Senior Management Accountant

Your new company
Hays are working in exclusive partnership with a highly successful specialist retail, maintenance and installations business that operates internationally, to recruit a Senior Management Accountant to their fastest-growing division. This company has gone from strength to strength and has ambitious growth plans for the future.

Your new role
This role will be responsible for the provision of management and statutory accounting information for the business unit and supporting the FD with the delivery of MI for commercial decision-making.

Specifically, you will be:

• Producing accurate, complete, and timely monthly, quarterly and annual relevant reporting, including reconciliations, management pack, business review pack, tax pack and audit pack in accordance with US GAAP and Group accounting policies
• Producing flash reports as required.
• Working closely with the Finance Director for Vertical to obtain appropriate insight into the business performance, driving insightful analysis.
• Managing the reconciliation of the stock ledger, maintaining the integrity and relevant provisions, supported by calculations
• Performing appropriate journal entries/adjustments (with appropriate supporting documentation) ensuring GL reconciliation is timely and accurate.
• Performing assurance and control responsibilities for the Vertical financial performance, ensuring adequate review and reconciliations, including sub-leger to GL reconciliations / review
• Ensuring the reconciliation of the fixed asset register by performing asset creations, transfers, and asset changes on the system.
• Supporting the global internal controls agenda by implementing and maintaining the internal controls within Vertical
• Assuming full ownership of P&L and B/S reporting to FD.
• Supporting the FD in running and creating the policies and procedures to run CPD UK
• Controlling purchasing and sales processes to ensure correct authorisation is obtained for all purchases and sales.
• Working closely with FD to ensure all spend is necessary and controlled, following policies and procedures.
• Working within their wider team to manage and control performance and discounts
• Working closely with the US team to ensure standardisation of reporting
• Assuming full management and ownership of B/S reconciliations.
• Managing one member of staff responsible for the AP and AR processes and functions

What you'll need to succeed

• Accounting qualification (ACA, CIMA, ACCA, CPA)
• Strong reporting experience ideally including US GAAP
• 3-5 years of relevant post-qualification experience
• Strong strategic thinking ability
• Proficient with Microsoft Word & Excel along with ERP System
• Strong Communication Skills
• Motivated & Improvement Focused
• Financial System knowledge
• Business Analytical Skills

What you'll get in return

• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays
• Pension - Salary exchange Scheme
• My learning cloud - ongoing training & development
• Access to company discount platform
• Product discounts
• Employee Assistance programme
• Enhanced maternity, paternity, and grandparent leave

What you need to do now

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