£55K/yr to £65K/yr
England, United Kingdom
Permanent, Variable

Financial Accounting Manager (Crawley)

Posted by Tony Alan Recruitment.

Financial Accounting Manager Permanent Based in Crawley Hybrid (1 -2 days a week in the office and flexible working hours) £55,000 - £65,000 per annum

Tony Alan Recruitment currently has an exciting job opportunity for a Financial Accounting Manager to join a leading business in the Crawley area on a permanent contract.

You will be responsible for ensuring the Financial Accounting team meet the deadlines and deliverables of the year end in a timely manner and at the expected standard. Ownership of the preparation of the Group's Statutory Accounts sits within this role as well as the management of team members to ensure the Groups various Subsidiary accounts are also prepared on time and to the expected standard.

**Your duties will include:

  • Responsible for ensuring the timely management of monthly balance sheet reconciliations across the Group
  • Supporting team members in their efforts to analyse data from balance sheet items and apply accounting knowledge to resolve reconciliation issues
  • Responsible for the preparation of monthly balance sheet reports and debtor summary reports for the Group
  • Responsible for the preparation of the Group's Annual Report & Accounts. This will involve collating data from various business areas and reviewing it to establish whether it is correct. It will also involve analysing large quantities of data and using judgement to determine how the data needs to be presented
  • Responsible for supervising the team members through the preparation of the Annual Statutory Accounts
  • Take responsibility for managing the engagement with the external audit teams during the interim, final and systems audits undertaken by the external auditor, ensuring that deliverables and deadlines are met by the team
  • Responsible for the line management and development of the Financial Accounting Team
  • Ownership of the fixed assets register and leases database in line with the Group's accounting policies
  • Apply accounting judgement when assessing projects and assets for capitalisation in line with Group's accounting policies
  • Ownership of the creation and maintenance of Group's accounting policies
  • Own the development and implementation of improvements to finance processes & accounting policies to enhance overall financial control as part of the department's continual improvements objectives
  • Management of all financial accounting and reporting activities/deliverables

Key requirements:

  • ACA, CIMA or ACCA fully qualified or at final stages
  • Detailed knowledge of IFRS accounting standards
  • Statutory accounts
  • Experience mentoring colleagues

If you feel that you would be suitable for this position then please apply with your CV.

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