Job Description

Description

We're looking for a proactive and commercially minded Management Accountant to join our team and play a key role in driving performance and supporting strategic decision-making across the business.

As a trusted business partner, you'll work closely with operational teams and senior leaders to deliver insightful analysis, shape budgets and forecasts, and ensure financial performance aligns with our goals. This is a fantastic opportunity to contribute to meaningful change, improve cost efficiency and play a important role in shaping the performance of a global business.



Our Finance team is based across two main sites - Aberdeen and Kuala Lumpur. This role will be based from our Aberdeen office headquarters, on a hybrid working basis. We're happy to discuss how that will look for you as part of the hiring process.

On a typical day, it looks like this...

Financial Analysis & Reporting

Analyse daily financial transactions to ensure accuracy and alignment with budgets. Prepare and present financial reports, including profit and loss statements, cash flow forecasts, and variance analyses. Investigate discrepancies between actual and expected performance, recommending corrective actions.

Budgeting & Forecasting

Support the preparation of annual budgets and update financial forecasts based on current business performance. Review departmental cost structures and identify opportunities for cost optimisation.

Stakeholder Engagement

Collaborate with senior managers, Finance colleagues, and cross-functional teams (e.g. HR, Operations) to gather data and provide financial insights. Liaise with external partners such as auditors, tax consultants, and banks to ensure compliance and support audits.

Compliance & Controls

Ensure timely submission of statutory financial statements and compliance with local regulations. Oversee tax filings, payroll processes, and statutory payments (e.g. EPF, Income Tax, SOCSO, EIS). Manage intercompany billing, transfer pricing reviews, and fund transfers for operational continuity.

Operational Finance

Supervise end-to-end finance activities including AP, AR, GL, bank reconciliations, and fixed asset management. Monitor cash flow and manage intercompany collections and payments. Maintain and review Finance SOPs and participate in integration and process improvement initiatives.

To be brilliant in this role, you'll...

Be a part-qualified or fully qualified accountant (CIMA, ACCA, ICAS) Have experience working in complex financial environments with a multinational, multicurrency business Have proven experience in a management accounting, financial analysis, or business partnering role. Experienced in preparing monthly management accounts, variance analysis, and cash flow forecasts. Familiarity with statutory reporting, tax compliance, and audit processes Experience working in a cross-functional environment and supporting operational decision-making. Be highly focused and accurate with an uncompromising eye for detail Have a track record of delivering accurate work to deadlines in a fast-paced organisation, with excellent prioritisation and task management skills. Be able to communicate well with internal and external stakeholders, with the ability to influence and guide towards agreed outcomes. Have high integrity, a role model for doing the right thing and commitment to high performance. Experience of NetSuite would be advantageous but full training will be provided

About activpayroll

Our Story

From our entrepreneurial origins as a founder led start up, to a high performing global player working with some of the world's most recognisable brands, activpayroll has both a fantastic history and masses of future potential.




Our story began in 2001, when our founder saw a gap in the market to support the oil and gas industry. Today, we are a leading global professional service organisation, providing integrated global and domestic payroll solutions, expatriate taxation services, global HR services and online HR people management tools to over 1,200 companies in more than 150 countries worldwide.

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Hiring people is more than an investment of time and money - it's an investment of trust. You trust us to help you realise your fullest potential, work with brilliant people and recognise your achievements. In return, we trust your abilities, we trust your instincts and are fully behind you to deliver the great work you are capable of - empowering you to make the tough calls and valuing your opinions, ideas and abilities.