Management Accountant - Specialist Recruit : Job Details

Management Accountant

Based: Chessington (hybrid)

• Salary circa £50k
• Bonus 10% of gross salary
• Hybrid working, min 3 days in the office / week
• Death in service ins.
• Medical ins. (can be extended to family at cost to employee)
• Pension
• 25 days holiday
• On site parking

Our client based in Chessington is seeking a Management Accountant to join their team, the role will be responsible for overseeing the group financials in the UK and overseas. The role is hybrid working, with fantastic salary and benefits.

You will be required to prepare, analyse and report on management accounting information, to provide General Manager and Senior Leadership team with timely, accurate and relevant information, and to contribute to the organisation’s financial management procedures to ensure they are effective, efficient and compliant with appropriate financial statutory and regulatory requirements.

Principal Responsibilities

• Responsible for supervision and preparation of monthly financial statements including management accounts, profit and loss accounts, budgets, cash flows, variance analysis and commentaries and compliance with Group reporting requirements
• Overall responsibility for the business administration tasks (office manager)
• Leading the month-end process, including preparation of management accounts (focusing on UK & US entities), investigating any discrepancies in the accounts, providing commentary and variance analysis
• Performing the month-end procedures in Sage and load into Group accounting system
• Responsible for month-end tasks performed by team, including billing, cash collection, cash flow analysis, FX postings, accruals, fixed assets etc.
• Running weekly timetable meetings with the team to ensure all tasks are completed in a timely manner
• Presenting results at monthly meetings to Senior Leadership team
• Leading the annual budget process and year-end forecast by liaising with colleagues in other departments
• Providing information to budget holders upon request
• Reviewing weekly/monthly bank reconciliations and providing support as required

Skills and Experience

• Good understanding of business and financial issues
• Excellent communication and collaborative skills
• Ability to work effectively and sensitively as part of a team to achieve success
• Proactive manner, ability to use own initiative, and willingness to accept responsibility
• Capable of working under pressure and to tight deadlines
• Ability to multi-task and manage a varied workload
• Proactive in seeking guidance when planning or prioritising complex or conflicting tasks
• Process-focused and methodical manner, with a high level of attention to detail
• Ability to work with all levels of staff within the organisation
• Ability to be flexible, understanding that sometimes requirements can change

Qualifications and experience

Essential:

• Recognised professional accounting qualification such as ACA, ACCA, CIMA
• Thorough and practical understanding of management accounting principles and techniques
• Previous experience working in a similar supervisory role
• Advanced proficiency with Sage 50, Microsoft Dynamics 365, and Microsoft Office (in particular Excel, Word and Powerpoint)