Management Accountant (ID:883)


Company:	Rothamsted Research
Salary:	£42,082 to £42,082 a year, pro rata
Hours:	Full-time
Location:	Harpenden, AL5 2JQ
Working pattern:	Hybrid - 2 days remote
Job type:	Permanent
Posting date:	10 Sept 2026
Closing date:	9 Oct 2026

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Summary

Location: Hybrid with 3 days in our Harpenden office

Department: Finance

Contract: Full-time, Permanent (We welcome flexible working requests and are open to discussing a range of arrangements)

Salary: £42,082

Join a world-leading research organisation and help shape the future through financial insight

Join Rothamsted Research as a Management Accountant and play a key role in delivering high-quality financial and management accounting support across both Rothamsted Research (RRES) and its trading subsidiary, Rothamsted Scientific Services (RoSS).

Working closely with the Finance Manager, you will be responsible for preparing management accounts for RRES and RoSS and supporting the preparation of RRES month-end processes, producing accruals and prepayments, completing balance sheet reconciliations, reviewing financial transactions, and supporting the annual budget and audit processes.

This is an exciting opportunity to join a finance team during a period of transformation, contributing to continuous improvement while helping to ensure robust financial controls and reporting across the organisation.

Essential skills and experience

Experience of month-end processes and balance sheet reconciliations

Excellent attention to detail and analytical skills

Able to build effective working relationships and manage competing priorities

Fully qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent) or QBE

Desirable skills and experience

Experience working within a charity, not-for-profit, research institute, or grant-funded environment.

Familiarity of restricted and unrestricted grant funding.

Experience using Business World Unit4 ERP.

About You

Are you a detail-oriented finance professional with strong technical accounting skills?

Do you have a passion for turning financial data into meaningful insight?

Are you comfortable working collaboratively with stakeholders at all levels?

Do you enjoy identifying opportunities to improve systems and processes?

Are you ready to make an impact?

We welcome flexible working requests and are open to discussing a range of arrangements, including part-time working, job share, compressed hours and other flexible options. We encourage applicants to let us know what flexibility they are seeking so we can explore what may be possible.

If you're excited about this opportunity but don't meet every requirement in the person specification, we'd still love to hear from you. We recognise that skills and experience can be gained in different ways, and we encourage applications from people with diverse backgrounds and experiences.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive a sufficient number of suitable applications. We therefore encourage interested candidates to apply as soon as possible.

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