Location: Newcastle-Upon-Tyne
Other locations: Anywhere in Country
Date: 10 Feb 2025
Requisition ID: 1579280
Management Accountant - CBS PBFA
Role type: Permanent
Rank: Level 2
Reports in to: Finance Manager
Location: Newcastle (other regional offices considered)
The opportunity
Working to support the Finance Manager group, this is an excellent opportunity to get involved in month-ends, budgets and supporting the various business leaders across the firm. This role is aligned to the CBS Service Line (Indirects). It provides an excellent experience for those who wish to progress to become a Finance Manager.
The CBS Finance Team consists of a Head of Finance, three Senior Managers and a number of Finance Managers and Management Accountants split by CBS function across UK&I and FS UK. We work closely with the CBS Function leadership team.
Your key responsibilities
* Working with the relevant Finance Managers (FM) to provide financial support, control and insight for a portfolio of CBS functions.
* Preparing, reporting, analysing and providing constructive commentary on monthly and YTD results and performance against plan.
* Communicating effectively with the FMs and the Business leads by sharing and interpreting information that will help to improve business performance.
* Direct interaction with the CBS Function leaders to ensure that financial controls are being consistently applied as well as providing insight and analysis on trends and anomalies.
* Preparation and submission of annual plan, working with business and finance leads in the process – this will include a quarterly forecast against the approved annual plan.
* Look for ways to improve our approach and processes – freedom to bring forward fresh ideas and ways of working.
* Dealing with ad hoc finance queries as they arise.
Skills and attributes for success
* Confident and able to build strong relationships at management/partner levels.
* Management Accounts experience: including end to end monthly accounts close process of accruals, prepayments and variance analysis and commentary.
* General Ledger reconciliations: balance sheet analysis and sign-off.
* Annual planning and forecasting experience – working with multiple stakeholders and to a fixed timetable.
* Able to challenge and articulate opinions succinctly and persuasively.
* Proven analytical skills and strong attention to accuracy and detail.
* Ability to manage their own time and to manage the expectations of numerous stakeholders.
To qualify for the role, you must have
* Excellent oral and written communication skills.
* Minimum of one year’s experience within an office workplace.
Ideally, you’ll also have
* An enthusiastic, can-do approach and be a strong team player.
* The ability to juggle conflicting demands on time and prioritise effectively.
* The ability to pre-empt deadlines and pursue colleagues for relevant information.
* A desire to embrace and drive change whilst identifying and supporting process improvements and demonstrating best practices.
* Ability to learn new processes and skills quickly.
* The ability to work well unsupervised and use initiative where required.
What we look for
We are looking for someone with a flexible and “can-do” attitude who is not afraid to suggest and develop new ideas within the Finance teams, embracing technology and change.
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