Management Accountant

We are looking for a new Divisional Management Accountant for our Express Division at the DX Group

Job Summary:

We’re looking for an organised and self-motivated Management Accountant to join the Express Divisional team. The role will work closely with the business operation to provide meaningful information and analysis for informed decision making.

The ideal candidate will be a proactive team player, able to prioritise workloads, with the ability to communicate effectively.

Overall Purpose of Role

This is a role working closely as a business partner with the Operations and Sales Teams

The successful applicant will :-

Ensure that appropriate analysis is provided to the relevant parties on a timely basis and also to support with all ad-hoc information requests

Proactive interrogation of information to identify any issues, trends and patterns, and working with management on using/approaching these.

Work with all teams to ensure the P&L’s are accurate and submitted on a timely basis

Assist in carrying out financial reporting, budgeting and forecasting for all locations

Main Responsibilities:

Maintenance of the Weekly P&L and supporting files

Completion of daily and weekly reporting such as revenue, cost and volumes

Actively participate in the preparation of the Depot’s budgets

Prepare the depots’ management accounts so that the operational management team are able to properly assess the financial performance of that location, region or nationally

Analysing and understanding variance to budget and prior periods; highlighting any potential areas of concerns to the appropriate people

Must be willing and able to visit the depots around the country and assist in training non-financial staff to better use and complete the existing reports

Preparation of monthly accruals and prepayment schedules

Monthly balance sheet reconciliations

Actively participate in various ad-hoc projects

Measures

Adherence to Weekly timetable in production of the weekly P&L’s

Preparation of depot budgets and forecasts to agreed timetables

No evidence of significant variances from budget not reported to Financial Controller on a timely basis

Accuracy and consistency in delivering monthly management accounts

Knowledge, Skills and Experience

Strong excel skills including working with large amounts of data.

Ideally, minimum 2-3 years’ experience in finance function; preferably studying for professional exams but no minimum period set

The candidate would ideally have experience of supporting non-finance individuals

Used to working to and achieving tight deadlines while maintaining attention to detail.

Some experience of management accounts

Financial systems experience desirable

Driving licence

Personal Specifications:

Have strong analytical and organisational skills and a questioning approach

Keen eye for detail

Ability to not only create accurate reports but question and review the numbers and their impact

Ability to continually review the reports produced by themselves and the team for their effectiveness within the business

Tenacity to ensure timetables are met

'Quality in everything we do, get it right first time’ attitude

Strong communication skills are essential

Be a team player with ability to follow procedures and guidelines to achieve successful team outcomes

Benefits:

• Competitive Rates of Pay
• Holidays: 25 days increasing with length of service + bank holidays
• Long Service Recognition scheme
• Enhanced Maternity & Paternity
• Company Pension Scheme
• Life Assurance
• Employee Assistance programme including 24/7 Virtual GP
• DX Discounts Portal
• Excellent opportunities for career progression and more!!

We look forward to hearing from you!