Management Accountant - London, United Kingdom - Anthony Cole Associates

Anthony Cole Associates

Verified Company

London, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

Posted by:

Tom O´Connor

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Description

Base salary on offer £45-55,000 DOE, with a bonus to 27.5% which has been paid in full every year for the last 5.

Hybrid working arrangement with 3 days being remote.

Purpose of Role

Key responsibilities will be to produce timely, accurate and insightful Management Accounting, and Reporting for Northern Ireland & the Retail Division.

Ensure a strong commercial understanding of the division so that all relevant process improvements andcost opportunities can be realised. Balance Sheet knowledge is key to this role.

Key Accountabilities

Preparation of monthly management accounts, ensuring these are delivered to a high quality meeting reporting deadlines.
Ensure balance sheet reconciliations are completed to agreed deadlines with all reconciling items investigated and resolved promptly
Deliver insightful analysis and commentary on all key variances to budget/forecast/prior year to explain and drive performance
Ensure certain group reporting requirements are completed within required deadlines and to a high standard
Preparation of annual budgets to create, review and upload annual budgets
Assist in collation of audit files and audit deliverables for Interim and yearend audit.
Ensuring that all queries from internal customers are dealt with effectively
Support adhoc analysis in conjunction with key stakeholders to understand key drivers and any financial impacts
Provide analytical support on key business decisions,
Build good working relationships with key contacts in order to understand the business and the business needs
Work with the wider Finance team regarding financial reporting requirements and improvements

Key Skills & Education

Qualified / Part Qualified (ACCA, ACA, CIMA) with a minimum of 5 years experience of management accounting, of which at least some should be with a large, complex, dataheavy busniess (Retail / Multi
Site company background is strongly preferred howevernot essential
Experience of planning, forecasting and delivery of insight through analysis
Good balance sheet management experience
Intermediate level of Excel skills (v/h lookups, sumifs, pivot tables, etc)
Experience with reporting and presentation of data
Ability to manage and manipulate large volumes of data
Strong relationship building and interpersonal skills
Demonstrable commercial awareness
Results driven, can work at fast pace whilst ensuring accuracy
The ability to take ownership of an area and drive improvement