Management Accountant

Overview

Would you like to help enrich the lives of learners around the world?

At RM, we’ve been pioneers of education technology since 1973. We provide technology and resources to the education sector, supporting over 20 million students and improving educational outcomes worldwide.

What we do helps learners at all stages of their lives, from preschool to higher education and professional qualification; we partner with schools, examination boards, governments, and professional organisations globally to make learning more accessible, more engaging, and more impactful.

RM operates through two divisions: Assessment (digital assessment and marking solutions), and Technology (managed services, hardware, and software for schools).

Visit us here to find out more: www.rm.com

We encourage early applications as the vacancy may close once the position has been filled or final interviews have been arranged.

Responsibilities

• Management Accountant supporting the RM Resources finance team

• Supporting the preparation of monthly results and management reporting including divisional packs for Group consolidation
• Working with the accounting team on all reconciliations and liaising with the wider finance teams and transactional reporting team in India to ensure accurate flow of information
• Supporting the Finance Business Partners in producing the forecasts & budgets ensuring alignment with relevant functional owners.
• Support the Finance Business Partners in working with the Sales and marketing teams to analyse trends, impact of marketing & promotional activity
• Transformation – Supporting business projects to improve process and transition the business across accounting systems and delivery to drive business growth.
• Audit – support the group audit, liaising with the external auditors in preparation information and investigation of issues
• Provide ad-hoc analysis and insights to support business requirements

Experience

• Previous experience in Management account or Finance Partnering roles
• Ideally qualified at ACA/ACCA/CIMA, but will consider part qualified plus experience
• Exposure to working with the business in a previous role and experience working in cross functional teams.
• Demonstrated ability to “get behind the numbers” and understand key drivers within a business
• Expert Excel knowledge
• Experience in using finance and customer management systems
• Experience in analytical and reporting tools

• Experience of general ledger accounting
• Excellent communication skills
• Analytical with a keen attention to detail

What’s in it for you?

At RM we have My Work Blend @RM which provides office-based colleagues with multi location and hybrid working options. As well as your office base, you can spend a proportion of your time working at other locations that suit your role and your life, including home, other offices, customer sites, distribution centres or on the move. We encourage you to discuss arrangements for this role with your potential line manager during the recruitment process.

As well as a competitive salary and our core benefits package which includes private medical healthcare, life assurance and a Group Personal Pension Plan with higher contribution levels available. There are lots of voluntary benefits too. You could buy additional annual leave, join our dental plan, sign up for a health assessment, or take part in our cycle to work scheme. You could even earn yourself an extra bonus for successfully recommending a friend or family member for a position within RM.

To better reflect the society that we serve, we’re committed to building a diverse workforce and creating an inclusive and welcoming environment for all. To achieve this, we create teams of talented people from different backgrounds and experiences and strive to be a business where our people can bring their whole selves to work, we also want to make the recruitment process as inclusive as possible for everyone. Should you require additional support with your application or through the interview process, please contact us at recruitment@rm.com.

Unfortunately, we are unable to offer visa sponsorship for this role.