Management Accountant
- Recruiter
- Switch2 Energy Limited
- Location
- Shipley, West Yorkshire
- Salary
- Competetive
- Posted
- 06 Dec 2021
- Closes
- 31 Jan 2022
- Job Title
- Management Accountant
- Category
- Business Services, Energy / Utilities
- Experience Levels
- Qualified Accountant
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
Management Accountant | Shipley, West Yorkshire
Business Context
The company is looking to appoint an experienced management accountant to provide support in the preparation of accurate and timely company management accounts and provide technical guidance on financial matters.
Main Accountabilities/Key Result Areas
- Financial Year End
- Liaise with auditors. Preparation of lead schedules with supporting analysis where needed
- Assist with the year-end reconciliations, analysis, and reports for the statutory accounts
- Assist with the processing of the financial year ends through Microsoft Navision
- Provide sample data for the auditors, review of stock, cash, and ledger postings etc to ensure a clean ‘cut- off’
- Business performance metrics and analysis
- Investigating site contribution, working with the existing finance team and the heads of department to analyse and understand individual site performance
- Assist the management accountant with the review of ESCo business performance and ensuring consistency of reporting across different sites
- Monthly Accounts
- Balance sheet reporting and analysis
- Cashflow forecasting
- Provide assistance in analysing of engineering labour costs by job type, and review of utilisation rates
- Ad hoc ledger assistance
- Journal postings
- HMRC
- Provide support on VAT returns
- Provide support on dealing with VAT queries
- NAV
- Assist with the review of Microsoft Navision reporting with a view to upgrading to the next gen solution.
Key Skills and Behaviours Required
- Ability to operate and develop an integrated ERP system (Microsoft NAV)
- Advanced PC Skills (Excel skills – including V look ups and pivot tables)
- Sound, technical accounting knowledge
- Strong organisational and time management skills with the ability to work to strict deadlines
- Proactive, self- starting ability to work on own initiative
- Flexible and willing to assist in other areas of Finance
- Excellent analytical skills with strong attention to detail and the ability to analyse and interpret large volumes of data into helpful management information
- Team player with the ability to cooperate with staff responsible for primary accounting records
- Ability to cooperate with departmental managers to design and deliver helpful management information output
Knowledge, Training and Relevant Experience to do the job
- Qualified (ACCA/CIMA)
- Minimum of 2 years- experience working within similar position
- Experience of producing management accounts in a busy finance function and of providing a successful business partnering service.
- Knowledge of Microsoft NAV – preferable but not essential
- Knowledge of JET reporting or similar Power BI reporting – preferable but not essential
- Hands on ledger experience and ability to assist in both monthly management accounts and year-end statutory accounts preparation
- Strong analytical skills with the ability to work large volumes of data into meaningful summary reports for review and action by the wider business
- A self-starter with a strong ‘can do’ attitude. Flexibility is key as the work mix can vary from day to day
- Strong reporting and accounting skills
- Experience of Microsoft Navision would be an advantage but strong general ledger and Excel skills (pivot tables and vlookups) are a must have.