Management Accountant

My client a leading company in their sector based near Nantwich is currently looking to appoint a Management Accountant reporting directly to the Finance Director to work within the finance team performing various weekly and monthly tasks as required by the accounts department in support of the business. The responsibilities of the role will vary from day-to-day and will require liaison with other disciplines within the business as well.

The role will have no direct reports or budgets but will work closely with and support all roles of the finance team and understand a generalist view of the department along with interactions with external office functions.

Key Duties/Tasks:

* Preparation of monthly management accounts & monthly reporting.
* To produce weekly departmental P&L's & compare to the above.
* Produce detailed sales analysis by customer & department.
* To help in the preparation of the annual budget.
* To assist in the year end and ½ year-end financial accounts.
* To support all areas of the Finance Team including Credit Control, Sales Ledger, Purchase Ledger & analysis relating to the Nominal Ledger.
* To maintain the highest quality standards with due regard to the Customer's requirements and in line with internal or external legislation / audits.

Requirements and Qualifications:

The ability to work in a team as well as being able to focus and work alone and to work to strict weekly & monthly deadlines and to engage with other departments to source information.

* Strong attention to detail.
* The ability to priorities deadlines within a varied workload.
* Determination and initiative to ensure invoices are paid as required.
* Excellent customer service skills.
* A moderate to high level of proficiency in Microsoft Excel & Word.
* Knowledge of SAP would be an advantage but not essential.
* Team player with the ability to build and maintain relationships.
* Time Management skills, the ability to prioritise workload as well as multi task and work to tight deadlines.