Management Accountant

What you’ll be responsible for

Are you ready to play a key role in shaping financial performance and driving efficiency? At Welsh Water, we’re looking for a Management Accountant who thrives on accuracy, insight, and collaboration.

What You’ll Do

You’ll be at the heart of our financial operations, ensuring a true and fair view of performance while maintaining compliance with our policies and controls. Your responsibilities will include:

1. Month-End Excellence: Prepare and post monthly journals and accruals in SAP, and complete cost and balance sheet reconciliations.
2. Insightful Reporting: Deliver accurate, timely information for decision-making, including variance analysis and commentary. You’ll also take part in cost review meetings.
3. Planning & Forecasting: Work closely with the business to develop financial plans, budgets, and run rates, leading planning sessions that shape our future.
4. Cost Analysis: Provide detailed analysis of cost drivers and controllable expenditure, focusing on operational efficiency and external trends.
5. Regulatory & Audit Support: Assist with regulatory reporting and collaborate with internal and external auditors.
6. Continuous Improvement: Identify and implement process improvements within your team to enhance efficiency.

Why Join Us?

• Be part of a purpose-driven organisation that values integrity and innovation
• Work in a supportive, team-oriented environment
• Enjoy opportunities for professional growth and development

Ready to make a difference? Apply today and help us deliver financial excellence at Welsh Water!

Who you’ll work with

Internal

• Senior Management Accountant
• Business Unit Financial Controllers
• Business Unit Management Accountants
• Financial & Regulatory Accountant
• Catchment and Operational Management teams
   

About you

We’re seeking someone who brings both technical expertise and a proactive mindset:

Essential:

• Qualifications: ACCA or CIMA (part-qualified or fully qualified)
• Systems Knowledge: Experience with SAP or similar ERP systems (e.g., Oracle)
• Stakeholder Management: Ability to prioritise competing demands and manage expectations effectively
• Technical Experience: Strong background in posting journals, reconciling accounts, and producing reports for budget holders
• Personal Drive: Energy and enthusiasm to deliver results and continuously improve processes
• Team Spirit: Collaborative, adaptable, and an excellent communicator

Good to know

• Hybrid working - 2 days/week in Newport office.
• For an informal discussion about this role, please contact: recruitment@dwrcymru.com and enter the Job Requisition Number [8308] in the subject title line.
• Please note, we may close this role sooner if required. Please apply as soon as you can. We may also extend the original closing date depending on interest. 

Due to the nature of the industry, we require satisfactory references, post offer medical clearance, and a criminal records Basic Disclosure check on all new employees joining the business. For some roles there may be additional checks and security clearance required, and this offer is subject all checks being satisfied. You will receive further information on how to complete these checks via email once you have accepted this offer.

Benefits

As well as a market competitive salary, 33 days annual leave (pro rata, including public holidays), we offer a range of employee benefits and rewards including:

•             Option to buy additional annual leave up to 5 days per year
•             Enhanced employer pension contributions – Up to 11% employer contributions
•             Free Mortgage Brokering Services 
•             Enhanced family friendly policies
•             Progression opportunities, including the ability to apply for funded training and coaching and mentoring programmes
•             Gym and fitness discounts as well as high street shopping
•             Cycle to work scheme
•             Discount off all Welsh Water visitor attraction centres and gift shops
•             Car-leasing scheme and free on-site parking at all sites
•             Health CashBack scheme and access to an online GP service
•             An employee assistance programme for employees and their immediate family
•             Many more can be found here!  

Whilst also working for a not-for profit company that truly cares about earning the trust of customers everyday, and about looking after our beautiful environment.

Who we are

Dŵr Cymru Welsh Water keep 3 million people healthy each day with safe, reliable water, and take away wastewater to clean, before returning it safely to our beautiful rivers and seas.

To be able to deliver high quality, essential services which help to protect the health of our customers, colleagues and our environment, we need the right people to deliver on our vision.  This is achieved by living our core values and demonstrating the core behaviours that underpin them.  The security of our people, assets and information is key to us, so we are looking for people who understand and comply with the company’s required security objectives.

We know that the most successful teams are the most diverse teams. Equality, diversity and inclusion provide the very foundation to our culture at Welsh Water. We want every individual to feel confident, proud and able to bring their whole selves to work. 

To ensure an improved representation in our workforce, applications are particularly welcome from minority groups including Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic people, Females, LGBT+, Non-binary and people with disabilities. Together we continue to build a workplace that not only celebrates the diverse voices of our colleagues but also represents each customer we serve.

In essence, ours is a company based on trust, openness, respect, commitment and honesty. A company that our colleagues are proud to work for.