Job Description

This position is for a 12-month opportunity as a Management Accountant.

The Management Accountant plays a critical role within the Finance Business Partnering, operating within one of several service line‑aligned teams. Management Accountants work across these service lines to provide a broad, informed view of operational and project performance, supporting and enabling effective Finance Business Partnering across the organisation.

The job enables deep operational financial insight, accurate variance analysis, robust cost forecasting, and early identification of financial risks and opportunities. By maintaining a strong and consistent approach across their service line, and by working collaboratively across Finance, Commercial, and Project teams, the Management Accountant ensures that financial information is accurate, timely and meaningful—strengthening confidence and supporting improved organisational performance.

Principal Accountabilities

Service Line Engagement & Financial Intelligence:
• Offer constructive, professional financial challenge and validate operational assumptions, working closely with delivery teams to understand spend, earned value, resourcing, schedules and constraints to ensure accuracy, realism and early identification of pressures or benefits.
• Maintain strong visibility within the service line’s operational environment, building a detailed understanding of work scope, delivery progress, risks and opportunities.
• Act as an early detector of financial concerns and emerging risks by linking operational activity directly to cost impacts.
• Contribute to standardisation and continuous improvement of processes to enable improved effectiveness and efficiency of the Finance Business Partnering service.
• Ensure that all service line financial activity complies with relevant financial policies, internal control frameworks, delegated authorities and public‑sector governance expectations.
• Maintain continued professional development (CPD) to stay up to date with financial regulations and best practices, ensuring the business benefits from the latest financial expertise and insights.
• Conduct detailed variance analysis across the assigned service line to understand root causes, trends, scope impacts and emerging risks that need escalation.
• Provide clear, actionable commentary that articulates changes in cost, schedule, delivery progress or scope within the service line.

Job Context and Challenges

• Workload deadlines mainly relate to the period-end timetable, meaning weeks 1 and 2 of each period are critical with regards to workload planning and management.
• Sellafield Limited is a large industrial organisation with more than 10,000 employees carrying out a diverse of roles (mix of blue and white collar, from junior administrators, to internationally recognised technical experts) employed on several different sets of terms and conditions, each supported by several complex historic agreements.
• The organisation is heavily unionised with 3 recognised Unions representing 3 diverse worker groups each with their own unique issues and concerns.

Essential Skills

• Strong communication skills: Able to effectively convey complex financial information to non-financial colleagues at all levels of the organisation, ensuring clarity and understanding.
• Professional accounting qualification: Qualified member of the Association of Accounting Technicians (AAT) or equivalent degree-level/accounting qualification.
• Analytical expertise: Demonstrated ability to analyse financial data, identify trends, and inform accurate financial forecasting.
• Attention to detail: High level of accuracy and thoroughness. Demonstrates precision in the analysis and interpretation of financial data, ensuring the accuracy of insights and recommendations that inform decision-making.
• IT proficiency: Competent in using the full MS Office suite, particularly Excel for financial analysis and reporting.

Desirable Skills

• Accountancy qualifications: Fully or part-qualified accountant (CIMA, ACCA, ACA).
• Power BI skills: Experience in using Power BI.

Additional Information

• 12 month Secondment Opportunity
• Number of Vacancies: 1
• Contact/s: Dean Cruden

Before applying to this opportunity you must seek approval from your current line manager to confirm you can be released in the event you are successful. The secondment will commence at the earliest mutually agreed date.

The interviews for this vacancy are expected to take place week commencing 18th May 2026.

ASW’s may have the right to apply for internal Sellafield Ltd vacancies. Please note if you are an Agency Supplied Worker you are required to attach evidence of all qualifications obtained to support your application. We require a minimum of A*-C (9-4) GCSE in English Language, Maths & Science/IT or equivalent / higher qualification.

If you choose to apply for this role and your application is shortlisted by the hiring manager, you will be invited to an informal discussion.

Sellafield Ltd are recognised as a Disability Confident Employer (Level 3). Disability Confident employers offer an interview to disabled applicants that meet the minimum criteria for a vacancy. Sellafield Ltd define the minimum criteria as the ‘essential skills’ which are listed on the vacancy notice. Whilst completing your application form, you will be able to indicate if you wish to be considered under the disability confident scheme. If you would prefer to discuss this directly with us, please contact the GBS Recruitment team on recruitment@sellafieldcloud.co.uk

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The closing date for this vacancy is Sunday 10th May 2026.