Group Management Accountant
- Recruiter
- Halliday Marx
- Location
- England, London, West End
- Salary
- £45000 - £55000 per annum + Bonuses and benefits
- Posted
- 15 Feb 2019
- Closes
- 22 Feb 2019
- Ref
- LORH595
- Contact
- Halliday Marx
- Job Title
- Management Accountant
- Category
- Media / Entertainment
- Experience Levels
- Newly Qualified
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
Leading global Media organisation based in Central London, is looking for a qualified Group Management Accountant to join its Shared Services team.
Reporting to the Head of Group Reporting, this role sits in a Group finance team of 12, as part of a wider Shared Services team of 60.
Purpose of the job:
To ensure complete monthly, quarterly and yearly financial reporting is completed and delivered accurately by the given deadlines for a number of UK corporate entities and to lead in delivering the results and reporting for the consolidated UK Group.
The main responsibilities include:
Planning
- Responsible for delivery of the monthly forecasts and annual budgets for corporate entities
- Responsible for submission and reporting in Hyperion
- Responsible for submission of the forecasts and budgets produced by the agencies in Hyperion
- Coordinating and answering network queries
Management Accounts for Corporate Entities
- Responsible for the preparation of the management accounts for the corporate entities, preparing the more complex areas
- Ensure management accounts are signed off on a monthly basis by senior management team
- Review analysis of the monthly P&L and variances to forecast, including commentary on variances
- Review analysis of all balance sheet lines including accruals, bank reconciliation etc. for these entities monthly
- Review the upload and submission of the monthly Hyperion management accounts P&L and BS
- Review and prepare various reports and analyse accounts in order to understand activity within the month
- Review reconciliations from the general ledger to the management accounts
- Approve journals to be posted onto the finance system
- Responsible for payroll reconciliation and reporting for selected entities
Statutory Reporting
- Prepare the financial statements for the corporate entities including the reconciliation of US to UK GAAP
- Preparation of consolidated accounts if required
- Be the primary contact for audit of the corporate entities
Tax
- Perform monthly tax account reconciliations
- Responsible for VAT and EC sales list submission to HMRC on a quarterly basis and timely payments to HMRC
- Responsible for the completion of the annual internal tax questionnaires and templates
- Prepare the consolidated tax reporting templates
- Responsible for the annual PSA calculation and submission
Group Consolidation
- Ensure all entities report month results and forecast in line with deadlines
- Work with agency management accounting team to resolve issues which may prevent meeting deadlines or impact accuracy of reporting for the group
- Prepare consolidation adjustments and process these in Hyperion
- Dealing with foreign currency revaluations and currency translation adjustments as required
- Ensure intercompany matching at month end
- Responsible for producing monthly consolidation files
- Co-ordinate and review the other reporting templates
Person Specification:
- ACA / ACCA / CIMA qualified (or equivalent)
- Solid all round accounting experience, including management accounting and group level reporting - essential
- The ideal candidate will have experience from a large and complex commerce and industry company
- Good working knowledge of Excel
- Experience of Hyperion is beneficial but not essential
- Experience with Microsoft Dynamics AX or similar ERP system beneficial but not essential
- Strong analytical skills
- Takes pride in great work, able to prioritise workload and delivers results
- Taking responsibility of timely delivering to the deadline
- Quick to learn and adaptable to changing work allocation and environment
- Pro-active and with a can do attitude and able to handle tasks and drive results without close supervision
- A team player who actively supports others around them but also with ability to work independently
- Strong interpersonal skills; able to communicate at all levels