Management Accountant - Leatherhead, United Kingdom - Fletcher George Recruitment Ltd

Fletcher George Recruitment Ltd

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Leatherhead, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Management Accountant - Hybrid working
Our client is a privately owned international retail business with their UK Head Office in Leatherhead, Surrey. The business is looking to recruit a commercially focussed ACCA or CIMA Qualified or Part Qualified Management Accountant. You will join theirsmall and inclusive Head Office function and enjoy the benefits of flexible / hybrid working.

This is a fantastic company to work for, with a supportive management team and great staff retention. They take huge pride in being a family owned business and operate with strong core values.

The business will offer you a very competitive starting salary plus a discretionary bonus,a 35 hour working week, option to flex hours to finish early on Friday, hybrid working pattern to offer 3 days working from home (WFH) and 2 days office working whenthe team all work together, other benefits include parking, Life Assurance and PHI.

Your role as Management Accountant

Responsible for leading the endtoend company budgeting process as well as expertly reporting on business performance through clear and effective internal management reporting, communicating significant variances versus budget / forecast, and annual audit/ statutory reporting.
Liaise with supply chain and their International Finance team to prepare standard product Cost of Goods for all items for inclusion in Operating Budget.
Report to management on progress vs targets and identify gaps / issues; complete ontime submission of budget files to HQ.
There is scope to further add value by developing / improving procedures and reporting.
This role is responsible for ensuring that the financial accounts of the company are produced as accurately as possible within reporting deadlines. This would include planning and monitoring associated workflows and maintaining a robust review process aswell as hands on processing of selected supplier invoices and most journal adjustments where required.
You will own other periodic responsibilities, such as VAT and Intrastat returns for UK and European operations

- validate accounting entries for accuracy & completeness and submit / pay returns by due dates.

Liaison with auditors at yearend to support timely submission of corporate audit; complete statutory accounts for internal approval and submission
Contribute to monthly completion of accounts
Review and post a selection of supplier invoices as appropriate
Maintain inventory costings (Standard costing) and monitor/adjust variances
Create/input standard and nonstandard accounting journals.
Maintain ledger codes, mappings & reporting modules for accounting system for any changes or new requirements
Handle queries/requests from internal and external sources to provide solutions and information in a timely and presentable fashion.

About you

Ideally you will be an ACCA/CIMA fully qualified or ACCA / CIMA part qualified accountant
You will ideally have circa 3 years of relevant management accounting experience
Some experience gained in a FMCG or a retail environment is preferred but not essential.
Excellent IT skills including Microsoft packages an ERP solution such as Dynamics or similar would also be beneficial

Fletcher George is an accountancy and finance recruitment agency, acting as an employment agency. We aim to reply to all successful applicants within a 48 hour time scale.