a timely way

• Managing and maintaining the fixed asset register, including monitoring capital expenditure and forecasting future requirements

• Completing accruals and prepayments, posting journals accurately and on time

• Supporting continuous improvement and standardisation, helping to build an even more efficient Finance function

This will be suited to you if...

• You enjoy collaborating with others, take pride in doing things well, and like the idea of adding value through insight, accuracy and thoughtful problem-solving.

• Qualified or in the final stages of a recognised accounting qualification

• Experience within a Finance function, ideally with exposure to management accounts

• A good working knowledge of Microsoft Excel (e.g., Pivot Tables, SUMIFS and VLOOKUPs) and confidence working with data

• A proactive, organised approach, able to manage priorities, meet deadlines and maintain attention to detail

• Comfortable building positive relationships with both Finance and non Finance colleagues, and communicating clearly and professionally

• A commitment to working in line with Group Accounting Policies and delivering consistently high standards

It would be great if you also have…

• Experience supporting forecasting/budgeting cycles or partnering with stakeholders outside Finance

• An interest in improving ways of working - spotting opportunities to simplify, standardise or strengthen processes

• Experience working in a high volume environment where priorities can shift

What happens next?

Ordinarily, our Resourcing Team reviews and shortlists CVs. If shortlisted, you’ll speak to one of our Recruiters to discuss the role further. Our interview process usually consists of an initial teams interview followed by an in-person interview. We’ll keep in touch throughout the process but if you have any questions, please get in touch at recruitment@jcb.com 

What’s in it for you?

This is your chance to join a company that values expertise not only in rewards but also in real employee care. At JCB you don’t just get a competitive salary, 33 days’ holiday and access to our company pension—you can also use our onsite gym, in-house doctor, dentist and visiting optician. We have an ULEV car scheme available for our employees too. Then there’s the JCB Rewards Hub, which gives you discounts with high street retailers. Feel like biking to work? There’s our Cycle to Work Scheme.

We value diversity and welcome applications from candidates from all backgrounds.

We’re committed to ensuring our recruitment process is fair and inclusive. If you face any accessibility challenges with your online application and require additional support, you have the option of speaking to a member of our Recruitment Team who can support you to complete an application in an alternative format. If you would benefit from this support, please email recruitment@jcb.com, and a member of the team will be in touch.

Recruitment Agencies: JCB does not accept any speculative approaches to present candidates for advertised vacancies.