Senior Management Accountant

Working with a Global workforce solutions provider, I am looking to recruit a Senior Management Accountant on a permanent basis.

The Senior Accountant is responsible for producing and analysing monthly management accounts, forecasts, and budgets for European profit centres, ensuring accurate revenue recognition, and managing accruals, prepayments, and balance sheet reconciliations. They will conduct variance analysis, review overheads and staff costs, respond to P&L queries, and lead the revamp of management accounts to be audit ready. Additionally, they will support statutory accounts preparation, contribute to process improvements, and manage the accounts payable team, providing leadership and coaching.

Duties include:

- Production of monthly management accounts, forecasts, and annual budgets for the European profit centres.
- Production and review of contractor margins using accruals and prepayments, ensuring that all revenue is accounted for and billed within agreed time frames.
- Review overhead spending and staff costs and identify any items that deviate from expectations.
- Variance analysis - comparison of actual v forecast and current month v last month to understand the movement in the period.
- Be able to respond to P&L queries tabled by the Regional Director and Finance Manager along with Country Directors.
- Responsibility for balance sheet reconciliations for the entities under their remit, using company defined summary templates
- Managing the integrity of the balance sheet by identifying opportunities and risks and escalating where appropriate.
- Preparation and delivery of regular reports to senior management.
- Be involved at key stages of development and play an integral part in the growth of the accounting team.
- Statutory Accounts Production
- Manage, coach and lead the accounts payable team.

To be successful in this role you will need to have the ability to multi task and manage own work loads, you will work to deadlines and have to work under pressure on occasions.

You will need to have 2 + years experience in a similar role, ideally with a large organisation.

As part of the package bonuses are offered, genuine career progression opportunities - these could be locally or globally. Social events and training days - and a business that focus on work life balance. Career breaks can be offered after your first year and the opportunity for yearly trips as part of the high flyers programme.