Management Accountant - Gloucestershire, United Kingdom - Seymour John

Seymour John
Seymour John
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Gloucestershire, United Kingdom

1 week ago

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Management Accountant (Progression into a Finance Business Partner) | Gloucestershire | Salary depends on experience

The Company
Exciting opportunity in the Service Industry


The Opportunity


As the Management Accountant reporting to the Finance Director, you will be instrumental in adding value and contributing to the commercial decisions based on sound financial fact and analysis.

Day to day control and responsibility of all the divisions'finances, processes and reporting.


Tasks will include:
Analysis and Reporting

Interpret and present financial data with appropriate clear, concise analysis.

  • Analyse and deliver insight that links financial reports to business objectives.
  • Use 'big' and 'small' data, with appropriate tools to manipulate, analyse and interpret it in sophisticated, audience appropriate ways.
Decision Making

  • Challenge the Directors and Senior Management within each division.
  • Working together, maintain and obtain data to support the divisions management decisions.
  • Support those within each division who have limited financial knowledge to develop a greater financial understanding and enforce discipline regarding core processes.
  • Actively influence day to day decisions, shaping strategy and the direction of the business.
Budgeting

  • Deliver and challenge the annual budgeting and reforecasting process for each division. Provide financial insight into the budgets and forecasts.
  • Engage division delivery teams educating them in the budget process, gaining their input, understanding and adherence to the budget during event delivery.
  • Monthly accurate reporting on risks and opportunities to budget.
Fiscal

  • Provide effective commercial procedures, or initiate change, to ensure key operational, commercial, and financial targets are delivered.
  • Maintain timely, accurate recording of financial data.
  • Analyse event P&Ls, identifying areas of underperformance and suggest solutions where appropriate.
  • Production and review of quarterly VAT returns.
  • Ensuring that the annual audit is actioned quickly, providing all evidence as required.
General

  • Work collaboratively with the divisions' reporting through to the group finance function.
  • Take responsibility to increase efficiency within the accounting process ensuring joinedup thinking between Group and divisions.
  • Day to day control of the divisions' finances including production of monthly management accounts, budgets and reporting analysis.
  • Form and stand over your own opinions, have a welldeveloped sense of ethics and be prepared to stand by these principles.
  • Flexibility to occasionally attend events which may be on the weekend.
  • Take into consideration sustainable solutions and best practices to ensure we take responsibility for reducing our impact on the environment and support the companywide sustainability strategy.

Personal Profile

Essential:

  • Experience of managing relationships and being able to impact and influence senior nonfinancial management.
  • Experience of performing detailed financial performance analysis, with high standards, accuracy, and presentation.
  • Detailed knowledge of balance sheet controls and reconciliations.
  • Experience of preparing basic management and statutory accounts.
  • Proactive problem solver with the ability to analyse complex data and see trends and patterns in the results.
  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills; ability to express financial information to nonfinancial colleagues.
  • Mixture of analytical, commercial and persuasion skills.
  • Organised thought process with strong Microsoft Excel knowledge and ability to manipulate data from other sources for presentation to managers.
  • Excellent planning and time management skills with ability to meet exacting deadlines.

Desirable:

  • Fully or part Qualified Accountant (CIMA/ACCA/ACA).
  • Experience of working with Sage 50 accounting systems and EPOS.
  • Understanding of PDQ / Debt management process and control.
  • Future orientated.
  • Confident decisionmaker who is comfortable with proposing, justifying, initiating, and implementing change, using own initiative to resolve issues
For further information, please contact Rhian Mountjoy
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