Senior Management Accountant - Oxfordshire, United Kingdom - EllisKnight International Recruitment

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Management Accounts Team Leader


We are excited to be seeking an experienced Management Accountant to join us as a Management Accounting team leader to oversee and provide the QA/sign off function across a portfolio of monthly client management accounting packs.

The role will join our growingshared service finance team (circa 50 current employees) based at our head office in Oxford.


Key Purpose of the role

  • This role is a key position to provide a QA and sign off function (oversight, leadership and formal validation/sign off) for a portfolio of client monthly management accounting packs for multiple property clients.
  • The role will suit an experienced (Qualified/QBE) Management Accountant who is able to engage, support, advise and influence a group of Senior and experienced (studying) Management Accountants. It will ensure a timely and high quality production of trustedand time critical information for a portfolio of clients. (Providing each client with a final quality check for each set of monthly Management Accounts pack, budgets and/or other financial information.)
  • We are looking for applicants that have the experience to recognise anomalies, errors or where further information/investigation is required.
  • Working as part of a major and growing property shared service centre this role will be integral in the delivery of quality and trusted financial information to external clients, individuals and/or investment groups that own or manage the specific properties.

Key Tasks

  • Managing a team of Client Management Accountants to ensure the production of monthly financial management information for a portfolio of clients is completed on time to the required standard.
  • Ensure the team liaises with Clients and Site Staff regarding accounting queries and provide leadership on complex cases.
  • Coordinate the production of annual site budgets by the team, in conjunction with the Site Staff and Head of Operations and reforecasting where necessary.
  • Ensure the team submits timely remittance of funds to clients and cash flow reporting.
  • Provide development and training for new and more junior members of the team as required.
  • Working with the other team leaders in the function to drive process improvement

Knowledge and Skills

  • Qualified, Senior part qualified or QBE (CIMA/ACCA/ACA or equivalent)
  • Experience of preparing, reviewing and signing off Management Accounting packs
  • Experience of supporting management accountants/teams team to deliver timely management accounting packs across a portfolio of clients each and every month.
  • Support/guide, delegate and advise team members understand or recognise anomalies or errors and deliver to time critical deadlines
  • Client focused
  • Microsoft Excel skills to include V Lookups, If Statements and Pivot Tables
  • Excellent verbal and written Communication Skills
  • Excellent organisational skills
  • Drive efficiency and improvement of the quality process to simplify and streamline the monthly processes.
  • Ensure timely remittance of funds to clients and that service charge requests are submitted to meet operational expenditure requirements.
  • Monitor the production of annual site budgets and ensuring that they are consistent and comparable and produced within the agreed timescales.

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