Management Accountant

Management Accountant

Hertfordshire

£40,000 per annum + benefits

Our client provides simple, employee-focused solutions designed to boost employee engagement across a variety of sectors in the UK.

As one of the fastest growing companies in the UK, they have grown significantly over the past 3 years and are in the midst of a significant expansion. The development of the Finance function and this latest hire of a Management Accountant is a key part in supporting that growth.

They offer an enjoyable working environment and an opportunity to work with a genuinely friendly, highly professional and hard-working team of people. They welcome applications from like-minded people.

About the Management Accountant Role

• You will ensure the effective day-to-day and period end control and operation of Management, Financial Accounting and reporting.
• Ensure timely and accurate submissions of VAT and tax returns
• Ensuring the company remains compliant / ahead of all appropriate tax and reporting regulations.
• Assisting in the development of finance platforms and systems
• Key role in the provision and communication of timely and accurate information / analysis to management to aid decision making.

Core Responsibilities

As the Management Accountant, your core responsibilities will be to:

• Produce full monthly management accounts
• Provide insight & understanding into business performance through the production and analysis of commercially focussed monthly management information with a particular focus on Revenue Optimisation, Operational Expenses and Business Growth.
• Quarterly VAT returns.
• Corporation Tax management and tax filings.
• Key role / responsibility for other tax matters including core compliance (CT and VAT returns), liaising with relevant teams where necessary.
• Responsible for the monthly balance sheet substantiation process
• Responsible for monthly balance sheet reconciliation.

Additional Opportunities

• Assisting in the development of finance processes. We have recently implemented SAGE-50 as well as core processes to deliver the day to day deliverables above. The right candidate has the opportunity to become involved in developing these and making a real contribution to the way the department is run.
• Help establish and maintain robust controls, accounting policies and best practice within the finance team.

Core Competencies

The company seeks a Management Accountant who demonstrates the following:

• ACCA, CIMA or ACCA: Newly qualified with a minimum 5 years’ related (accounting and finance function) experience
• Minimum 3 years in a management accounting function
• Strong technical accountant
• Solid and demonstrable experience in the majority of the day to day / periodic duties listed above
• Excellent Excel skills and proficient in the general use of MS Office
• Value systems and have a demonstrable track record of enhancing processes and continuous process improvement.

Desirable

• Desirable Experience in Sage 50 Accounting

On Offer

In addition to a competitive salary of £40,000 per annum, the successful candidate for the Management Accountant position will be rewarded with a range of benefits including:

• 30 days holiday a year (inclusive of bank holidays), with an additional day’s leave for each year of service capped at a max of 33 days per annum.
• Pension scheme
• Free lunch paid for by the company. £5 per person per working day.
• Company Summer and Christmas events
• Discounts across a range of items, i.e. cinema, eating out, shopping, days out, gym memberships, travel.
• Free access to an online GP and prescription service

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