Management Accountant
- Recruiter
- The Growth Company
- Location
- Lancashire
- Salary
- 20809.00 - 31500.00 GBP Annual
- Posted
- 01 Aug 2021
- Closes
- 13 Aug 2021
- Sectors
- Accountancy
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
Role: Management Accountant
Salary: Up to GBP31,500 per annum
Location: Manchester City Centre / Home Based
Contract type: Permanent
Key Responsibilities
- Support the Senior Reporting Accountants to produce and review accurate, timely and relevant management accounts and other financial information to an agreed timetable, and to support the needs of the organisation as required. Provide appropriate supporting narrative and explanations of variances against forecast/budget to the operating unit and FP&A team to prompt key business decisions
- Ensure the performance and review of robust balance sheet account reconciliations, and investigate and resolve all reconciling items with a sufficient audit trail and on a timely basis
- Support the Senior Reporting Accountants in developing and managing financial systems and processes to support business requirements and deliver efficiencies
- Prepare cash forecasts on an annual and weekly basis
- Prepare and check weekly BACS runs for submission for payment
- Load budget and forecast information into Agresso to enable an analysis of actual performance against both budget and forecast profiles
- Maintain and update month end control files to ensure that an audit trail is maintained on a monthly basis
- Ensure all tax payment and appropriate third-party payments are made on a timely and accurate basis
- Liaise with auditors during audit process to provide analysis of financial results and key control documents
- Part of a team of Management Accountants who will work on various legal entity and business unit accounts within the Growth Group
- The role involves collaborating with FP&A and operational managers on a regular basis to discuss results and financial issues within the companies they are responsible for
- The post holder will be required to work with other Management Accountants to accurately reconcile all of the inter Group transactional activity. There is a high level of intercompany transactions across the Group
- The post holder will be responsible for forecasting cash movements in their area, where appropriate, and be able to cover during absences of other MA's
About you
- Accounting principles
- Public sector / Government programmes
- Organised, flexible, strong personal communicator
- Ability to understand, demonstrate and apply GC values: Make a positive difference, stronger together, empower people, do the right thing, build on success
Requirements
- Knowledge of management and financial accounting and preferably working towards a recognised accounting qualification or similar
- Knowledge of excel spreadsheets and Agresso
- Will have worked as a management accountant, and have carried out management accounting, cash flow analysis and completion of control files
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