Job Description
Management Accountant
Redditch • Permanent • Full Time • £35-40k (negotiable DOE)
Arden Personnel is recruiting for a Management Accountant for a specialist manufacturing company based in Redditch. The ideal candidate would have previous experience working for a small business within Manufacturing
Day to day duties are as follows:
The purpose of the Management Accountant role is:
- Financial reporting
- Monthly management accounts
- Balance sheet recs every month
- Variance analysis vs budget and standards
- Annual audit, corporation tax return, and statutory accounts
- Highlights / summaries / areas for focus for Senior Management Team
- Input of monthly financials to group consolidation system
- Input forecast / budgets
- Run monthly reports of stock levels and reconcile to balance sheet
- Review standard costs and purchase price variances updating system accordingly
- Manage back-office stocktake process (preparation, printing, inputting, checking, variance investigation & reporting)
- Review margins
- Segmental reporting; prepare P&L by cost
- Costs are allocated to the right cost center
- Making corrections as appropriate, investigating the cause and correcting
- Reporting and reviewing P&L’s to/with cost/profit center managers
- Produce weekly rolling 4-week cash forecasts
- Actual cash flow reporting
- Monitor spend against budget
- Pricing/costing support
- All governmental submissions (VAT, EC Sales, Intrastat, PAYE / NI, ONS returns)
- Adhoc holiday cover for finance team (2 team members)
- Credit control
- Posting supplier invoices
The Successful Management Accountant must have the following skills/experience
- Fully qualified / part qualified accountant (CIMA, ACA or equivalent) or QBE
- Experienced SAP user (Desirable)
- Fully proficient in Excel (and familiarity with other MS office applications)
- Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to work with colleagues at all levels and within different functions in a multi-national environment
- Strong commercial awareness and business acumen
- Accurate and methodical in data analysis
- Ability to prioritise and handle multiple competing priorities
- Able to work under pressure with a strong desire to achieve aggressive targets
- A strong work ethic and team orientation
- Fluent in English (both written & spoken)
- Experience within a fast-paced, service/manufacturing environment is essential
What's on offer for the successful Management Accountant
- Salary up to £35-40,000 DOE
- Free Parking
- Hours 08.15-17.00