Management Accountant

The Interim Management Accountant will provide key technical contribution to the output of the management accounting team by ensuring accurate accounting & reporting to support the effective financial management of the business. It will require the management of specific lines in the P&L to ensure integrity of accounting as well as regular insight and financial control.

• Ensuring the integrity of the numbers produced by review and subsequent creation and posting of accruals, prepayments and other journals in line with correct technical accounting treatment.
• Provide insight into key variances and review with relevant budget holders, challenging them where necessary by applying commercial knowledge and logic.
• Support the accounting team's month end process by meeting timetabled deadlines and proactively contributing to process close meetings with finance colleagues.
• Produce meaningful reconciliation of balance sheet accounts, displaying clear understanding of balance sheet risk and classification

To succeed in this role you will be a qualified accountant (CIMA, ACCA, ACA) with preferably at least 3 years experience of working in a multi-site, large volume business environment.
You will be a confident, articulate communicator and able to display a solid grasp of technical accounting skills.
A high level of competence in Microsoft Excel is a prerequisite and literacy in financial systems and reporting tools vital.