Management Accountant - long term assignment
Posted Today by Jobserve
Negotiable
Undetermined
Hybrid
City, London
Summary: The Management Accountant role in London involves supporting the finance team with accurate financial reporting and maintaining financial controls. The position requires collaboration with a small team and reporting to the Financial Controller, focusing on monthly reporting and transactional oversight. Key responsibilities include preparing management accounts, overseeing financial transactions, and managing staff expenses. The role also emphasizes revenue reporting and credit management, requiring strong analytical skills and attention to detail.
Key Responsibilities:
- Assist in the preparation of monthly management accounts reports, ensuring accuracy and timely delivery.
- Support variance analysis by comparing actual results against budgets and forecasts, identifying key drivers and trends.
- Contribute to the preparation of management reports and provide insightful commentary where required.
- Maintain oversight of financial transactions to ensure they are recorded accurately and in accordance with company policies.
- Work closely with Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable functions to ensure completeness and accuracy of financial records.
- Identify and escalate discrepancies or anomalies in transactional data.
- Review and process staff expense claims, ensuring compliance with company policies and HMRC guidelines.
- Monitor expense trends and highlight any unusual or non-compliant submissions.
- Support the implementation and improvement of expense management processes.
- Assist in the preparation and posting of accruals and prepayments as part of the month-end close process.
- Ensure all adjustments are supported by appropriate documentation and are recorded in the correct accounting period.
- Reconcile relevant balance sheet accounts monthly.
- Support accurate and timely revenue recognition and reporting in line with company policies and accounting standards.
- Assist in the preparation and posting of deferred and accrued income as part of the month-end close process.
- Reconcile revenue streams and investigate any discrepancies.
- Assist in monitoring revenue performance and reporting key insights to stakeholders.
- Identify and escalate discrepancies or anomalies in sales invoice data.
- Provide support in credit control activities, including monitoring aged debt and following up on outstanding balances.
- Assist in assessing credit risk and maintaining customer credit limits.
- Work collaboratively with internal teams to resolve invoice disputes and improve cash collection.
Key Skills:
- Part-qualified (or working towards) ACCA, CIMA, or equivalent.
- Strong numerical and analytical skills with high attention to detail.
- Good understanding of basic accounting principles (accruals, prepayments, revenue recognition).
- Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and familiarity with Xero accounting system.
- Excellent organisational skills and the ability to meet deadlines.
- Strong communication skills with the ability to work collaboratively across teams.
Salary (Rate): £CompetitiveRate daily
City: London
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: undetermined
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: Other
Detailed Description From Employer:
What you'll need to succeed
What you'll get in return
What you need to do now
If you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call us now.
Your new company
Our client is seeking a detail-oriented and motivated Management Accountant to support the finance team in delivering accurate financial information and maintaining strong financial controls. Working with a small team, and reporting to the Financial Controller, this role will play a key part in monthly reporting, transactional oversight, as well as ensuring the integrity of financial data across the business.
Your new role Financial Reporting & Analysis
- Assist in the preparation of monthly management accounts reports, ensuring accuracy and timely delivery.
- Support variance analysis by comparing actual results against budgets and forecasts, identifying key drivers and trends.
- Contribute to the preparation of management reports and provide insightful commentary where required.
- Maintain oversight of financial transactions to ensure they are recorded accurately and in accordance with company policies.
- Work closely with Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable functions to ensure completeness and accuracy of financial records.
- Identify and escalate discrepancies or anomalies in transactional data.
- Review and process staff expense claims, ensuring compliance with company policies and HMRC guidelines.
- Monitor expense trends and highlight any unusual or non-compliant submissions.
- Support the implementation and improvement of expense management processes.Accruals & Prepayments
- Assist in the preparation and posting of accruals and prepayments as part of the month-end close process.
- Ensure all adjustments are supported by appropriate documentation and are recorded in the correct accounting period.
- Reconcile relevant balance sheet accounts monthly.
- Support accurate and timely revenue recognition and reporting in line with company policies and accounting standards.
- Assist in the preparation and posting of deferred and accrued income as part of the month-end close process.
- Reconcile revenue streams and investigate any discrepancies.
- Assist in monitoring revenue performance and reporting key insights to stakeholders.
- Identify and escalate discrepancies or anomalies in sales invoice data
- Provide support in credit control activities, including monitoring aged debt and following up on outstanding balances.
- Assist in assessing credit risk and maintaining customer credit limits.
- Work collaboratively with internal teams to resolve invoice disputes and improve cash collection.
What you'll need to succeed
- Part-qualified (or working towards) ACCA, CIMA, or equivalent.
- Strong numerical and analytical skills with high attention to detail.
- Good understanding of basic accounting principles (accruals, prepayments, revenue recognition).
- Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and familiarity with Xero accounting system.
- Excellent organisational skills and the ability to meet deadlines.
- Strong communication skills with the ability to work collaboratively across teams.
What you'll get in return
- Long term assignment
- Competitive Day Rate
- Hybrid working 2 days in the office and 3 working from home
What you need to do now
If you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call us now.