Role Purpose

Offered on a Hybrid working arrangement, reporting into our Huntingdon Office, we are seeking an experienced Interim Management Accountant to join our finance team to provide maternity leave cover during a critical period on a 6 month FTC.

This role will focus on delivering accurate and timely management accounts, supporting audit deliverables, and ensuring robust financial controls. The successful candidate will work closely with senior finance leadership and operational teams to provide insight and maintain financial integrity throughout the cover period.

Duties & Responsibilities

· Assist with the preparation of accurate monthly management accounts, including P&L, balance sheet, and cash flow reporting

· Complete key month-end tasks including prepayments, accruals, depreciation, and amortisation

· Assist with audit deliverables and liaise with the auditors to ensure all queries are dealt with promptly

· Maintain and reconcile balance sheet accounts, ensuring data integrity

· Assist with year-end as required

· Identify and implement process improvements to enhance efficiency and accuracy

· Collaborate with operational teams to provide financial insight and support decision-making

· Ensure compliance with group accounting policies and relevant standards

· Provide ad hoc financial analysis and reporting as requested by senior leadership

Key Skills & Competencies

Technical Competencies

· Strong knowledge of UK GAAP and management accounting principles

· Advanced MS Excel skills (pivot tables, complex formulas, data analysis)

· Experience in producing monthly management accounts

· Ability to manage accruals, prepayments, and other balance sheet reconciliations

· Familiarity with audit processes and compliance requirements

Professional Skills

· Excellent organisational and time management skills

· Strong stakeholder engagement and communication abilities

· High attention to detail and accuracy under tight deadlines

· Ability to work independently and manage multiple priorities

· Analytical mindset with problem-solving capability

Personal Attributes

· Confident and proactive approach

· Adaptable and quick to learn new systems and processes

· Collaborative team player with ability to support colleagues

About You

Essential

· ACA/ACCA/CIMA qualified or equivalent, or Qualified by Experience (QBE)

· Proven experience in management accounting and financial reporting

· Advanced Excel proficiency

· Strong understanding of accounting controls and processes

Desirable

· Previous interim or contract experience

· Experience in insurance, financial services, or similar regulated industries

Rewards & Benefits

When you join us, you can expect a supportive culture and an attractive range of rewards and benefits which include:

· Competitive salary with an annual pay review and bonus scheme.

· Flexibility with Hybrid working options

· 27 days annual leave (includes a day off for your birthday and another for a religious holiday of your choice) + bank holidays

· Auto enrolment into our excellent pension scheme (5% employer matched contribution)

· Flex-benefits- A range of flexible benefits to choose from, that are most important to you

· Group Life Assurance cover- a massive X4 of salary

· 3 months Maternity, Paternity & Adoption leave all fully paid

· Professional qualification study support relevant to your role and career

· Perks at work- amazing discounts on cinema tickets, meals out, luxury items etc.

· Holiday purchase scheme- up to 5 days annually

About Us:

Jensten is one of the UK’s leading insurance intermediary groups, known for putting clients and people first. Since launching in 2018, we’ve built a standout business in a crowded marketplace — combining scale, deep technical expertise and entrepreneurial spirit.

Jensten is entering an exciting new chapter, with the business evolving into two clearly defined trading divisions: Broking and Product & Distribution. The Broking division will bring together Regional Broking, Specialist Lines & London Markets, and also Network Broking- while Product & Distribution will unite Jensten’s market-leading Schemes & Affinity businesses with Jensten Underwriting. This will enable us to deliver tailored insurance solutions directly to clients and through a network of trusted third‑party broking partners.

Thanks to strong organic growth and a strategic acquisition programme, Jensten is now a Top 10 Independent Broker, placing around £600 million GWP into the market. We employ over1,000 colleagues across 50 locationsacross the UK and Ireland and support 93 entrepreneurial franchise holders nationwide.

Our purpose — “Protecting today, empowering tomorrow” — reflects the role we play for our clients, our communities and each other. Our people bring this to life every day through our values: Caring, Curious, Skilled and Bold.

We sit in a unique space between large consolidators and local brokers — big enough to offer capability and influence, yet agile enough to maintain the culture, autonomy and client focus of a truly independent business

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Jensten Group

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