Accountant Manager - London, United Kingdom - Morgan McKinley

Morgan McKinley
Morgan McKinley
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London, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Key Duties

  • Management of two Accountants within the Finance team, continuing to develop their skills and competencies accordingly.
  • Ensure accurate and timely month end reporting for two shared service companies, including:
  • Reconciliation and true up of bank accounts and other items of working capital.
  • Maintenance of fixed asset register, including posting of depreciation, additions, and disposals
  • Review and posting of payroll journals, including liaison with the outsourced payroll provider to ensure the information received is correctly coded and allocated.
  • Allocation and recharge of corporate costs to other entities.
  • Reconciliation of intercompany charges and agreement of balances
  • Oversight of the invoicing of fees to other entities by the Accounts Receivable team
  • Maintain clean general ledgers, ensuring balance sheet accounts are reconciled fully and reconciling items are addressed and cleared on a timely basis.
  • Review and update the shared services allocations based on discussions with department heads on a quarterly basis.
  • Present monthly budget vs actual financial analysis to shared service department heads.
  • Prepare quarterly cashflow statements as required for group reporting.
  • Produce the annual shared services business plans and quarterly reforecasts. Present to senior management and business group finance leads.
  • Establish strong understanding of the organisations LTIP and Fund compensation schemes. Liaise with global HR & Finance to define processes for recognition and cashflows.
  • Proactively manage Company cashflows and ensure sufficient funding is in place to meet operational needs and surplus funds are placed on deposit.
  • Review monthly Company and Group VAT returns, providing advice to the VAT group members as required.
  • Prepare and submit other tax and statutory returns as required, such as PAYE Settlement Agreement return, and Office for National Statistics returns.
  • Lead the annual statutory financial statements preparation and audit for both shared service companies.
  • Management of the employee expense reimbursement system, internal processes, and controls
  • Other ad hoc tasks as required, with a particular focus on improving processes and systems.
Must have skills

  • An accounting qualification from a recognised accounting body, 3+ years PQE
  • Strong academic background, degree educated, minimum of 2:1 degree.
  • Selfmotivated with the ability to work independently.
  • Effective oral and written communication
  • Deadline oriented, good time management and organisational skills.
  • Highly competent in the fundamentals of accounting
  • Meticulous and strong attention to detail
  • Previous experience of managing a small team
Morgan McKinley is acting as an Employment Agency and references to pay rates are indicative.
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