Management Accountant

**Title**: Management Accountant

**Salary**: £35,000 - £40,000 per annum

**Location**: Southgate

**Job Overview**:
We are looking for an experienced Management Accountant ideally with housing, infrastructure, or real estate background. The role requires a reliable, confident, and pro-active person, who also understands the importance of confidentiality and discretion.

The Management Accountant will primarily be responsible for day-to-day tasks related to the accounts payable function, accurate postings to the general ledger, completion of bank and balance sheet reconciliation.

**The company**:
My client is a Property Development and Management firm based in London N14, working with local authorities to provide solutions for their social housing needs, under different schemes, with a strong reputation for quality and excellence in their field.

**Key Responsibilities**:

- Receiving and scanning invoices into the Sage line 50 system
- Ensuring invoices are authorized for payment
- Processing payment runs
- Responsibility for the preparation and control of inter company, related party and third party reconciliations.
- Cost analysis and variance reporting.
- Assisting with the month end duties such as Accruals & Prepayments.
- Preparation of bank reconciliations and payment instructions
- Preparation and input of journal entries for approval by Group Accountants
- Assisting Group Accountants with quarter end procedures.
- Assisting Chief Accountant with further accounting tasks when required
- Ensuring that accounting controls are adhered to at all times
- Required skills
- Two years minimum experience
- High level of accuracy and attention to detail
- Good systems skills, including Excel and Word and general ledger accounting system
- Sage Line 50 desirable.
- Good verbal and written communication skills
- Comfortable with accounting concepts, including double-entry book keeping
- Strong team and work ethic