Management Accountant

Management Accountant

We currently have an exciting opportunity for a Management Accountant (minimum part qualified) to join our Finance team in our Head Office based in Marlow. As the Management Accountant, you'll support the Network Cost and Balance Sheet Controller to provide a proactive financial and management accounting service to the Chief Finance Officer. This role will support business decisions, provide monthly budgeting and forecasting of all operational expenditure and maintain financial control of the Balance Sheet.

Working alongside the Network Cost and Balance Sheet Controller and team you will play a key role in the provision of accurate, timely, and reliable day to day and month end management accounting information, as required, through the effective management of relationships and communications with internal stakeholders across the business. In addition, you will be able to understand the fundamental steps within a system or process, identify areas of potential improvement, formulate and articulate proposals for realistic, workable improvements or solutions. Where required, you will also be expected to deputise for our Network Cost and Balance Sheet Controller.

Led by our Network Overhead & Balance Sheet Controller, the team provides the business with a niche service combining high level customer service with technical expertise. The team continues to evolve alongside the developing needs of the business and does so by working both independently and together. We are not a typical finance department. For starters we are not dull and boring, we are forward thinking and innovative and we take pride in delivering and maintaining the highest levels of customer satisfaction that the industry has to offer, as well as keeping a close eye on the Whistl purse strings because our core fundamental belief is that every successful business needs strong financial management that enables them to make good business decisions.

Main Responsibilities Include:

• Production of Monthly COS and Overheads management accounts pack, covering circa £100m of network support costs and operational overhead spend
• Production and dissemination of cost tracking reports with comparison to target to management at all levels up to Directors
• Reconciliation of balance sheet and profit and loss ledger accounts, with production of monthly Balance Sheet File
• Preparation and posting of month end accruals and prepayments and correctional journals
• Maintaining Fixed Assets Register - Monthly Capitalisation and Depreciation routines
• Production of monthly Fixed Asset Report for submission to the Board
• Assisting the Network Cost Controller with analysis, month end accounting routines
• Monthly review meetings with key internal customers at all levels
• Investigate erroneous postings on the Trial Balance and makes journal corrections
• Produce Management Reports for review by the Network Cost and Balance Sheet Controller within agreed deadlines
• Work with the Network Cost and Balance Sheet Controller and the business to produce Budgets and Forecasts on an annual/quarterly basis
• Assist the Network Cost and Balance Sheet Controller with year-end tax analysis in accordance with Finance Policy and process and Statutory Returns for Whistl UK Ltd

Essential Requirements:

• Minimum part qualified 2 Years completed ACCA/CIMA, AAT qualified individuals with experience of managing the month end function to Trial Balance and preparing draft Management Reports
• Extensive experience of Excel- to VLOOKUP and pivot table level is essential to this role
• Must be computer literate with knowledge of MS Word, Outlook & Excel
• Proven experience working within accountancy or transactional finance.
• Ability to reconcile complex accounts and have excellent attention to detail
• Typically we would estimate that it would take between 1-2 years' accounting experience or prior experience working within a Transactional Finance function to acquire the skills required for this role
• Ability to understand reasons for variations in results from target and articulate those reasons to management at varying levels
• Analytical skills - able to investigate and analyse data, identify trends and anomalies and help determine their cause
• Self-Motivated-able to work with minimal supervision, & to turn work around quickly, whilst still maintaining a high level of accuracy
• Good verbal and written communication skills. Able to produce short reports and analysis on a subject which both fellow finance professionals and management can understand
• Ability to establish and maintain professional relationships both internally and externally at all levels
• Confidence to question or challenge data or processes
• Ability to work under pressure and meet conflicting, varied and demanding deadlines

Desirable Requirements:

• Prior experience using Navision would be advantageous
• A graduate with an Accounting/Finance related degree with 1-2 years relevant finance or accounting experience is preferred

No Agencies Please

About Our Company:

Whistl is the second largest postal provider in the UK with an exciting range of mail, parcels and Doordrop media products and services, both in the UK and internationally. Each year we collect, sort, send and transport up to 4 billion items of mail and parcels for businesses, as well as handling, planning and managing millions of Doordrop items.