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Management Accountant
- Posted 04 June 2025
- Salary £45000 - £50000.00 per annum
- LocationWatford
- Job type Permanent
- Discipline Accountancy and Finance
- ReferenceBBBH217455_1749020471
Job description
Job Description:
- Create Monthly Accounts: Manage the monthly accounts, including P&L, Balance Sheet, and KPIs. This involves handling the sales ledger, purchase ledger, nominal ledger, and accounts reconciliation.
- Month-End Processing: Process month-end journals, accruals, and prepayments.
- Balance Sheet Reconciliations: Ensure monthly balance sheet reconciliations are completed and address any issues.
- Discrepancy Analysis: Analyse and report on discrepancies, ensuring 100% accuracy and integrity of information for board meetings.
- Budget Preparation: Prepare and reforecast budgets.
- Financial Compliance: Ensure compliance with HMRC and other regulatory bodies.
- Audit Preparation: Assist in preparing for the annual external audit and liaise with auditors.
- Cost Saving Initiatives: Assist with cost-saving and shared service initiatives.
- Asset and Liability Monitoring: Monitor key assets and liabilities to drive improvements to the balance sheet and the business overall.
- Monthly Reporting: Provide monthly reports to the FD and Managing Director, including suggested improvements on budget deviations.
- Team Coordination: Work closely with and coordinate the accounts teams to ensure accurate, detailed, and coherent performance reporting.
- Improvement Identification: Highlight areas for improvement in the above processes.
- Cash Flow Management: Manage daily cash flow and inter-account transfers as required.
- Ad-Hoc Reporting: Handle ad-hoc reporting both internally and externally.
Personal Attributes:
- Effective Communicator: The ideal candidate will be an effective communicator with experience in Management and Financial Accounting. They must be proactive, lead by example, and support the accounting team as needed.
- Development Opportunity: This is a full and varied role, offering the right candidate an opportunity to develop.
- Technical Skills: Computer literate in all MS Office applications, with previous working knowledge in SAP being an advantage.
- Relevant Experience: Relevant experience within a similar environment is essential.
