Financial Accountant

Currently recruiting for an exciting permanent role based in Worcester. Are you looking for your next step in your career? Reached a point where you can't progress further and have aspirations to manage a team, carry out aspects of both financial and management accounts in an all round role? Then this could be for you.

This role incorporates:

• Delivery of our Group management accounts on a monthly basis
• Managing the production of our Statutory Accounts
• Manages a team of 6 (PQ, QBE and Finance Administrators)
• Significant involvement and responsibility of implementing a new system
• The role has responsibility for management reporting - such as our Revenue
• Recognition/Revenue Reporting, Departmental Expenditure and investment in Key
• Business Initiatives

Primary duties:

• Preparation and review of monthly management accounts for all Group companies - including managing the closing processes
• Preparation of consolidated management accounts including balance sheets and cashflows (4 trading companies, several holding companies)
• Monthly completion of additional schedules for Board reporting e.g. variance analysis, trend reporting or ad hoc MI reporting where required
• Be a lead contact working with the external auditors
• Preparation and review of information supplied within Audit and Corporation Tax packs
• Review of Corporation Tax Computations returned by our Tax advisors
• Preparation of statutory accounts for all entities
• Preparation of quarterly Group VAT return
• Review of monthly balance sheet reconciliations
• Monitor cashflow, liaise with Credit Control Team Leader
• Oversee purchasing for all companies (2 persons)
• Maintenance of Fixed Asset Register
• Maintain company price book and order quotation model for our sales team
• Working with the Group Forecasting Analyst to assist in forward looking projections and budgeting
• Perform any other ad hoc reporting duties e.g. R&D Tax credits, ESOS returns

Qualifications and experience:

• ACA/ACCA/CIMA (or similar) qualified
• Knowledge of Accounting Practices
• PC literate with strong working knowledge of Advanced Excel
• Good interpersonal and communication skills
• SAP knowledge would be an advantage but is not a requirement