Management Accountant

Management Accountant
Loughborough
Full Time, Permanent
£45,000 

SF Recruitment are working with a Manufacturing business in Loughborough in their search for a Management Accountant. This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced Management Accountant to join a stable & supportive environment. The business is a true market leader & offer an excellent working environment/culture. As the Management Accountant you will report directly into Managing Director & assist with overseeing the transactional Finance team(AP & AR).

Duties of the Management Accountant
- Control cashflow on a daily / weekly and monthly basis, together with forecasts.
- Preparation of monthly management accounts and statutory accounts.
- Preparation of Management information reports.
- Preparation of statutory monthly reports (eg ECSL, VAT returns, intrastat)
- Analysis of costs and nominal accounts.
- Fully document new and existing processes and reports to a high standard.
- Transactional support for purchase ledger and credit control.
- Review and authorise the monthly payroll, including checking for errors and anomalies, verifying hours worked, sick days used, and other employee information.
- Monthly reconciliation of all payroll related balance sheet control accounts - PAYE, Pensions etc.
- Monthly stocktake reporting.
- Assist in preparation of the annual budget.
- Coordinate the annual external audit, annual/interim.
- Authorising credit notes & bank payments.

Experience & Skills of the Management Accountant:
- Experience of working in a Finance Team and providing business partnering support to the group.
- QBE/Part Qual or Qualified
- Experience of producing monthly management accounts
- Previous experience of dealing with people at all levels including directors
- Strong Excel skills.