My client are looking for a Management Accountant to join their busy team in Egham. They are looking for some one Part Qualified (CIMA or ACCA) with experience, office based paying £40-43Kpa.
Key responsibilities
1. Management Reporting, Analysis & Communication
2. Produce all regular monthly management accounts [MACs] for QA review by the GFC
3. Simplify & improve MACs format, content, and process
4. Benchmarking analyses of [Top 20] supplier base, cost base, store performance
5. Ad hoc & Value Added analyses to identify profit improvement & cost saving
6. Reactivate 6-monthly & annual analyses previously produced, now dormant
7. Attend various meetings, on behalf of GFC +/or AFC [e.g. JP meetings]
8. MI continuous improvement; eg Interpretation & Variance comments for all entitiesSSAF for all entitiesIdentify material inconsistency of bookkeeping treatment across entitiesAutomation, Efficiency, Pace, Accuracy, User-friendliness, RelevanceEPOS MI development: Learn routines & frequency for all existing EPOS MI [to be able to deputise for AFC if/where needed]Assist AFC in development & deployment of GP enhancing MI and analysis Further analyses as prioritised and required by GFC
9. Budgeting Planning and Control
10. Preparation of draft Budgets for all entities within the Group, working with the Budget holders to agree planned spend.
11. Review and control of spend against budgets.
12. Support, maintenance & development of key excel files: Weekly Sales report. New store maintenance, JP changes, landlord changes, Year End graphs and input tab creation for new financial yearFishkeeper Limited billing spreadsheetMACs reporting filesQuarterly turnover rent calculationsFixed Asset Register files [& cleanse data per Capex Accounting policy]Quarterly Accruals & Prepayments schedules (working with Bookkeepers)Annual Roll forward of Store MACsBudget model maintenance and roll forward
13. Financial accounting
14. First port of call for RSM information queries, specifically Analytical Review questions such as 'why has turnover dropped in store 'X'?'
15. Maintain appropriate back up documentation
16. Incorporation of RSM Audit Journals into MA Sage package, plus refreshing all monthly MACs to correctly reflect the changes
17. Technical accounting : first contact to resolve technical issues and advise bookkeepers
18. Intercompany matrix review - ensure all intercompany accounts agree across the group monthly (currently done annually only)
19. Formal record maintenance: Company secretarial, Equity accounts, Transfer pricing
20. Maintain Company secretarial & Profit Share records
21. Draft production of Partner Equity statements, for DR QA and swifter issue/timetable
22. Ensure transfer pricing agreements from Fishkeeper Limited up to date
Qualifications and Experience
23. Part-Qualified Accountant [CIMA or ACCA]
24. Advanced skills in Excel
25. Knowledge of Sage
26. Knowledge of EPOS
Personal Qualities
27. Confident, Good communicator, Team player
28. Critical thinker, change agent looking for continuous improvement
29. Self-motivated, keen to learn, commercial mindset
30. Ability to work on own initiative, Analytical
31. Organised, Hits deadlines, Flexible approach to work
32. Attention to detail