Management Accountant

As Management Accountant you will be leading member of a small but dynamic finance team responsible for producing accurate and timely management accounts, forecasts and insight to support the business achieve its financial targets. The role requires a strong understanding of legislation based business models and financial modelling, challenging financial assumptions whilst building and maintaining strong internal relationships with Operations. This is a key role in the finance team with significant responsibility and scope to develop. This position is a full time, permanent position, working for our client on the outskirts of Stratford upon Avon. The role is hybrid (2 days in the office) and there are lots of excellent benefits offered too.

As Management Accountant, you be responsible for:

Management Accounts

• Ownership and regular updating of lead schedules to support month-end close process
• Processing monthly revenue and cost journals to ensure accurate financial results are reported in line with the monthly timetable
• Reconciling actual invoiced costs with operational cost models
• Producing insightful financial performance reports with key revenue and cost drivers
• Presenting financial performance to Operations highlighting trends and variances to support the business achieve its financial targets

Forecasts and Budgets

• Working with Operations to prepare monthly forecasts and annual budgets with supporting narrative, assumptions and variances
• Preparing high level forecasts and scenarios based on key metrics
• Attending Operational strategy meetings and ensuring decisions are made with full understanding on financial impact
• Owning and updating relevant weekly cash forecast schedules

Financial Analysis

• Working with Operations to prepare monthly forecasts and annual budgets with supporting narrative, assumptions and variances
• Preparing high level forecasts and scenarios based on key metrics
• Attending Operational strategy meetings and ensuring decisions are made with full understanding on financial impact
• Owning and updating relevant weekly cash forecast schedules

Other

• Timely, accurate completion of monthly control account reconciliations and pro-active resolution of queries
• Supporting Accounting Services to ensure invoices are processed accurately and timely, queries are resolved and working capital is maximised
• Supporting delivery of key finance projects and providing technical advice where required
• Assisting the annual year-end audit with the production of audit evidence and explanations
• Periodically reviewing and updating process documents
• Highlighting process improvements and working alongside Operations and Finance to implement changes
• Becoming subject expert in a number of areas and sharing knowledge across the team

As Management Accountant, you must be/have:

• At least 3 years' experience working in a management accounting role in a multi business unit organisation
• Possess an enquiring and commercial mindset with ability to understand business models and see the big picture
• Confident at operating and communicating at all levels of the Company, Division and Group
• Solid understanding of all key financial and system processes i.e. customer billing, credit control, purchase invoice processing and payment, month end accounting and reporting
• Experience of using core functionality of an accounting application such as Microsoft Business Central
• Experience of using excel based querying and reporting software to extract data and present insightful financial information
• Confident at using advanced functionality in MS Office applications (Outlook, Teams, Excel, Powerpoint)
• Strong work ethic, positive can-do attitude and pro-active problem solver
• High level of professionalism and awareness of processing confidential information

Qualifications

• Essential: Finalist / Qualified ACA, ACCA or CIMA
• Desirable: Educated to degree level with 1st or 2:1 qualification
• Full UK driving license

What's in it for you?

• Salary: up to £45,000 + 15% bonus
• Very flexible hybrid working
• Annual discretionary bonus up to 10%
• 25 days holiday with option to buy sell holiday (up to 10 days annual leave)

• Access to voluntary benefits including private medical insurance, cycle to work scheme, subsidised gym membership
• Automatic inclusion in Life Assurance, Critical Illness and Disability Income protection schemes
• Pension scheme up to 8% employer contribution
• Access to reward & discount platform
• Wellbeing initiatives
• Volunteering day