Senior Management Accountant

A highly successful leisure services business is seeking an experienced Senior Management Accountant to join their team in the Bournemouth area for an 18-month fixed term contract.

Your Role and Responsibilities
While in this position your duties may include but are not limited to:

• Taking responsibility for the preparation and production of management accounts, investing anomalies and escalating anything where appropriate to the Head of Finance
• Managing the accounts payable and receivable functions, as well as the management accounts team, ensuring that full support during change periods is provided
• Overseeing both the sales and purchase invoicing processes, including payments to suppliers and partners and reconciling these into the system
• Handling debt and supplier management, ensuring the resolution of any financial matters
• Managing the closing down process at month and year end to ensure journal adjustments are processed accurately
• Signing off and reviewing payroll as needed
• Supporting financial analysis and other reporting including producing regular cash flows to support investments, as well as preparing board information packs on a quarterly basis and rolling forecasts and presentation packs for the senior leadership team
• Producing detailed revenue and expenditure budgets/models, ensuring that the impact on business areas is thoroughly communicated
• Putting control measures and procedures in place and ensuring they are reviewed regularly for compliance purposes
• Handling the quarterly VAT return, ensuring adherence to legislation
• Supporting external auditing processes and preparing the year end accounts workbook for submission
• Developing systems to support business needs (including for Gift Aid), identifying areas for improvement and managing these developments

You MUST Have:
Please apply ONLY if you meet the following criteria:

• Excellent experience in management accounting as well as good exposure to the entire finance function
• Good understanding financial accounting, including VAT, Tax, Gift Aid and bank reconciliations
• ACCA/CIMA qualified
• Previous experience managing a team of finance professionals
• Strong IT capabilities, specifically with Excel and accounting software/systems including Xledger and Power BI
• Experience in changing/implementing finance systems would be beneficial
• Fantastic communication skills

This role is a contract position and not permanent, there candidates should be available at short notice or immediately.

Your Opportunity:
With multiple locations across the area, this business has a well-formed structure and presence, providing services to a large customer based across the region. This position will take responsibility for all aspects of the finance and accounting functions up to trial balance, developing a small team under them, managing transactional finance elements and ensuring the company management accounts are produced.

The business is offering a renumeration package including a salary of around £45,000 and this will accompany a peripheral package with some attractive benefits and incentives. The position holder while in this role will gain fantastic exposure, handling a wide breadth of duties which will enable their continued learning and development.

If this excellent opportunity interests you, then please don't hesitate to apply today!