1. Management Accountant - £45k to £50k
2. Permanent - Warrington
About Our Client
I have partnered with a retail business in WA3, a UK turnover of £25million set to increase to £35million over the next 12 months. Due to the FD needing an extra pair of hands to take over Management Account side of things has created this exciting opportunity.
Job Description
3. Prepare, analyse, interpret and deliver timely, accurate financial and activity information to the executive team including flash revenue on day one and management accounts for the group to strict reporting deadlines
4. Proactively work with business-unit managers, as a finance business partner, to maintain the integrity and accuracy of transactions in the general ledger, in accordance with relevant legislation and internal accounting policies
5. Assist the statutory reporting team with the provision of information to enable the preparation of annual statutory financial statements in accordance with recognised accounting standards and relevant legislation.
6. Reconciliation and management of month end reconciliations including month end journal processing.
7. Engage with business-unit managers to understand and deliver information requirements, including cost analytics and variance analysis
8. Work with executives and unit managers to identify new business and investment opportunities and provide detailed financial analysis of those proposals using various assessment measures
9. Work with business-unit managers to improve and maintain the accuracy of service costs within all relevant information systems
10. Contribute to the budget and forecasting processes by engaging with business-unit managers to understand service delivery plans and resources required to deliver these
11. Collaborate with business-unit managers to review and approve expenditure requisitions in line with budget
12. Analyse, validate, interpret and deliver payroll information, including headcount, agency costs and nurse patient ratios, to the executive team and unit managers to facilitate decision making
13. Show commitment to the adoption of best practice and proactively seek opportunities to improve the finance function.
14. Contribute to a wide variety of ad-hoc accounting assignments, projects and initiatives as required, including the adoption of digital processes
15. Build strong relationships and work collaboratively with all other finance team members, towards improving the finance function.
16. Engage with the finance team on continuous improvement and commit to the adoption of best practice while seeking out opportunities to improve the finance systems and processes.
17. Undertake various ad hoc reporting or accounting assignments as required by Finance Management.
The Successful Applicant
18. Part qualified accountant (ACCA, ACA, CIMA, or equivalent) or QBE
19. Proficiency in accounting software (preferably Microsoft Dynamics 365) and MS Excel
20. Excellent attention to detail and organisational skills
21. Strong communication and interpersonal skills
22. A proactive and solutions-oriented mindset, with the ambition to grow alongside the company
What's on Offer
23. Competitive salary up to £50k
24. Onsite parking
25. Pension
26. Annual bonus*
27. Discounted cafe
28. Sports and Social club
29. Employee Assistance Programme
30. Discounted onsite pharmacy