Management Accountant

Purpose of Role:

• Delivery of robust financial reporting

• Ownership and control of specified areas of the income statement and balance sheet

• Analysis and explanation of actual results against historic trends

Key Accountabilities:

• Participate in preparation of the monthly management accounts and analysis of key variances against prior periods

• Take ownership of accounting for specified areas of the income statement and balance sheet, including posting monthly journals

• Develop and maintain clear management information to facilitate robust understanding of trends 

• Ensure accounting and monthly reporting for areas of responsibility is completed in accordance with group instruction and applicable deadlines

• Prepare and review balance sheet reconciliations as a key control to ensure accuracy of monthly reporting

• Support with the external audit and ad hoc project work as required

Skills & Experience Required

• Professional accountancy qualification (minimum AAT qualified or ACA/ACCA/CIMA part-qualified)

• Proven experience in a Finance role

• Competent user of Microsoft Excel (comfortable with pivot tables, nested formulas, key functions including VLOOKUP, INDEX/MATCH, IF, SUMIF, SUMPRODUCT etc.)

• Self-motivated and comfortable working independently, asking for support or input from line manager and colleagues wherever required

• Experience in communicating with a range of stakeholders

• Appetite to further develop technical accounting and industry knowledge

• Develops others by sharing own experience and expertise