Full-Time Management Accountant

Salary: £40,000 – £45,000

Are you someone who prides themselves on exceptional attention to detail and accuracy? Have you successfully managed payroll in a small to medium-sized organization? Do you excel in extracting data from systems and spreadsheets to create insightful reports for analysis? Would you like the opportunity to influence the future of the finance function?

If so, we’d love to hear from you!

At Livestock Information Ltd, our mission is to be an outstanding service provider of livestock data, empowering government, industry, and farmers to effectively manage disease and infection control, whilst enhancing productivity and innovation in agriculture. As a Management Accountant at LI, you will be responsible for providing accurate financial information, conducting financial analysis enabling senior management in decision-making and reporting to internal and external stakeholders.

Your responsibilities will include: Working with LI’s People Services to deliver business payroll function, using Xero Payroll. Ensuring timely and accurate submission of PAYE and pension contribution returns. Responding to employee queries and payroll-related issues in a timely manner. Keeping up to date with changes, and ensuring compliance with financial regulations and legislation. Preparation of VAT returns. Using the Xero bookkeeping system to analyse and report on business financial progress enabling senior management decision-making. Balance sheet reconciliations. Supporting month-end and year-end close process. Liaising with auditors to ensure annual monitoring is carried out. Performing other financial duties as assigned by management. You may be required to undertake other duties assigned by your line manager.

Requirements: Proficient experience of using finance and payroll software (e.g., Xero). Experience of using MS Office Products. Previous experience in delivering payroll for small/medium-size businesses. Strong knowledge and experience in bookkeeping and supporting non-finance colleagues. Good database management skills with experience of drawing data from systems and Excel to generate reports. Strong analytical skills to review and assess business financial needs. Brilliant attention to detail. Ability to pull data from various sources and present financial analysis allowing the team to review real-time financial insights. Confidence in analysing key financial information to provide feedback to aid managerial planning and commercial decision-making.

Qualifications: Professional qualification such as AAT, CIPP, CIMA or similar is required.

Benefits: Fully remote and flexible working setup. 33 days annual leave, inclusive of Bank Holidays. 4 x annual salary Life Assurance. Market-leading pension scheme through Legal & General. Enhanced Family-Friendly Policies. Excellent learning, training, and career development opportunities. 24/7 access to our Employee Assistance Programme. A diverse and inclusive culture.

Application and Interview Process: Submit a CV and answer some pre-screening questions. Telephone interview with the Talent Team, followed by a first-stage and final-stage interview. Interviews conducted remotely via MS Teams or face-to-face.

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