Management Accountant
Posted Today by HAYS
Negotiable
Undetermined
Undetermined
Esher, Surrey, UK
Summary: The Management Accountant role involves preparing monthly management accounts, analyzing financial performance, and supporting long-term forecasting for strategic decision-making. The successful candidate will also liaise with external accountants, assist with the annual financial audit, and improve accounting practices. A strong emphasis is placed on communication, leadership, and experience in management accounts or general accounting roles. The position offers a competitive package within a dynamic company culture.
Key Responsibilities:
- Prepare monthly management accounts aligned with project, business unit, and departmental structures.
- Analyze financial performance and support long-term forecasting.
- Liaise with external accountants and tax advisors for compliance and reporting.
- Support the annual financial audit process by providing necessary documentation.
- Review and improve accounting practices and processes for efficiency.
- Assist with management of bank accounts to ensure sufficient cash flow.
- Post month-end adjustments and oversee key elements of the month-end process.
- Conduct balance sheet reconciliations.
Key Skills:
- Qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or qualified by experience).
- Confident communicator and finance business partner.
- Excellent attention to detail and organizational skills.
- Leadership and development skills for the finance team.
- 4+ years' experience in management accounts or general accounting role.
Salary (Rate): Competitive GBP
City: Esher
Country: UK
Working Arrangements: undetermined
IR35 Status: undetermined
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: Other
Your new company
This well-founded and global organisation is going from strength to strength. Highly specialised and bespoke in the services they reliably deliver to their wide base of clients.
Your new role
The successful candidate will prepare monthly management accounts aligned with project, business unit, and departmental structures, analyse financial performance and support long-term forecasting to inform strategic decision-making as well as liaise with external accountants and tax advisors as required to support compliance and reporting. You'll support the annual financial audit process by liaising with external accountants and providing any necessary documentation, review and continuously improve accounting practices and processes to enhance efficiency and cost-effectiveness, assist with management of bank accounts to ensure enough cash to cover financial obligations and post all required month-end adjustments and oversee key elements of the month-end process, including balance sheet reconciliations.
What you'll need to succeed
You will need to be a qualified accountant; ACA, ACCA, CIMA or qualified by experience.
You'll need to be a confident communicator and finance business partner, have excellent attention to detail and organisational skills, as well as be keen to lead and develop the finance team and function in all areas, tasks and responsibilities. The client is looking to secure a candidate with 4+ years' experience in management accounts or a general accounting role.
What you'll get in return
A competitive package, employee healthcare and benefits and a friendly and dynamic company culture.
What you need to do now
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