Reporting and Accounting Manager

Reporting and Accounting Manager

Salary: £60,000 - £75,000

Hours: Monday to Friday 9am-5pm

Location: Sevenoaks, Kent

Reporting to: Group Financial Controller

The Company:

The company are an innovative and entrepreneurial group of companies specialising in Motor Insurance Services.

The Job Role:

• Lead and manage a team of no more than 8 direct reports.
• Oversee the production of the Group's pro-forma monthly management accounts; profit and loss; balance sheet; cash flows, KPIs from trial balance level.
• Overview and review of key monthly accounting control accounts; Fixed assets; bank; debtor; creditor; prepayments; accruals; PAYE and VAT reconciliations.
• Establishing and developing relationships with senior management, business heads, stakeholders and the board.
• Remote liaison with subsidiary operational finance functions on day to day accounting issues.
• Production of monthly financial variance analysis compared to budget.
• Assist in the preparation of annual budgets with managers and subsequent re-forecasts.
• Continually improve the financial operating processes and key controls.
• Ad hoc (special project) work on modelling, projections, cash flows, consolidations etc
• Liaison with the on-site external audit team, preparing annual audit files.

Qualifications/Experience:

• CIMA or ACCA Qualified
• Previous experience in a similar role is essential
• Team management experience
• Good knowledge of management accounts, P&L, Balance Sheets, cashflows and Budgets
• Able to deal with Audits and auditors
• Strong excel skills including financial modelling
• Ad-hoc project work with the ability/flexibility to work to tight deadlines
• Needs to be methodical but quick and efficient

What's on Offer

• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• 5% pension contribution scheme
• Private medical care
• Life assurance
• Fantastic savings across over 250 big name brands including dining, entertainment, days out and much more