Interim Mangement Accountant (FTC 12 months)

Working for a leading manufacturer and distributor of media technology, part of a larger production group. 12 month contract working as a management account providing financial and commercial support to the Finance Director.

What the role involves:

• Process month end journals (accruals, prepayments, deferred and accrued revenue, payroll journals) and providing feedback to finance director and business managers on the financial performance of the business/(s).
• Prepare monthly management accounts and reconciliations.
• Provide & improve monthly performance reporting to European Services FD
• Analyse freelance staff costs – categorise salaries/overtime rates and summarise historical data
• Work with Finance Director on cost reduction and profit improvement projects
• Assist with preparation of statutory accounts
• Recommend actions by analysing and interpreting data and making comparative analyses
• Assisting with budgeting and quarterly group forecasting.
• Reconcile and control petty cash every month
• Assist auditors during external & internal auditing
• Responsible for processing freelancer payroll
• Maintaining cash book and performing bank reconciliations on weekly basis
• Initiate payment runs to suppliers including occasional foreign currency payment
• Process expenses and freelancers on a weekly basis
• Process purchase and sales invoices
• Ownership of Fixed Asset Register
• Monthly credit card reconciliation
• Other regular duties: Take credit card payments/Submitting monthly VAT report/Credit control and appropriate bad debt management/deal with banking enquires/Oversee office supplies

The right candidate will

• Have knowledge of accounting and bookkeeping
• Can provide accurate financial reports on monthly
  basis
• Have the ability to work as part of a team and have good
  communication skills
• Be proactive and able to take initiative
• Have good MS Office (excel) skills
• Be able to work to tight deadlines
• Have good attention to detail
• Have commitment to role including month end duties
• Desirably have good working knowledge of ERP systems
  ideally IFS and R2 and be Part qualified or AAT in a recognised
  accountancy qualification

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