Management Accountant

This is an exciting opportunity to join a global luxury retail brand as a Management Accountant, based in Central London.

This is an integral part of the Finance team, as Management Accountant you will take responsibility for the compilation and reporting of management and financial accounts, for the consolidated forecast and budgeting process as well as all governance requirements, amongst other duties.

Responsibilities include:

• Preparation and completion of month end reporting and CFO report for Business unit for Group submission;
• Preparation of selected Balance sheet reconciliations and various month end procedures;
• Review of the monthly actuals of all international markets, ensuring these are successfully loaded onto the financial reporting system (HFM) and any queries are followed up;
• Completion of the business units consolidation;
• Completion of stat notes and group templates at both half year and year end;
• Monitoring acceptable bank limits of all international markets and advising when dividend payments are required
  Preparation of the statutory accounts on an annual basis;
• Management of the consolidated forecast and budgeting process including;
• Preparation of consolidated forecast and budget for presentation to CEO
• Preparation of forecast and budget cash flows for companies in line with Group deadlines;
• Responsible for updating the 10 year Strategic Business Plan in the financial planning reporting system (HSF);
• Assisting the Managing Director for the 'rest of world' markets on all financial matters;

Skills for Management Accountant:

• Qualified with a relevant accounting qualification - ACA, CIMA or equivalent.
• Strong accounting and excel skills a must.
• The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate excellent analytical skills, and
  will have the motivation and drive to be an integral part of process and system
  improvements
• Experience of accounting based software applications would be an advantage,
  especially SAP, HFM, and HSF.
• Knowledge of modelling