Management Accountant

Job Description:

Management Accountant
Crewe, Cheshire - onsite

Salary: £42,000 per annum + Benefits

Want to do more than just crunch numbers? At Likewize, your insights as a Management Accountant will help drive global innovation and growth.

Why Likewize?

We’re more than a tech company—we’re the engine behind the digital world. Likewize is a global leader in tech protection, repair, sustainability, and support solutions, trusted by the world’s biggest brands, telcos, and banks.

• Supporting over 1 billion customers worldwide

• Solving 250 million+ tech issues annually in 30+ countries

• Offering the most comprehensive protection against tech disruption—lost, stolen, damaged, or just complicated

• Driving innovation across insurance, warranty, repairs, recycling, and premium tech support

What Makes Us Different?

At Likewize, you won’t be stuck behind the scenes—you’ll be at the heart of financial decisions that power innovation, scale operations, and transform how technology is delivered and supported. Join a team that values agility, inclusion, and bold thinking.

Position Summary
The Management Accountant will support the Finance leadership team in providing timely and accurate information to support decision-making.  They will be responsible for the production of accurate financial reports whilst adhering to tight deadlines. The role will interact with various stakeholders across the business to improve processes and drive efficiencies.

Key Responsibilities:

• Production of management accounts including profit and loss statements, balance sheets and supporting schedules.

• Completion, review and analysis of balance sheet schedules

• Production of sales analysis and gross margin reporting by customer/channels

• Monitoring and improving internal controls for compliance with company policy.

• Assisting with managing working capital to optimise cash flow.

• Support with accurate reporting of operational costs including monitoring KPIs, explaining variances and providing recommendations for cost savings.

• Distributing financial reports on overheads with supporting metrics to provide department owners and leadership visibility.

• Perform analytical reviews of financial information to identify trends and opportunities. Provide recommendations to drive cost efficiencies in balance with operational needs and capabilities.

• Preparing cost assessments for new projects including tracking and analysing spend.

• Assist with annual audit, preparation of statutory accounts and tax planning / compliance activities.

• Assist with the implementation of a new large scale global ERP implementation

• Carry out any other reasonable duties defined by the Company to ensure business objectives / requirements are met.

• Respect the value of information by following Likewize's data protection / information security policies and procedures.

Job Requirements
 

Formal Qualifications & Practical Experience

• CIMA/ACCA/ACA qualified or equivalent

• Bachelor’s degree in business, accounting, finance, economics or related field is preferred

• Experience working in a distribution and or insurance industry would be advantageous.

• Strong Microsoft Excel skills

• Excellent numeracy and analytical skills – working with high volumes of data

• Accounting & Audit background advantageous

• Systems background highly advantageous (Oracle / Netsuite)

Personal Skills and Key Competencies:

• Strong analytical skills

• Strong communication (both verbal and written) with the ability to present to stakeholders across the business.

• Ability to work under pressure, to react fast to changes & meet tight deadlines

• Results focused with confidence to take actions using initiative

• Happy working as a sole-contributor and able to work effectively in a cross functional team

What do we offer?
 

At Likewize, we care about you and your progression. We offer:

• A competitive salary and benefits package

• A supportive and collaborative culture

• A fun and dynamic work environment

• A range of learning and development opportunities

• Health Cash Plan, covering Dental, Optical, Prescriptions, Health & Wellbeing, Maternity Antenatal appointments & adoption

• Access to a GP at any time, with prescriptions delivered to your home or work

• Enhanced Maternity, Paternity & Adoption

• My Perks that have hundreds of offers available with exclusive discounts and cash back on purchases

• A fully paid Employee Assistance Programme

• Free onsite car parking

• Holiday buy back scheme, the opportunity to buy up to five extra days of annual leave

Ensure Fairness & Embrace Differences
We believe in fairness – so much so that Fair is one of our core values. To us, fair means being straight up and honest, and impartial and appropriate in our interactions; it means that we embrace diversity and are respectful and inclusive to everyone.
We know being diverse and inclusive goes beyond fairness. In fact, its fundamental to how we win. It takes all of us, with all our different points of view and experiences, to deliver for Likewize. Together we are committed to creating a work environment where differences are celebrated – and are essential to our success.

We are a Disability Confident employer and are committed to creating an inclusive and supportive environment for all. We actively encourage applications from individuals with disabilities and will make reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process and in the workplace to ensure accessibility and equal opportunity. If you require any accommodations during the application or interview process, please let us know — we’re here to help.