Management Accountant
Salary: £38,000-£45,000 per annum, DOE
Location: Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire (fully office based)
Hours: Monday-Friday, 9:00am-5:30pm
Role Overview: Reporting directly to the Finance Manager, the Management Accountant will play a pivotal role in the finance team, ensuring accurate and timely monthly sales data, and ongoing financial analysis and insights. Working in an exceptionally busy organisation with a large turnover of goods, with a multiplicity of VAT requirements, cash, card, and online transactions. The ideal candidate will be detail-oriented and proactive with strong understanding of financial management principles.
Key Responsibilities of the Management Accountant:
* Creating and maintaining monthly management reports
* Performing variance analysis and tracking costs across departments
* Supporting cash flow forecasts
* Assisting the Finance Manager in maintaining the accounts systems and offer support to the other management users
* Creating and maintaining schedules for accruals and pre-payments
* Posting any other journals required into the accounting system
* Preparing fixed asset schedule and balance sheet reconciliations
* Supporting audit preparation and responding to internal financial queries
* Supporting financial administration – oversee invoice coding, ledger maintenance, and routine financial admin tasks such as invoicing trade accounts and bank reconciliations
* Acting as first point of contact for all finance queries
* Acting as line manager for two purchase ledger clerks
* Providing cover for the payroll administrator when they are on holiday / sick / etc.
The ideal candidate will have:
* Proactive with the ability to work independently.
* Competence in Microsoft Excel and other relevant applications.
* Strong numerical skills with meticulous attention to detail.
* Willingness to assist colleagues with various tasks.
* Clear understanding of accounting principles
* AAT qualified
* Working towards or already holding a CIMA or ACCA qualification is desirable
Benefits:
* Competitive salary
* Pension scheme
* Annual leave entitlement plus bank holidays
* Study support
If you feel this could be the perfect Management Accountant role for you then please apply now