Finance and Management Accountant

If you have the required background and are interested in joining a high performing team supporting the delivery of exceptional award-winning products and services to our customers, we would be delighted to hear from you. Please click apply and follow the instructions to upload your CV.

The closing date for this role will be 5pm on Monday 3rd April. However, due to the high volume of applications we receive, we reserve the right to close this advert prior to the closing date.

The Role

As a result of Inzpire’s continued success and business expansion, an excellent opportunity has arisen for an individual to join us as a finance and management accountant. Reporting to the financial controller (FC), the successful candidate will be instrumental in delivering management information and statutory reporting, as well as being involved in the more commercial aspects of the finance function.

Responsibilities will include:

• Supporting the FC with the management of the budgetary cycle, inputting data into a fully integrated financial model (i.e., profit & loss, balance sheet and cash flow) and utilising reporting tools.
• Assistance with the preparation of annual statutory accounts and interim reports under International Financial Reporting Standards.
• Being a business partner to the operational business units, providing finance support and advice as well as assisting with their forecasting, budgeting and 5-year planning processes.
• Management of the month-end process including the preparation of:

- monthly management accounts for 3 entities,

- consolidated management accounts including cash flow,

- monthly reporting packs for each division and operational business unit,

- the reporting pack for parent company, QinetiQ, with appropriate analysis.

• Supporting the FC in ad hoc tasks such as:

- compiling the leadership team finance pack,

- updating financial policy and procedure notes,

- recommending and implementing tools to help automate reporting processes,

- providing financial and commercial support and attending meetings on behalf of the FC or finance director where necessary.

The Person

This is very much a role for a dedicated individual, who is adaptable to change as the company grows, with excellent organisation skills, attention to detail and a consistent track record in their current position. 

We are looking for a newly qualified or ACA/ACCA/CIMA finalist with good technical accounting knowledge, who will quickly take ownership of the management and statutory reporting process from the FC. To be considered, you will be a dynamic, credible and ‘hands on’ professional, who is pre-emptive and enthusiastic. You will have the ability to be an effective and confident communicator across all levels of our organisation. In addition, you will demonstrate commercial acumen, financial modelling skills and high-level capability in Microsoft Office Packages. Experience of using and administering Sage 200 accounting software package would be advantageous.

Due to the nature of elements of the role, the successful applicant must be a UK National and may be required to successfully complete National Security Vetting which may require criminal record, security service and credit reference checks; qualification will also normally require a minimum UK residency of at least 5 years.

Benefits

Our comprehensive benefits package includes:

• 30 days paid holiday plus 8 days bank holidays per year
• Uncapped leave scheme (upon successful completion of probation period)
• Company provided private medical and dental insurance
• Company Share Incentive Scheme
• Enhanced maternity and paternity pay
• Annual profit and performance related pay scheme 
• Generous death in service (£100k)
• Company contributions into a group personal pension scheme
• Business travel insurance 
• Funded role specific training and financial assistance with professional development
• Tax efficient cycle to work and charitable giving schemes
• Tax efficient electric vehicle company car scheme

The Company

We are a highly innovative and rapidly growing defence and technology company that design, develop, and deliver some of the world’s most advanced defence related training, products, and services.

In 2022, we were listed as one of the ‘100 Best Large Companies to Work For’ in the UK and Midlands by Best Companies, for the second year in a row. We also achieved a ‘Best Companies 3 Star Accreditation’ and a rating of ‘world-class’ for our employee engagement, for the eighth year in a row. For seven consecutive years, we were named as a Sunday Times ‘100 Best Small Companies to Work For’ and were crowned the ‘Small Employer of the Year’ at the Heropreneurs Awards in 2019. Plus in 2021, we were honoured with a second Queen’s Award for Enterprise in Innovation, for our next-generation GECO military mission planning system.

As part of a unique and specialist defence company, our friendly team consists of experienced and highly capable individuals, working together with a mature ‘can do’ work ethic. Our central business functions are located in an easily accessible, bright and modern head office to the west of Lincoln, alongside our mission systems team, while the majority of our operational specialists are embedded alongside our Defence customers.

Equal Opportunities

We genuinely recognise the benefits of a diverse and inclusive working environment.  We are proud to be a Disability Confident Committed Employer, a supportive signatory of the Armed Forces Covenant and a 2019 Gold award winner within the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme. We are therefore delighted to offer a guaranteed interview scheme to service leavers, reservists and military spouses or partners (including those of service leavers) who meet all our advertised requirements.