Management Accountant

Location:
Chelmsford, Essex
Position:
Finance

Job Description

Global Marine Group have a requirement to work as part of the finance team with a primary focus on treasury, taking ownership of all treasury-related activities across the business. This role will act as the key point of knowledge and expertise for treasury within the company, ensuring strong control, visibility, and management of cash, banking, and financial risk.

You will be responsible for preparing weekly cash flow forecasts, supporting the production of monthly management accounts, and maintaining strong banking relationships. The role also includes supporting Business Unit Finance Managers to ensure robust accounting, proactively reviewing balance sheet accounts, and maintaining a clear audit trail to support financial reporting and audit requirements.

Key Deliverables:

  • Act as the internal subject matter expert for all treasury-related activities.
  • Prepare and deliver accurate and timely treasury reports, including cash flow forecasts, variance analyses and bank reconciliations.
  • Monitor daily cash positions and manage short-term liquidity to meet operational needs
  • Manage treasury operations, placing overnight deposits.
  • Maintain and develop strong relationships with banking partners.
  • Oversee bank account administration, including account openings, closings and signatory updates.
  • Execute payments, including wire transfers, ACH payments and other disbursements accurately and on time.
  • Monitor and actively manage foreign exchange and interest rate risks through appropriate hedging strategies.
  • Ensure full compliance with internal controls, governance and risk management policies related to treasury activities.
  • Complete Office for national statistics submissions.
  • Prepare and post journals as part of month end procedures.
  • Prepare balance sheet reconciliations and ensure reconciling items are resolved promptly.
  • Maintain monthly schedules in readiness for audit.
  • Support the financial reporting team during audit work.

Qualifications, Skills and Experience

Qualifications/Skills/Experience

Required:
  • Part qualified accountant (CIMA /ACCA / ACA) or actively studying.
  • Strong, hands-on experience within a treasury function.
  • Solid understanding of cash management, banking structures, FX exposure, and financial risk.
  • Ability to take ownership and act as the go-to person for treasury within the business.
  • High level of accuracy and attention to detail.
  • Strong communication skills, with the ability to liaise with both internal stakeholders and external banking partners
  • Good working knowledge of Microsoft Office, particularly Excel.
  • Strong organisational skills and ability to manage multiple priorities.
  • Ability to work both independently and as part of a team.

Ideal:

  • Knowledge of IFS
  • Multi-Currency experience

Location:  This role is based in the Chelmsford office and follows a hybrid working arrangement, with working 3 days in the office and 2 days working remotely each week.

We kindly ask that Recruitment Agenciesdo not contact us regarding this role, as we will not be requiring agency support at this time. Thank you for your understanding.

About The Company

Global Marine Group offers over 175 years of engineering expertise, connecting continents, countries and communities. The Group delivers precision installation and 24/7 maintenance of subsea fibreoptic cables.  The Group comprises of three specialist business units, Global Marine, SubConnect and OceanIQ.

With a global workforce of over 800 talented individuals, together the Group has installed over 330,000 kilometres of subsea telecoms cable, performed maintenance operations on 29% of the worlds fibre optic cables and has detailed data records on over 3million km of cable - 97% of all fibre, and 90% of all power cable including, over 6,500 historic cable faults.

The Global Marine Group team is full of passionate people, sharing a wealth of knowledge and constantly achieving excellence. 

 Employee Benefits:

  • Group Pension with access to Independent Financial Advisor
  • Life Cover – inclusive with Group Pension Plan
  • Private Medical Insurance and Medicash Plan
  • Dental Scheme – at a subsidised cost
  • Fitness Club Subsidy
  • X2 Professional Subscriptions
  • Cycle Scheme – As per the green initiative, approved by the Government scheme
  • Eye Sight Test contribution
  • Perkbox - employee discount scheme along with a Wellness Hub
  • Enhanced Maternity and Paternity pay
  • 25 days Annual Leave
  • Option to purchase an additional 5 days annual leave per year
  • Long Service Awards
  • Reward & Recognition
  • Referral programme
  • Employee Assistance programme
  • 3 paid volunteer days
  • Free on-site parking - At all sites
Global Marine Group are committed to making our recruitment process accessible and inclusive for everyone. If you require reasonable adjustments for your interview, please reach out to during your recruitment process. We are more than happy to accommodate your needs to ensure you have the best possible experience during the selection process.