Management Accountant

Job Description

Management Accountant Qualified Accountant or studying for a recognised accountancy qualificationAdvanced Excel skillsRecent experience preparing management accounts for a large organisation (£100m turnover or above)Do you have experience working in one of the following sectors - Hospitality, FMCG, Food & Beverage, RetailMacGregor Black is currently partnering with a leading Consumer Goods business, on the search for a Management Accountant. This is a permanent role based in Watford.As the Management Accountant, you will be responsible for a preparation of the management accounts for the companys entities. You will be part of a talented and committed finance team,employing your first class technical and communication skills to drive a high-performance culture: doing the basics brilliantly and adding value to your business partners through developing strong working relationships, great storytelling, innovative waysof serving customers and data-led, commercial decision-makingKey Responsibilities:

• Support the budget and reforecast process, ensuring they are completed to a high level of accuracy, ensuring results are fully explained and all deadlines are achieved
• Analyse, monitor, and drive awareness of expenses, generating opportunities to manage these down when needed
• Create compelling ways to communicate financial performance to the wider business, driving engagement & profitable growth
• Provide routine and ad-hoc analysis to support all areas of the business
• Work collaboratively with counterparts across the Business to share methods of best practice and identify areas for improvement.
• Responsible for month end close activities and reporting within business deadlines. WD4.
• Maintaining balance sheet accounts, reconciled and clean within reporting deadline and with supporting data.
• All income statement accounts analysed and explained for business areas using SEI reporting.
• Compile monthly results, financial & non-financial KPIs across the Business.
• Update business areas on Board Pack by WD4.
• Provide support for annual statutory audit and tax process.
• Provide cover and support for counterparts within the Financial Reporting team.
• Any other activities required to complete role.

What are we looking for

• Qualified accountant or studying for a recognised accountancy qualification (such as AAT/ACA/ACCA/CIMA etc.) with ideally 3-4 years experience in the UK.
• Sage/SEI experience desirable
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to summarise and explain processes clearly and concisely
• Excellent attention to detail and high degree of accuracy
• Well organised and effective person with good time management and prioritisation skills
• A self-starter and motivated person, who can demonstrate initiative and able to work independently when needed
• Eager to take responsibilities and take initiative
• Ability to demonstrate what good looks like and maintain robust balance sheet reconciliations
• High level of spreadsheet modelling ability (e.g., lookup functions, pivot tables) desirable.
• Good communication skills with the confidence and credibility to interact with senior management.

Competitive salary + benefits.Please contact Debbie Hatch today for more information.