Management Accountant

This is a brilliant opportunity for a Management Accountant who has experience of smaller business accounting to get involved with a business that is highly profitable and growing (both organically and through acquisition), and there is plenty of value tobe added commercially.

The responsibilities for the role include:
**_Job Function_**

Preparing, developing and analysing key financial information to aid the business in making well-informed decisions. Build relationships and rapport with key contacts within the business. Assist the Financial Controller in all areas of management and financialaccounting, providing timely and accurate management accounts.

**_Key Responsibilities and Accountabilities_**
- Produce, analyse and report punctual monthly management accounts for 4 companies within the group. To include month-end journals and variance analysis.
- Manage recharge of costs between entities to ensure all costs are accurately attributed. Reconcile intercompany balances across the group
- Reconcile all balance sheet accounts on a monthly basis
- Maintain the Fixed Asset Register
- Manage VAT reporting and processes in compliance with current VAT legislation and maintain up-to-date knowledge of current VAT legislation and changes
- Provide support to external auditors as required
- Develop and prepare financial reports, models and analysis to aid the business in making well-informed decisions to ensure future stability, growth and profitability
- Pro-actively identify system and process improvements and opportunities to add value to the business and work to implement change as necessary
- Other ad-hoc tasks as required by the business

**Job Specification**
- ACA, ACCA or CIMA qualified. Audit background desirable but not essential
- Advanced Excel skills, able to build reports and financial models from scratch
- Highly numerate and literate with the ability to rapidly assimilate information
- Approachable communication style with the ability to adapt the style based on the situation
- Able to share and explain the results of analysis in a meaningful way to both Finance and non-Finance personnel
- Proactive and dynamic attitude to problem solving with ability to use initiative and common sense
- Able to multi-task with consistency and accuracy and able to prioritise and re-plan in a methodical manner. Can set objectives and plan how to achieve them
- Able to identify issues based on financial performance and take necessary action
- Understanding of best practice financial controls and processes
- Experience of managing inventory desirable but not essential
- Able to work with a variety of people and respect different ways of working. Proactively provide support to colleagues
- Reliable, consistent and tenacious
- Self-driven and results orientated. Takes accountability
- Flexible approach with a hands-on attitude to tasks