Management Accountant

The SF Group is currently recruiting for a Management Accountant for a well established business in Nottingham.

Key responsibilities include:

Partner with allocated departments, working on a regular cycle to educate, challenge, support and advise on all financial matters.
Timely preparation of financial and management reports, including trend analysis, investigation of queries, and budget versus forecast, to identify and steer departmental activity towards business/financial objectives.
Review monthly financial reports prior to distribution accompanied by financial analysis of revenue and costs showing current financial year progress versus budget.
Oversee balance sheet and month-end queries, produced by Assistant Management Accountant.
Assist with the monthly forecasting process, and input into department business cases.
Develop reporting processes to drive cost savings on assigned Income Statement lines.
Challenge the commercial thinking of allocated departments to maximise value for money.
Build strong relationships with Financial Accounting, and work together to ensure accurate and efficient reporting and resolution of queries.
Work alongside other members of the FP&A team to drive improvements in systems, processes, reporting, budgeting and forecasting.
Work on projects as assigned to enhance delivery of FP&A initiatives within the organisation.
Assist in the annual budgeting process through data collection and trend analysis, adhering to corporate goals and objectives.
Perform other duties as assigned. The duties and responsibilities listed above are representative of the nature and level of work assigned and are not necessarily all-inclusive.

Other essential skills required:

Ability to influence non-finance teams in a clear and transparent manner.
Self-starter with a positive attitude, able to work towards the goals of FP&A, Finance and the wider business.
Clear understanding of, and competency in, Finance best business practices, financial accounting and accounting systems.
Process improvement experience.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills to clearly and concisely present information.
Ability to operate and influence at all levels within the organisation up to CFO level.

In return the successful candidate will receive a very competitive salary, on site parking and extremely good opportunities to progress within the company.

If this sounds like a role of interest, please apply now for consideration