Management Accountant Accountant

Management Accountant (Part Qualified) - Bracknell (Hybrid) - £45,000 to £48,000 We are pleased to be working with an award winning property services company of close to £300million turnover as they search for a part qualified Management Accountant. I have worked with these guys throughout the years and always receive positive feedback from the people that have taken a role here, most of which have gone on to receive promotions within the company. A great place to be to gain some brilliant experience and knowledge in a complex accounting environment to excel your career and look to become a fully qualified accountant. Day to day: To provide an effective Management Accounting service to the business, maintaining the General Ledger, ensuring the completeness and accuracy of the company's financial records, providing timely information to the business. With particular focus on reconciliations and controls on periodic processes in operational systems, feeding into the general ledger. Ensure compliance and regulation adhered to in Insurance entity. Key Responsibilities:

• Manage controls and processes around operational system to ensure adequate controls and reconciliation are in place for finance information, and in line with CASS guidelines.
• Produce timely and accurate management information in accordance with internal deadlines and in compliance with the Group accounting policies.
• Prepare necessary journals to account for revenues and costs (including accruals, prepayment and provisions), ensuring all entries are accurately processed through the GL so that Management Accounts are produced and issued in accordance with internal guidelines in appropriate formats.
• Provide insightful analysis and commentary of revenues and costs to Stakeholders, ensuring the accuracy and legitimacy of the accounts.
• Support processing and reconciliations of direct debits, banking and related reporting.
• Produce monthly Management Accounts for specific entities, ensuring all queries are resolved.
• Support with coaching and development across the team.
• Establish strong working relationships with Directors and Senior Managers across the business, providing information and support to them as needed.
• Reconcile and ensure tight control of Balance Sheets for specific entities, including close management of provisions to ensure appropriate cover maintained.
• Manage time and planning around additional and periodical workload.
• Identify and implement process improvements to drive greater efficiency, improve accuracy in the production of the management accounts, to meet the growing needs of the business, as agreed with management.

Job Challenges:

• Understanding of insurance transactions, contracts and obligations.
• Reconciliation of operational system with high volume transactions.
• Complexity of the Group reporting structure and a multi-site acquisitive business.
• Preparing monthly reports within reporting deadlines.
• Obtaining accurate and timely information from remote locations.
• Supporting Directors and Managers with demanding schedules.

About you: ACCA or CIMA part qualified Able to process, understand and report high volume transactions in operational banking system. Excellent IT skills - Experience of Microsoft suite of products, Word, Excel etc. (to include Pivot tables, Lookups, and Sumif(s) formulas). Management Accounts to Trial Ballance Analysis of Management Accounts The following experience is desirable but NOT a must: Project Management Accounting experience. Insurance experience. Experience of Microsoft Dynamics (GP, AX, or 365). Knowledge of property market and associated services. Knowledge of the Planning industry. Knowledge of Insurance industry. Experience in Insurance industry. Experience of multi-site businesses with high volumes of data and cost centres. Knowledge of Divisional / Regional / Branch accounting.