Senior Management Accountant (Maternity Cover – 12 month FTC)
The Role
We are looking for a candidate with a strong academic background who is CA, CIMA or ACCA qualified and has at least 3 years’ post‑qualification experience in industry.
This is not a traditional accountancy role – the candidate should bring strong business acumen, commercial curiosity and intellect to an exciting business, comfortable engaging in strategic discussions, forming decisions around value creation and considering the long‑term goals of the business.
Responsibilities
* Full responsibility for preparing, reviewing and submitting the monthly management accounts within timely deadlines, including reconciliation of balance sheet accounts across the full group in line with month‑end timetable
* Preparation of timely and accurate group consolidation including IFRS journals
* Preparation of monthly board pack with detailed analysis and supporting data
* Review of monthly payroll across three entities
* Review of fortnightly supplier payment runs and approval of bank payments to a certain limit
* Supervision and line management of assistant accountants, responsible for overseeing their daily tasks, mentoring and coaching
* Key point of contact for statutory audits, reviews and any external taxes
* Supporting the CFO and Group Financial Controller with key statutory adjustments, accounting standard changes and other technical accounting challenges
* Support and prepare cash flows and cash flow forecasts
* Support the Group Financial Controller and CFO to produce annual budgets and rolling forecasts including Balance Sheet, Cash Flow and Capex schedules
* Other ad hoc tasks such as VAT, overseas taxes and compliance
* Cross‑company communications with operational, sales and other key budget holders
* Promote a continuous improvement approach to business policy and processes, implementing positive change
Qualifications
* Strong commercial acumen and an understanding of key business drivers
* Experience in a similar industry‑based role
* Confident communicator with strong interpersonal skills
* Strong attention to detail and the ability to work to tight deadlines
* Self‑motivated with a 'can do’ attitude
* Flexible and able to work on a variety of ad hoc projects
* Ability to explain financial metrics/concepts to other functional managers
* Strong organisational skills
Candidates will be selected not just on their financial credentials and capabilities. You must have a desire to work collaboratively with a team, engage with the leadership of an organisation and manage changing priorities in a sometimes ambiguous environment. Energy, good people skills and focus on performance delivery will be essential.
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