Calling all Management Accountants!

This role will push your boundaries and give you the excitement factor! Stratton Recruitment is excited to be partnering up with a luxurious, high end and attractive client based in Cambridgeshire/ Suffolk.

Your role will consist of, production of monthly/yearly accounts working alongside the FC and finance team.

The Job

• Reporting to Financial Controller, the management accountant is responsible for the production of monthly/yearly accounts working as part of the finance team
• As the management accountant in the multi-entity and multi-currency environment you will have the following key responsibilities:

Key Responsibilities

Primary Responsibilities

• Ownership of Management Accounts and reporting
• Delivery of the monthly close as well as year-end to tight deadlines
• Preparation and posting of journals to close month end to deadlines
• TB reviews, margin analysis, variance analysis (MOM, YOY, comparison of forecasts/budgets with actuals, etc)
• Production of timely management reporting packs with P&L analysis
• Intercompany reporting and reconciliation, management and maintenance of intercompany accounts
• Completion of month-end and year-end group reporting packs
• Assist with preparation of annual budgets and quarterly forecasts
• Support in the interim audit and financial audit and in the preparation of external statutory financial reporting
• Preparation of balance sheet reconciliation on a monthly basis, particular attention to key accounts with high volume of statutory importance e.g. – payroll accounts, VAT control accounts and credit card control accounts, etc. Ensuring items are resolved timely and escalated appropriately as required
• Review and preparation of payroll journals processed by outsourced company
• Fixed Asset register management and reporting
• Maintenance and reporting of IC accounts
• All relevant returns including VAT and Government Surveys
• Support to more junior staff
• Ad hoc finance tasks and projects as required

Additional Responsibilities

• Manage working relationships with both internal and external parties and ensure good business-like relationships are maintained, including auditors and tax authorities
• Challenge existing practices, suggest improvement where necessary and implement
• Ad hoc projects/investigations

Managerial Tasks

• Support to financial controller in managing the team
• Support to more junior staff based overseas

Essential

• Min. Part Qualified (CIMA/ACCA/IACEW); Qualified to Degree
• Experience of working in a similar finance function
• Microsoft Navision or similar accounting system
• Strong reconciliation, mathematical and organizational skills, communication skills; and interpersonal skills
• Ability to meet deadlines and multi task under pressure,
• Attention to details,
• Experience of working in multi- entity and multi-currency environment