Management Accountant

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Management Accountant, Ashton Gate Stadium - Bristol, £36,615.00 - £40,892.00

Employment Type

Full Time

Application Start Date

07-04-2026

Application End Date

22-04-2026

Location

Ashton Gate Stadium - Bristol

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Zip Code

BS3 2EJ

Country

United Kingdom

Work Style

Hybrid

Industry

Non-profit charitable organisations

Position

Accountant/auditor

Education

Part-Qualified or Fully Qualified Accountant or studying for accounting qualifications

Description

Bristol City’s official charity, the Robins Foundation, has a permanent vacancy for a Management Accountant, to work across both the Robins Foundation and Bristol Bears Foundation.

Salary: £32,799-£35,791 (Part Qualified) £36,615-£40,892 (Qualified)

Employment: Full Time – 37.5 Hours Working Pattern: A flexible working pattern, to broadly cover 3 day a week for Bristol City Robins Foundation, and 2 days a week for Bristol Bears Community Foundation (employed fully by BCRF).

• Do you have strong analytical skills and a keen eye for detail?

• Are you passionate about ensuring financial accuracy, compliance, and best practice?

• Do you have experience supporting organisational decision-making through robust financial reporting?

• Are you confident managing accounts, budgets, and financial controls?

• Are you adaptable, proactive, and eager to work in a dynamic charity environment?

• If so, we would like to talk to you…

We are seeking a full-time Management Accountant to support the effective financial management of both Bristol City Robins Foundation, and Bristol Bears Foundation. This role involves working across both organisations, preparing and maintaining accurate financial records, supporting budgeting and forecasting processes, and ensuring compliance with regulatory and reporting requirements. You will work closely with the CEOs and senior leadership teams, providing clear financial insight to support strategic decision-making and ensure the charities operate efficiently, sustainably, and responsibly.

Main Duties

• Develop and manage all accounting operations for Bristol City Robins Foundation (BCRF) and Bristol Bears Foundation (BBF), including Banking, Payroll, GL, AP, AR and Revenue Recognition.

• Support both BCRF and BBF CEO’s in medium to long term financial planning.

• Ensure that month end is complete on an accurate and timely basis, and produce monthly management accounts, including balance sheet reconciliations.

• Present monthly / quarterly management accounts to the main BCRF & BBF Boards.

• Ensuring all payroll transactions are processed efficiently.

• Lead the annual audit process for BCRF & BBF.

• Lead the budget development process for BCRF & BBF and hold quarterly management accounting review meetings with budget holders.

• Assistance with medium and long-term financial strategic planning

. • Cash flow forecasts including the reforecasting of annual budget to manage financial risk.

• Management and oversight of financial systems to include QuickBooks Online, Dext, Approval Max and Fathom

• Improve and develop both new and existing processes and efficiencies to support the devel-opment of both BCRF & BBF.

• Line management of BCRF junior finance staff, whilst working closely with the BBF bookkeeper.

• Any other reasonable duties

You will have

• Part-Qualified or Fully Qualified Accountant or studying for accounting qualifications

• Experience of working within a Finance function

• Experience of working with finance systems

• Previous experience of closing month end and preparing monthly accounts

Safeguarding Statement

Bristol City Robins Foundation is committed to safeguarding children's and young people's welfare and expects all staff and volunteers to endorse this commitment. This post requires Enhanced Criminal Records Checks and may include checks against the Barred Lists; as such, it is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (1974). Therefore, all convictions, including spent convictions that have not been subject to filtering by the DBS, should be declared.

Equality Statement

The successful candidate must ensure a positive commitment to equality and diversity by treating others fairly and not committing any form of direct or indirect discrimination, victimisation, or harassment of any description. The candidate must also promote positive working relationships between all internal and external stakeholders.

Benefits

· 25 days annual leave increasing to 28 days after 3 years and 30 days after 5 years employment (plus bank holidays and Christmas closure days)

· 5 days paid leave to volunteer at a charity of your choice

· Flexible Working Environment

· Employee Assist Programme

· Generous CPD budget

· Free Eye Test

· Free Flu Jabs

· Work equipment (BCFC/BBF clothing, laptop)

· 2 x Bristol City and Bristol Bears tickets to home league games

· 20% discount in the Bristol Sport store

· The chance to be part of an incredible journey

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