Role Overview
We require a Management Accountant to join a rapidly growing organisation based in Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Salary circa £35,000 per annum.
This is a new position to help strengthen the exisiting finance team. You will work closely with the Financial Controller to deliver accurate, insightful and timely financial information to the Board, site and department heads. The ideal candidate will be educated to Degree level or equivalent and hold an accounting qualification CIMA/ACCA.
You should have experience of preparing management accounts including profit and Loss, Balance Sheet and cashflow. You will be using you detailed knowledge of financial statements, UK GAAP, and be proficient in Excel, pivot and look up tables and building financial models.
Key Responsibilities:
* Work with the Financial Controller to deliver accurate, insightful and timely managements information for the Board, site heads and central service department heads
* Provide business partnering support to site heads to drive business improvement
* Review and ownership of relevant nominal ledger reconciliations
* Review accounts against budget/forecast, explaining variances
* Driving automation, process improvement and audit of internal systems and procedures
* Develop and maintain the group fixed asset register
* Support the year-end audit process and any due diligence processes
* Work with the Financial Controller to manage and develop the two Assistant Accountants in the department in the production of financial information
* Own and develop Hesley Group’s financial forecasting model maintained in Excel, ensuring all output is accurate and error free
* Work with the Financial Controller on the production of information to support annual fee increases
* Work with the Finance Director on the development of financial models to assess new sites and M&A opportunities
* Support the Financial Controller and Finance Director on ad hoc projects as and when they occur
Qualifications:
* Educated to Degree level or equivalent
* Hold an accounting qualification e.g CIMA/ACCA
Required Knowledge:
* Detailed Knowledge of financial statements
* Knowledge of UK GAAP.
* Proficient in use of Excel; pivot and look up tables and building financial models
Personal Skills and Abilities:
* Excellent communication (written and verbal) and interpersonal skills
* Self-starter with ability to work on own initiative to tight deadline
* Organised approach to work and able to prioritise with conflicting demands
* Highly numerate with strong attention to detail