Role: Management Accountant
Location: Stockport
Salary: £40-42k
The Management Accountant will take a leading role supporting the Finance Director in providing input and advice on business decisions, long-term financial planning and budget setting. Forecasting and monitoring financial performance to secure value for money and financial sustainability and ensuring regulatory compliance is underpinned through a robust framework of financial governance and control.
Management Accountant Key Responsibilities;
* Provide proactive and high-quality financial information and advice to enable effective budget management and control through the preparation and presentation of accurate monthly management accounts to senior management.
* Support the development and continual improvement of reporting through the preparation of budgets, costing models and relevant allocations.
* Deliver costings, process developments and systems reporting, ensuring robust procedures are implemented to support and drive effective financial management.
* Developing and overseeing financial systems and procedures and identifying opportunities to improve these.
* To assist in the compiling of strategies that will provide better value for money.
* Preparation of full working papers for statutory audit requirements.
* Utilise a range of financial modelling techniques to evaluate and appraise new and complex projects, draw conclusions from such evaluations and make reasoned recommendations based on these.
* Enable growth and diversification by adopting an innovative but robust approach in the appraisal of projects with the provision of relevant financial advice.
* Communicating with all levels within the organisation and being able to present financial information to non-finance members of staff.
* Discern and analyse trends within the business in conjunction with Finance Director.
Skillset/Qualifications for Management Accountant;
* CCAB (Accountancy) part qualified having passed a substantial majority of the exams.
* Excellent analytical and numerical skills whilst maintaining a strong attention to detail.
* Ability to produce high quality reports, presentations and other documents.
* Analysis and evaluation of data using appropriate tools and technologies.
* Evidence of an ability to work on own initiative.
* Evidence of an ability to make sound judgements and decisions on a day-to-day basis.
* Developing positive relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
If you feel your professional background matches the above Management Accountant specification, click apply