Equans UK & Ireland
Management Accountant
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Management Accountant
Equans is looking for a Management Accountant to join the team in Lewisham on a permanent basis. This is a full-time role working 40 hours per week. On offer is a competitive salary and benefits package.
The Management Accountant is responsible for delivering professional, timely, and accurate financial reporting & forecasting, for a range of business units within Equans E&S. This is a broad role, which encompasses financial management, contractual support, and risk management.
The Finance department at Equans E&S is regarded as a trusted and strong partner. We support business leaders to effectively manage, and shape the future of the business by providing smart financial information, contractual analysis, and advice.
What Will You Deliver?
- Take responsibility for producing timely/accurate/compliant monthly financial results (P&L and balance sheet), for each of the service lines within your scope.
- Produce forecasting exercises (budget and re-forecasts).
- Monitor, track, and analyse the operational expenses in the month and recommend efficiencies where possible.
- Presentation of meaningful trends and variance analysis to enable your customers to make informed decisions.
- Provision of internal and statutory audit justifications as required.
- Take responsibility for the production of key financial indicators. Analyse and provide recommendations to site management, to optimise the Company’s position (i.e., supplier payments, debtor days, etc).
- Preparation of the monthly core service fee invoice and other invoices based on contractual information and operational records on non-core activity.
- Monitoring and chasing of debt with clients with a view to optimising cash flows in accordance with contractual arrangements.
- Evaluate and challenge - using appropriate data and analytics - the budgeting and operations of each site and service line: resource levels, performance vs. output specifications, and suitable benchmarks.
- Support general managers to minimise performance penalties. Analyse root causes / recommendations.
- Liaise with relevant staff to improve paper flow and cash flow, making suggestions where appropriate.
- Assist with analysing / auditing contractual compliance and risks, to provide sound support to site management, and ensure that the business is gaining full entitlement of contractual arrangements.
- Provide support to your manager and business leaders when pricing contractual variations and tendering for new opportunities (pricing, modelling, etc).
- Play a key role with the Operational team reviewing the monthly Performance Management System with a view to minimising risk to the business.
- Take an active part in the optimisation of our management systems and reporting suite – to provide meaningful financial information to our customers, in the most effective way.
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What Can We Offer You?
On offer is a competitive salary and benefits package, which includes:
- 24 days annual leave (+ public holidays)
- Life Cover equivalent to 1.5 times annual salary
- Employee discount shopping schemes on major brands and retailers
- Gym membership discounts
- Cycle to work scheme
- Holiday purchase scheme
- 2 corporate social responsibility days per year
- Broad range of learning opportunities, such as professional qualifications, collective/individual training, and personalized support programmes
- Attractive Employee Referral Rewards Scheme
- Access to our growing employee networks including AccessAbility (representing those with physical and mental disabilities), Encompass (representing the LGBTQ+ community), RISE (representing people from ethnic backgrounds), WOMEN TOGETHER (representing women in Equans), Working Parents, and Young Professionals.
- 24/7 Employee Assistance Program and access to mental wellbeing app
Who Are We Looking For?
- Working towards CIMA, ACA, or ACCA qualification
- Ability to analyse complex data
- Strong Excel skills
- Strong communicator
- This role includes a DBS Basic check, therefore ability to pass is essential.
Who Are We?
In the UK & Ireland, Equans is a provider of sustainable facilities management and regeneration, and cutting-edge energy and digital services. Our 15,000 employees combine these activities to deliver decarbonisation across the built environment and help businesses, communities, public sector organisations, and government to accelerate the transition to a low carbon, resilient world. Globally, Equans is a world leader in the energy and services sector with operations in 20 countries, 90,000 employees working on 5 continents, and a turnover of 19.2 billion euros in 2024. Equans is a subsidiary of the Bouygues group.
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What's Next?
If this role is of interest to you, please click below to register, apply, and track your progress! A member of our Resourcing Team will review your application and be in touch.
At Equans, we’re committed to building a diverse, respectful, and inclusive workplace that truly reflects the communities and markets we serve.
Joining Equans means being part of a culture where every voice is valued, supported by vibrant employee-led networks championing inclusion and diversity across gender, ethnicity, disability, LGBTQ+, veterans, parents, and young professionals.
Guided by our core values, we foster a culture of respect, integrity, collaboration, and excellence - empowering our people to deliver outstanding results and be their authentic selves every day. Our approach means we welcome candidates with transferable skills who may not meet every specific requirement, and where possible, we support flexible working arrangements and reasonable adjustments to enable success.
For this role, you must have evidence of the right to work in the UK. Certain roles may require applicants to undergo a Disclosure check or security vetting, as noted in the role requirements. A criminal record will not necessarily be a barrier to obtaining a position with us.
As part of our recruitment process, EQUANS uses StaffVetting, our trusted third-party provider, to support the completion of employee background checks. StaffVetting delivers professional screening services in a friendly, efficient, and customer-focused way, helping us ensure the right checks are completed from the start of the application journey.
We are Disability Confident Level 2 members, and we offer the Guaranteed Interview Scheme as part of this commitment. Where feasible, if a candidate applies under the Disability Confident Scheme and they meet all of the essential criteria, we will offer an interview. To find out more about this scheme please click here.
The Equans Resourcing Team manages this requirement. Agency involvement is not required. All related enquiries should come to the resourcing team not directly to Equans Managers.
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