Linaker

Senior Management Accountant

Linaker  •  Oxted, GB (Onsite)  •  2 months ago
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Job Description

Welcome To Linaker

For 30 years Linaker has specialised in the creation and maintenance of tailor-made business environments. Having shaped workspaces for a wide range of businesses across the country, Linaker’s heritage lies in our ability to design and regulate unique spaces that truly work.

Linaker was founded upon three core values: trust, reliability and care. We are not just a service provider, rather an essential part of our clients’ architecture and, ultimately, an extension of your business, a part of one team. The last couple of years has seen Linaker grow exponentially and with big plans for 2026 and beyond, we’re now looking for an exceptional Senior Management Accountant to join this vibrant team and help drive the business forward.

About The Role

The Senior Management Accountant will support the Financial Controller in delivering accurate and timely financial reporting, while providing meaningful analysis and insight to support operational and commercial decision-making.

This role will play a key part in strengthening management reporting, improving financial visibility and supporting the development of a more commercially focused finance function.

What You Will Be Responsible For

Management Accounting & Reporting

  • Prepare monthly management accounts and reporting packs

  • Post journals and support the month-end close process

  • Ensure accurate revenue and cost recognition

  • Perform variance analysis and provide clear commentary on financial performance

  • Support balance sheet reviews and reconciliations

Financial Analysis & Insight

  • Analyse revenue, margins and contract profitability

  • Develop meaningful financial reporting and KPIs

  • Identify financial trends, risks and opportunities

  • Support operational teams in understanding financial performance

Budgeting & Forecasting

  • Support preparation of budgets and forecasts

  • Assist in financial modelling and scenario analysis

  • Monitor performance against budget and forecast

Operational Finance Support

  • Work closely with operations and commercial teams to understand financial drivers

  • Support analysis of billing, contract performance and cost structures

  • Provide financial insight to support decision-making

Reporting & Data

  • Work with BI / reporting analyst to improve financial dashboards and reporting tools

  • Support automation and improvement of finance reporting processes

  • Help improve data quality and financial visibility across the business

Process Improvement

  • Identify opportunities to improve financial reporting and processes

  • Support finance transformation initiatives

  • Contribute to development of scalable finance processes as the business grows

Team Development

  • Support the Financial Controller in strengthening financial processes and reporting across the finance function

  • Work closely with transaction teams including billing, accounts payable and credit control to ensure financial information is accurate and complete

  • Provide guidance and support to direct reports and junior members of the finance team where appropriate

Candidate Profile

Essential

  • Qualified accountant (ACA / ACCA / CIMA)

  • Strong management accounting and financial analysis experience

  • Excellent Excel skills and attention to detail

  • Strong analytical and problem-solving capability

Highly Desirable

  • Experience in a service, engineering, facilities management or contracting business

  • Experience analysing project, contract or job-based revenue models

  • Exposure to high-volume billing environments

Personal Attributes

  • Curious and commercially minded

  • Strong communication skills

  • Able to translate financial data into clear insights

  • Comfortable working with operational teams

· Proactive and improvement-focused

The Package

  • A competitive starting salary with annual pay reviews and company bonus scheme.

  • 25 Days holiday plus bank holidays.

  • Personal development and progression opportunities

  • Employee assistant programme for wellbeing and support.

  • Annual events and competitions.

  • Flexibility for Remote working

  • Healthcare and medical insurance available after a qualifying period

Equal Opportunities

Linaker Limited is an equal opportunities employer committed to diversity and inclusion. We welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation, or age.

Interested

This is a compelling opportunity to take ownership of supporting the ongoing development, optimisation, and system related projects in a growing business where your input drives real change and career progression is built into our journey.

If you think you’re a match, apply now.

Linaker

About Linaker

M&E specialist Linaker celebrated its 25th anniversary in 2018, having been established by Chairman Bill Harrison in 1993. Linaker prides itself on being a privately-owned business that provides national reach to its diverse range of clients – from world-famous to boutique businesses. With a new office opening in Leeds, complementing their existing network in Birmingham, Bristol Livingston and London, Linaker offers a truly national service with unparalleled local knowledge and know-how.

At the heart of Linaker lies its people, with Claire Curran at the helm as Managing Director. With its highly trained engineers, experienced Contract Managers and in-house 24/7 Help Desk, Linaker is committed to giving its clients greater control to tailor and engineer their unique, perfect environment. Linaker has recently launched its National Helpdesk Forum to streamline communications between its clients and engineers.

With Harrison’s 35 years of experience combined with Curran’s unrivalled passion for the industry, this leadership duo is approaching Linaker’s next 25 years with renewed focus and energy. Adding to the dynamic skillset of the Board, Management and wider team, Curran’s immediate focus has been on restructuring and reinforcing Linaker’s committed and loyal workforce.

With a roster of long-standing clients of up to 24 years, Linaker will continue to operate as an independent, privately-owned business rooted in its family values of trust, reliability and care.

Industry
Facilities & Workplace
Company Size
51-200 employees
Headquarters
Oxted, GB
Year Founded
1993
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