Senior Management Accountant
I am working with a growing retail business, who are currently expanding and actively opening new stores throughout the UK.
They are keen to secure an experienced, progressive and ambitious Senior Management Accountant to join their friendly finance team, based in Waltham Abbey.
The is a key position within the business and will play a crucial role in helping to drive the business forward. You will report into the Financial Controller and ensure support and continual improvement in management reporting and analysis.
This is a fantastic opportunity for a qualified accountant, looking to make their first move from practice to industry.
Responsibilities
- Directly supporting the FC by providing financial reports and information to aid in decision making processes to help to grow the business
- Assist with leading the team to ensure that duties are carried out to a high standard and prioritising workloads to meet company deadlines
- Producing monthly management accounts, including variance analysis and analytical commentary to present to FC and budget holders
- Accruing/Prepaying monthly costs, preparing journals and maintaining schedules
- Take responsibility for key balance sheet accounts, ensuring reconciliations are undertaken on a periodic basis
- Support with budgets, forecasts and longer-term financial plans
- Ensure capital expenditure is recorded correctly and in accordance with company procedures
- Liaise with treasurer to ensure cashflow forecasts are accurate
- Assist with stock takes, reconcile to the ledger, ensuring stock is accurately reflected in the system and via reporting
- Manage fixed asset register maintenance (disposals, additions & impairment analysis)
- Assisting with audit by carrying out the required preparatory and analytical work
- Promoting sound financial management by ensuring compliance with all financial regulations
- Review accounting processes and practices and improve where necessary
To carry out this role you will need to be comfortable working within a financial accounting team and therefore understand and support the requirements to operationally implement financial discipline as well as support regular reporting requirements. The role would suit someone who is:
- A Self-starter who can work autonomously with a can-do attitude
- Ability to meet department deadlines
- Previous experience in month end
- Enjoy taking responsibility for your area, but happy to work s part of a team
- Willing to support other areas during busy periods
- Excellent communication skills
- Great attention to detail
- Strong skills with Excel, Word and PowerPoint
- Experience with Sage and Jedox is beneficial but not essential
Required Education: Qualified Accountant
Required Experience: Minimum 2 years
Rewards
- Salary range £65,000 - £75,000
- Holiday: 25 days per annum (plus bank holidays)
- 20% Staff discount scheme
- Critical Illness benefit of twice the employee's basic annual salary.
- Life Assurance benefit of twice the employee's basic annual salary.
- Employees who are not already members of a workplace pension scheme and meet the criteria will be automatically enrolled in the company pension scheme, in line with the government legislation.