Interim Group Management Accountant

Resourcery Group are working with an acquisitive company who are looking to grow their Group function by bringing in a qualified Group Management Accountant. This is initially being hired on a 12 month fixed term contract basis to work at the site in Milton Keynes (hybrid working offered). This Group Management Accountant's role is being hired now with a view to starting at the end of August or early September time. 

The Group Management Accountant's role: 

• Preparation of the group monthly management accounts and associated commentary in accordance with the month end timetable.
• Produce balance sheet reconciliations.
• Produce a weekly cash flow report, together with variance analysis and commentary highlighting material movements between actuals and plan.
• Budgeting and forecasting to include P&L, balance sheet, cash flow, headcount & capex.
• Consult with regional finance teams to develop and support the ongoing production and continuous improvement of the business units weekly cash flow reporting. Collate and consolidate weekly submissions into the group reporting template.
• Assist with preparation of the monthly consolidation models, together with collation of supplementary reports, to enable production of MI packs, business reporting and board decks.
• Assist in the development of budgets and forecasting models, consolidation of business unit submissions together with the production of meaningful variance and trend analysis.
• Commercial pipeline reporting.
• Provide key support with extraction and analysis of operational data from the in-house reporting system
• Support the Head of Finance and CFO with ad hoc work as required.

The ideal candidate:

• Qualified Accountant - CIMA/ACCA/ACA
• Have prior experience of producing consolidated accounts 
• Have strong Excel skills
• Be prepared to do occasional visits to Head Office in the North West