Management Accountant – Part Time

The Management Accountant will provide high quality financial and support information for decision making relating to the financial management and capital investment for the Group. A key member of the Group Finance team with responsibility for ensuring strong financial reporting, internal controls and compliance are followed within capital projects.

Key Responsibilities:

• Responsible for preparation of timely and accurate monthly management accounts – including P&L, balance sheet, cashflow statement and supporting schedules
• Preparation of analytical review of the financial statements to include commentary and variance analysis
• Preparation of weekly profit & loss account and departmental costing & efficiency reports across a number of different businesses
• Preparation of weekly/annual/project budgets – including the CAPEX budget – and reporting variance on actual v budget
• Assist with preparation of annual statutory accounts
• Communicating results /key performance indicators on a daily/weekly/monthly basis to management and staff at all levels of the organisation
• Monitor results to ensure compliance with bank covenants
• Assist with development of financial information systems including standard costing and internal control systems to improve operational efficiency and satisfy corporate governance requirements
• Provide assistance and guidance to other members of the finance team as required
• Conduct ad-hoc financial tasks as required
• Coordination and oversight of periodic stocktakes
• Leasing, Insurance, Fixed Assets management
• Main point of contact for auditor queries
• Ad hoc reporting as required

Skills & Requirements

• CIMA or ACCA qualified accountant
• Strong communication, presentation and reporting writing skills including the ability to communicate complex accounting/financial concepts to management across the Group
• Strong analytical and influencing skills
• Self-starter with leadership ability and excellent interpersonal skills
• Ability to manage tasks and changing priorities while maintaining a high degree of accuracy
• Proactive, positive attitude with the ability to work on own initiative with an eye for identifying potential challenges and risks
• Excellent Excel and general IT skills
• Have high attention to detail excellent verbal, written and interpersonal communication skills with the ability to interact effectively at all levels within the organisation
• Ad hoc travel to other business sites