Management Accountant

Our client is a growing PE backed business who is continuing to grow through acquisition. They seek to hire a Management Accountant who is looking to join a proactive and forward thinking finance function. The Management Accountant role will suit a progressive AAT/ACCA/ACA or CIMA studier who wants to learn and develop new skills. Duties include,

• Prepare necessary journals to account for revenues and costs (including accruals and prepayments), 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.
• Produce timely and accurate management information in accordance with internal deadlines and in compliance with the Group accounting policies (FRS102).
• Provide insightful analysis and commentary of revenues and costs to Finance and Operational Managers, ensuring the accuracy and legitimacy of the accounts.
• Partnering with the designated area of the business via monthly P&L review meetings (virtually) to talk through variances month on month and against budget and gaining knowledge of upcoming costs/changes that may affect their individual P&Ls;
• Reconciliation of balance sheet accounts, taking remedial action to rectify any errors, ensuring that the company's assets and liabilities are accurately recorded, providing supporting explanation where appropriate.
• Maintenance of schedules for prepayments and accruals, ensuring costs are accounted for in the correct accounting period.
• Act as a point of contact for finance queries for a designated area of the business, investigating and providing a timely response to P&L and Balance Sheet queries.
• 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.