Management accountant

Management accountant

Location: Contracted to our Peterborough office with the flexibility for hybrid working

Salary: £35,000 – £40,000 depending on experience

Hours: Full time, 37.5 hours per week

Contract: Fixed Term Contract, 12 months

Benefits: We want all our employees to feel valued and engaged and are committed to offering a positive working culture along with a good work-life balance. As well as ensuring we pay our employees fairly, we offer the following benefits: Flexible working, Generous annual leave, Private Medical Insurance, including dental and optical, Pension Scheme, Sick Pay, Death in Service, Employee Assistance Programme, Bike Loan Scheme, Cycle2Work Scheme, Eyecare, Discount Portal.

Be a part of an energetic and vibrant team who are driven by the desire to improve the lives of people living with kidney disease. Our vision is the day when everyone lives free from kidney disease.

We're recruiting a management accountant to join our Finance team on a 12 month fixed term contract. Reporting to the head of finance, this is a key role within our ambitious finance team for a self-motivated, well organised individual. Kidney disease affects one in ten people in the UK, yet it still doesn't get the attention it deserves. At Kidney Research UK we are determined to change that.

The Role

Take responsibility for financial accounting

Provide business partnering support for areas allocated by the head of finance

Contribute to budgeting, forecasting and audit readiness

Support the purchase and sales ledgers as required

Ensure regular financial reports are produced in a timely and accurate manner

Support implementation of our new finance system

What We're Looking For •

Qualified ACCA, CIMA or CIPFA, or part-qualified with experience

Sound knowledge of double entry bookkeeping and a genuine enjoyment of accounting

Knowledge of VAT, especially how it relates to a charity (partial exemption), would be advantageous

Comfortable using a range of software

Excellent interpersonal skills

High levels of accuracy

Ability to manage and prioritise your own workload

About Kidney Research UK:

Kidney Research UK is the leading charity in the UK focused on funding research into the prevention, treatment and management of kidney disease. Our vision is the day when everyone lives free from kidney disease and for more than 60 years the research, we fund has been making an impact. But kidney disease is increasing as are the factors contributing to it, such as diabetes, cardiovascular disease and obesity, making our work more essential than ever.

At Kidney Research UK we work with clinicians and scientists across the UK, funding and facilitating research into all areas of kidney disease. We collaborate with partners across the public, private and third sectors to prevent kidney disease and drive innovation to transform treatments.

Over the last ten years we have invested more than £71 million into research. We lobby governments and decision makers to change policy and practice to ensure that the estimated 7.2 million people living with all stages of kidney disease in the UK have access to the most effective care and treatment, and to make kidney disease a priority.

Most importantly, we also work closely with patients, ensuring their voice is heard and is at the centre of everything we do, from deciding which research to invest in to how we plan our priorities and our work across the charity. Those patient contributions are vital, always helping us and our partners to understand what life is like with kidney disease, always ensuring we see the patient behind the treatment and always reminding us that behind every statistic and every number is a person – the patients and the carers who inspire our mission and push us forward to make a difference and change the future of kidney disease.

How to Apply

Please complete the online application form and submit together with your CV. Closing date: Tuesday 24 November 2026. We may extend the closing date, but please apply as soon as possible.

Telephone interviews will be held week commencing 30 November 2026. Interviews will be held week commencing 7 December 2026.

We are committed to providing equal opportunities for everyone and encourage applications from all sections of the community. Please note we are unable to provide visa sponsorship for this role, so applicants must already have the right to work in the UK.

No agencies please.

You may have experience in the following: Management Accountant, Financial Accountant, Finance Business Partner, Finance Officer, Part-Qualified Accountant, ACCA, CIMA, CIPFA, Charity Accountant, Charity Finance, Not for Profit Finance, Third Sector, Charities, NFP, etc