Management Accountant

This hands-on role will equate to Number 1 in Finance. Your focus will be on Management Accounts, however given the size of the team you will have a broad role including managing a Finance team of 3 and dealing with key stakeholders in the business.

Client Details

The business is a Training business which has been around c200 years. Their focus is to grow internationally so candidates with an entrepreneurial mindset will fit in.

Description

Responsibilities

• Preparation of regular and ad hoc journals in General Ledger
• Generate and review management information reports from financial data
• Interpret management information and present numbers to the wider business
• Deal closely with stakeholders who will be franchise partners, managers of the business and Managing Director
• Prepare month end P&L and Monthly Performance Review pack for review with Directors
• Assist with monthly ABI cash flow requests
• Completion of regular balance sheet reconciliations (debtors/creditors/stock/accruals/prepayments etc.)
• Managing the AP and AR ledgers
• Assessment and introduction of controls where appropriate
• Reconciliation of the monthly credit card statement
• Setting up new suppliers in the accounting software to allow invoices to be posted and paid
• Reconciliation of the bank accounts on a regular basis
• Preparation of weekly payment runs and any ad hoc payments required
• Management of unreceipted POs

Profile

Skills & Experience Required:

• Qualified CIMA, ACCA or equivalent qualification

• Previous experience of Management Accounting environment, as well as AP & AR teams required

• Advanced excel skills (formulas, pivot tables - macros not required)

• Knowledge of other Microsoft Office products
• Excellent people skills and ability to manage a team of 3

• Ability to manipulate large data sets into meaningful reporting to various operational teams and to directors

• Good communicator at all levels of the business and externally, both verbally and through reporting

• Experience of managing own work load and working independently with stakeholders across the business

• Understanding of accrual and prepayment mechanisms
• Knowledge of Sage

• Previous experience dealing with cash management and/or working capital requirements

• Ability to operate within developing control environment and assisting in identification of control gaps

Job Offer

A competitive salary, excellent career progression opportunity and high level involvement with the running of the business is on offer for the right candidate.