Management Accountant

Management Accountant

We are seeking a dedicated Management accountant to join our Kilburn based team! In this role you’ll work with the Head of Finance to manage, maintain, and develop the Finance Function for both UK & Eire businesses as well as the wider group, ensuring our financial processes remain in line with business objectives.

Benefits include:

• Annual Salary: £50-60k depending on experience
• Offering one day working from home each week, after successfully passing a probationary period
• 20 days Annual Leave, plus Bank Holidays and a day off for your Birthday
• Company Pension Contribution
• Life Assurance
• Staff Discount
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Wider Wallet - Offers high street and online store discounts

Skills required:

• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Team player capable of developing a team and their processes.
• Hands on, tenacious, and able to prioritise work to meet deadlines under pressure.
• Strong analytical skills and attention to detail.
• Self-Motivated with good time management, organisational and administrative skills.

• Desire to learn, support and develop with a mindset of continuous improvement.
• Preferably a qualified Accountant (ACA, CIMA, ACCA or equivalent).
• Ability to acquire technical knowledge (e.g., accounting or tax) to liaise with third parties.
• Proficient in Excel.
• Experience in the Building Merchant/Property industries is an advantage.

Key Responsibilities include:

Accounts

• Prepare, develop and deliver UK and Irish Accounts & Forecasts with commentary, analytics and review.
• Produce branch accounts and variance analysis.
• Prepare/review of Balance Sheet reconciliations, including cash, intercompany balances, accruals, prepayments, and other balance sheet accounts.
• Manage and maintain fixed asset registers, ensuring additions, disposals, and depreciation are correctly accounted for.
• Handle cash management, forecasting and, authorising payments.
• Support rebate recovery process and analysis.
• Manage National Statistic filings.
• Prepare, develop, and review KPI analysis for both staff and the business.
• Assist in the preparation and review of Company Accounts.
• Help to assess the viability of potential new projects.

Systems, Projects, and Development

• Manage and maintain accounting systems, working with internal and external IT providers as necessary.
• Identify issues, develop and recommend changes to existing processes.
• Take the lead in various ad hoc projects.
• Assist with HMRC related queries.
• Help improve Import and Export processes.
• Ensure adherence to all the FSC/PEFC reporting standards.

People

• Support, develop and assist the finance team (PL and Accounts).
• Provide day-to-day guidance and support to a team of 10 staff, assisting with annual appraisals as required.
• Collaborate with other departments to resolve issues and make improvements.
• Help to manage the annual audit and resulting audit journals process.
• Adapt to the continually evolving business model.

Delivery and Communication of Financial Information

• Communicate key weekly and monthly reports.
• Develop new financial performance reporting/analysis as required to aid decision making.
• Design and deliver the continually evolving wider KPI Business Framework.
• Preparing financial information for external stakeholders.
• Ensure all internal and external department deadlines are met.