Four Financial

Management Accountant

Leading Oldham based manufacturing organisation are looking for an experienced Management Accountant to join their finance team on a permanent basis.

Reporting to the FD your will have overall responsibility for producing management accounts for the UK arm of the business and supporting where necessary for the US arm of the business. One of the key aspects of this role will be to 'hands on' deliver the production of the monthly accounts offering insightful commentary and analysis to showcase potential issues and improvements.

This role would suit someone with good experience of the day-to-day transactional duties within a manufacturing environment together with experience of producing Management Accounts and a clear understanding of the business difference in adding value, BI and MI delivered from the data.

Main duties and responsibilities

• Reporting to the Finance Director, preparing anddelivering the month end accounts, P&L, Cashflow, Balance sheet, developing and delivering functional leadership team requirements and business KPI's.
• Consolidation of results for the small Group
• Supporting the annual budgeting and forecasting process
• Preparation of the group sales report
• Preparation of the Accruals and Prepayments of Subsidiaries
• Preparation of the VAT return for review by the Financial Controller
• Population of monthly Management Information Packs in excel
• Balance Sheet Reconciliation and resolution
• Posting of Employment cost journals
• Daily, weekly, period Banking
• Payroll supervision and responsibility for on time, accurate completion, checking and BACS commitment along with HMRC filing requirements
• Completion of annual Audit deliverables pack along with ongoing timely information requirements during audit process - Q1 each year.
• Ownership of Standard cost model and use to derive monthly cost of sales
• Providing support in a variety of financial projects
• Assist the Finance Director and FP&A with audit queries during year end processes.
• Any other Ad hoc duties as required by Management.
• Foster and develop excellent working relationships with other members of the finance team and wider commercial and operational functions of the business.
• As a team and on an individual basis, seek to continuously develop current processes and systems.

Role Requirements:

The Management accountant will be a qualified or part qualified (QBE) accountant with experience operating at management accountancy level in a manufacturing operation

• Attention to detail.
• Assist in day-to-day financial activity for the wider group including weekly, monthly, and quarterly reporting
• Ability to self-manage workload
• Flexibility to prioritise to meet deadlines
• Assist with the preparation of monthly management reporting
• Practical knowledge of balance sheet reconciliations and P&L is essential.
• Preparation of year end statutory accounts audit packs
• Ensuring all recharges to other group companies are made and daily bank management
• Ensuring all transactions are managed for each business - small volume of invoicing
• Updating debtors list to ensure cash is collected effectively
• Monthly consolidations and balance sheet reconciliations
• Providing support to FC, FP&A and FD as required on various projects
• Ad hoc work as requested by Directors
• Confident in dealing with people at all levels, and the ability to build strong relationships.
• You must be able to demonstrate success in a similar role.
• Experience with Sage 300 an advantage, although training will be given. MS Dynamics experience will also prove be useful.

In return, the business offer scope for growth and development within a busy and expanding company

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