Managerial Accounting Manager

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

The Managerial Accounting Manager is responsible for managing and overseeing all General and Administrative (SG&A) expenses, including budgeting, forecasting, cost control, and variance analysis for all sites in the UK. This role also includes ownership of relevant SOX (Sarbanes-Oxley) controls and SOX testing. The Managerial Accounting Manager ensures financial compliance, operational efficiency, and support for strategic business decisions.

SG&A

• Develop and manage SG&A budgets in collaboration with department heads.
• Monitor actual performance vs. budget and provide variance analysis.
• Provide regular SG&A reports and insights to senior management.
• Drive cost optimization initiatives across all SG&A functions.
• Partner with HR, Sales, IT, Legal, and Admin departments to track and manage overhead spending.
• Analyze trends in SG&A spending and identify risks and opportunities.
• Support financial planning processes, including Monthly forecasts and annual budgeting cycles.
• Ensure compliance with internal policies and external regulations.
• Manage cross-functional projects to improve efficiency and cost control.
• Develop KPIs to measure SG&A effectiveness and operational performance.
• Strong collaboration with FP&A Team

Other Responsibilities

• Support the implementation and maintenance of SOX controls.
• Collaborate with the Internal Audit team and process owners to provide documentation and operational insight during SOX testing and walkthroughs.
• Assist in ensuring that SG&A-related processes are aligned with established SOX control requirements and highlight potential gaps or control risks.
• Partner with control owners to monitor the ongoing effectiveness of key controls and support remediation efforts where deficiencies are identified.
• Participate in reviews of business process changes that may impact SG&A control design and support necessary updates to SOX documentation.
• Act as a key point of contact for SOX-related inquiries from auditors, internal control teams, and cross-functional stakeholders within the SG&A cost centers.
• Support internal audits and ensure compliance with internal control policies.

Keys to Success

• Requires conceptual and practical expertise in own area and general knowledge of related areas.
• Has knowledge of best practices and how own are area integrates with others; is aware of the competition and the factors that differentiate the company in the market

Supervisory Responsibilities

• Acts as a resource for other team members; may lead projects with limited risks and resource requirements
• Plans, initiates, and completes work assignments with a minimum of direction.
• Understands and applies legal requirements and administrative policies to departmental accounting functions. Interprets and analyzes complex fiscal data, drawing logical conclusions.
• Detects possible weaknesses in the internal control of standard accounting procedures and recommends revisions.
• Solves complex problems by taking a new perspective on existing solutions; exercises judgment based on the analysis of multiple sources of information
• Performs complex professional accounting duties
• Impacts a range of customer, operational, project or service activities within own team and other related teams; works within broad guidelines and policies
• Verbally communicate accounting procedures and policies to staff and others;
• Write memos and reports clearly and concisely;
• Establish and maintain effective working relationships with others

Requirements and Preferred Skills

• • 5 – 7 years of experience
  • Requires a relevant degree or equivalent practical experience with a strong understanding of core principles and concepts.
  • CIMA, ACCA, ACA (or equivalent professional qualification)
  • Experience working in a corporate or multinational environment.
  • Strong understanding of financial statements and cost drivers.
  • Advanced Excel skills; experience with ERP systems (e.g., SAP, Oracle, GPM)
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.
  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
  • Attention to detail and accuracy.
  • Ability to manage multiple stakeholders and deadlines.

  TRAVEL:

  Occasional Business travel to other UK or EMEA Gates locations