Management Accountant

81959 - Management Accountant

This Management Accountant position will report to the Finance Manager and will work within the Finance directorate based in our Crawley office. You will be a fixed term contract (12 months potentially extending to 18 months) employee.

You will attract a salary of£58,000.00 - depending on skills, experience and qualifications and a bonus of 7.5%. This role can also offer blended working after probationary period (6 months) - 3 days in the office and 2 remote

Close Date: 30/01/2026

We also provide the following additional benefits

• 25 Days Annual Leave plus bank holidays.
• Reservist Leave – Additional 18 days full pay and 22 unpaid
• Personal Pension Plan – Personal contribution rates of 4% or 5% (UK Power Networks will make a corresponding contribution of 8% or 10%)
• Tenancy Loan Deposit Scheme, Season Ticket Loan
• Tax efficient benefits: Cycle to Work, Home & Tech, and Green Car Leasing Schemes
• Occupational Health support
• Switched On – scheme providing discount on hundreds of retailers' products
• Discounted gym membership
• Employee Assistance Programme

UKPN Services is the unregulated business of UKPN. We finance, own, operate and maintain energy infrastructure for commercial and industrial customers, including several private networks that are part of the critical national infrastructure.

We provide energy solutions which optimise existing assets, and we integrate new technologies to deliver improved performance and commercial benefits.

Long-Term Expertise

Employing world-class engineers and professionals, we pride ourselves on the expertise of our people to create long-term strategic partnerships.

Integrated Delivery

We deliver safe, reliable and custom energy solutions helping our clients concentrate on their primary business.

Assured Solutions

Through the delivery of end-to-end energy solutions, we help our clients increase the productivity of their assets, decarbonise their infrastructure and help them to realise their infrastructure as a strategic asset.

Inspired Thinking

We take the time to understand our clients' businesses, their strategic energy requirements, and develop technologically advanced solutions that deliver the best outcome possible.

The role

Reporting to the Finance Manager, the Management Accountant improves the financial and operational performance of UKPN Services. This includes driving improved business resource productivity (both assets and staff) and performance through improved financial management and forecasting.

You will also represent the finance team with the management of the business.

Skills & Responsibilities

This is a professional role which includes liaising throughout the business, with regular communication with central finance departments, senior management, non-finance managers and external contractors.

You will also advise operational management on the important issues and impacts arising concerning the financial position of the business.

You will be Crawley-based but you will need to travel to other UKPN locations and project sites occasionally.

Principle Accountabilities:

• You will understand and explain operational and financial performance to managers in a manner that focuses debate and inspires a culture of continuous improvement to exceed targets.
• Provide insightful and accurate management information to enable Senior Managers to drive improvements. These improvements should be in operational, service quality, and financial performance. This information will also be used in the preparation of the monthly Performance Reports. Additionally, it will contribute to the consolidated UKPN Services Performance Report.
• You will guide improvements to the process of producing monthly financial reports
• Support the participation of continuous improvement regarding costs and to participate in reviews with the business to understand the reasons for variances and to work with the business to improve efficiency.
• You will participate with the preparation of Budgets, Medium Term Plans and Forecasts as agreed with the Finance Manager.
• Identify opportunities and areas for attention & recommend options for action - including areas of cost reduction, best practice governance and controls and excellent strategic prioritisation of expenses within UKPN Services.
• Embed financial governance around the appraisal and implementation of any new initiatives or financial processes within UKPN Services as agreed with the Finance Manager.
• To participate with the preparation of Statutory Accounts and supporting tables as agreed with the Finance Manager.
• Look for continuous improvements to processes within UKPN Services and co-ordinate implementation of these with the Finance Manager.
• Help manage and motivate the departmental team and promote cross working with other teams within the Finance Directorate.

To be successful, we believe that you will have the following experience:

• Qualified accountant. Several years PQE is desirable.
• Experience of PowerBI is desirable
• Experience solving business problems
• Experience challenging the norm
• Confident in influencing Senior Business Managers
• Numerate
• Able to plan, project manage and delegate.

Health & Safety Responsibilities:

Managers and supervisors carry both legal and company responsibilities for ensuring the health and safety of their employees, those under their control and those who might be affected by the work undertaken, i.e. public, visitors and employees of other organisations. This includes briefing individuals working for them and ensuring there is the necessary understanding, competence and application of requirements to work safely and without harming the environment.

Employees will ensure they understand the health and safety risks involved in their work activities and their responsibility to apply the controls needed to manage those risks to acceptable levels. Similarly where work activities can have an adverse impact upon the environment, and where there are legal requirements, employees will understand those impacts and the controls they must ensure are applied.

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We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, colour, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender, gender identity or expression, or veteran status. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace.

If you have any queries in connection to this vacancy or your application, please contact us at careers@ukpowernetworks.co.uk quoting the vacancy reference number and a member of the team will get in touch with you as soon as possible.