Group Management Accountant
Location: Croydon
Role Objective:
To work closely with the Group Finance Director (GFD) to produce the monthly management accounts pack including management information, Group debt reporting, Cashflow forecasting and Variance analysis, including ad-hoc management information reporting, Budgeting and year end Audits.
Duties Include:
1. Ensure the accurate production of monthly trial balances for all group trading companies (currently 9) within the accounts timetable. This will include month end journals, prepayments, accruals, reconciliations of trade debtors, trade creditors, VAT accounts, pension and payroll, updating fixed assets registers and overseeing the purchase ledger, sales ledger and bank reconciliation functions.
2. Work closely with the GFD to produce the monthly management accounts pack including management information, group debt collection, cash flow forecasting and variance analysis for all group companies.
3. Responsible for the monthly reporting of the trading results to our Parent Group Odevo SE using AARO financial reporting platform.
4. Review and reconciliation of monthly intercompany transactions and reporting.
5. Management of payments outside of the creditors control account (intercompany balances against Odevo SE, Odevo UK, R&R, Dwellant etc.).
6. Financial modelling for accurate data analysis and support management in ad-hoc MI reporting.
7. Assist the GFD in the quarterly production and distribution of the regional site management accounts.
8. Assist in the production of the annual budget for the group and the regional offices and periodic forecasting.
9. Liaising with different business areas of the operational teams to resolve queries to and from the finance team to assist in variance analysis and the interpretation of monthly trading results.
10. Assist in the management reporting for decision-making, including project appraisal, evaluation and post-implementation analysis.
11. Management, training and development of four junior members of the finance team.
12. Produce monthly cash flow forecasts for the group for circulation to the Senior Management Team.
13. Assist the GFD in the production of the figures for the annual statutory accounts including relevant notes.
14. Assist the GFD and liaise with the external auditors to ensure the statutory audits are carried out in the most efficient and timely manner.
15. Calculate, present, reconcile and submit the quarterly Group VAT returns.
16. Review and control of the monthly payroll process, Sage 200 journal postings, including HMRC submissions for PAYE/NIC, Pension auto-enrolment and other staff arrangements as required (childcare vouchers, salary sacrifice, etc.).
17. Oversee the operation of the Group's Sage 200 accounting program acting as the 'super-user' of the system together with the GFD, suggesting and implementing improvements, training all required staff on the system, dealing with Sage providers on system processes, upgrades and new features.
Candidates must be eligible to live and work in the UK.
Experience: 3 years PQE plus
Qualifications: CIMA
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