The client are a global marketing agency that are looking for a Management Accountant to join the team on a permanent basis. The head office is based in the West End of London (Kings Cross) and they are keen on getting a candidate that can hot the ground running. The successful candidate will be an ACCA or CIMA finalist (MUST be studying) and they are flexible on their prior industry experience.
Client Details
The client are a media, advertising and marketing agency that are eager to grow their finance team. They are looking for a new Management Accountant to manage the production of the monthly management reports. The team is made up of 7 people and the successful candidate will report directly into the Financial Controller. They are looking for an ACCA/CIMA finalist and the successful candidate will have excellent Excel skills.
Description
The successful Management Accountant will:
- Key role in monthly management accounts/reporting process, analysing spend and comparing to budget and prior year, proposing adjustments as appropriate.
- Business partnering with appropriate counterparts outside of finance to build their understanding of the financial reports, and the finance team's understanding of their department.
- Preparing the calculations of the franchise royalty fees and checking that the corresponding invoices are correct.
- Reviewing the postings to the receivables' ledger for the franchisee debtors.
- Reviewing the cash/bank reconciliations and summarising for cash flow reporting.
- Checking the coding of purchase invoices in the invoice processing system.
- Supervising the expenses and credit card reporting process.
- Maintaining balance sheets reconciliations, including reviewing prepayments.
- Raising payments in the online banking system.
- Assisting with the preparation of VAT returns and other statutory reporting.
- Assisting with external audits and year-end closing for the group entities.
- Corresponding with external contacts such as outsourced bookkeeping function and tax advisors.
- Other ad hoc tasks as required.
Profile
The successful Management Accountant will:
- Have approximately 4-5 years of experience in accounts
- Will have prior work experience within a media/marketing/PR/Communications company
- Must have prior experience working closely with the head of departments outside of finance
- Must have strong Excel skills (Macros, VBA, Vlookups, Summifs, Formulas, Pivot Tables etc.)
- Strong analytical skills
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- MUST be an ACCA or CIMA finalist
Job Offer
- £45,000 - £55,000
- Additional benefits
- Bonus (disc.)
- Study Support