Senior Management Accountant
Employer: RSPB
Location: The role can be hybrid within the UK however you may be periodically required to attend our HQ finance office at RSPB HQ in Sandy, Bedfordshire. This role may require some infrequent overnight stays away from home, depending on distance from HQ.
Temporary: 6 month Fixed Term
Working hours: Full Time role for 37.5 hours per week
Salary: £47,313.00 - £50,309.00 Pro Rata
Closing date: Monday the 16th of March, 2026
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Join our busy Finance Directorate and play a key role in one of the UK’s leading conservation charities. We are expanding our Financial Planning and Reporting Team to support a major Finance Systems Replacement project, and we’re looking for a skilled finance professional to provide high-quality technical management accounting support on a fixed-term basis.
In this role, you will translate complex financial data into clear insights, prepare management information, support month-end processes, and work closely with colleagues across the organisation. You’ll create and discuss system-generated reports with non-finance teams, carry out analysis and forecasting, provide information for audit, support budget holders, and represent finance in stakeholder meetings.
With income over £170m and more than 1.15 million members, the RSPB offers the chance to contribute to impactful conservation work while developing your expertise within a large, diverse organisation.
Essential Skills, Knowledge and Experience:Demonstrates the ability to produce clear, well-designed analyses that enhance core reporting by highlighting issues and trends requiring attention.
Shows strong critical thinking, using probing questions to test, clarify and validate assumptions or face-value inferences.
Communicates financial data clearly in both written and verbal formats to varied stakeholder groups, with the aim of informing and influencing decision-making.
Has highly effective communication and interpersonal skills, with experience working with and influencing senior management.
Is a fully qualified accountant or qualified by experience.
Works confidently to rigid reporting schedules and deadlines from day one.
Possesses good working knowledge of accounting rules, regulations and standards relevant to the charity sector (including FRS 102 and the Statement of Recommended Practice).
Shows the capability to analyse, interpret and present financial data clearly and accurately.
Communicates financial information effectively to both finance and non-finance audiences.
Has experience within a medium-sized organisation (income £50m+) in preparing management reports for internal stakeholders.
Desirable Skills, Knowledge and Experience:
Has experience managing large amounts of data in formats that are coherent, legible and easy to interpret.
Possesses advanced knowledge of Microsoft Excel.
Has experience working with accounting software in medium- to large-sized organisations (familiarity with Open Accounts is a bonus).
Has experience communicating with internal stakeholders (including directors) as well as external auditors.
The role can be hybrid within the UK however you may be periodically required to attend our HQ finance office at RSPB HQ in Sandy, Bedfordshire.
This role may require some infrequent overnight stays away from home, depending on distance from HQ.
This is a 6 month Fixed Term Full Time role for 37.5 hours per week.
As part of this application, you will be asked to provide a copy of your CV and complete an application form where you will have the opportunity to tell us how you meet the criteria set above. If you wish to provide a cover letter with your application, please include this at the end of your CV document upload.
We are committed to developing an inclusive and diverse RSPB, in which everyone feels supported, valued, and able to be their full selves. To achieve our vision of creating a world richer in nature, we need more people, and more diverse people, on nature’s side. People of colour and disabled people are currently underrepresented across the environment, climate, sustainability, and conservation sector. If you identify as a person of colour and/or disabled, we are particularly interested in receiving your application. Contact us to discuss any additional support you may need to complete your application.The RSPB is an equal opportunities employer. This role is covered by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.
Please note that we will be actively recruiting for this role and reserve the right to close this vacancy should sufficient applications be received.
Before applying for this role, we recommend reading through the candidate guidance notes attached to the top of this advert.
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