Management Accountant

Management Accountant

£35000-45000k

Perm - Luton

Randstad are currently working in collaboration with a rapidly expanding trading business near Luton. This busy, successful and expanding international business are seeking an accounts focused, organised and autonomous Management Accountant to join their team on a permanent basis to support the smooth running of a busy department.

Key responsibilities of the Management Accountant includes:

• Supervise daily activities of the finance team and provide support as needed.

• Daily cash flow and finance utilisation update

• Manage all payment processing and approvals ensuring procedures are followed and
  terms met.

• Raise trade finance loans and letters of credit as required. Review position for the
  week on a daily basis and liaise with FD on cash maintenance.

• Manage all HSBC queries, liaising with the FD and wider finance team as needed.

• Manage year end audit and preparation of the statutory accounts with support from
  FD

• Review & Management of VAT and other statutory taxes

• Review month-end overhead accruals including analysis completed by assistant
  accountant and evaluate variances to be communicated with the month-end pack.

• Maintain tank/stock schedules throughout the month and prepare and post all
  accruals relating to stock. Liaise with ops/procure teams per the process

• Maintenance of invoice discounting accounts and monthly reconciliations

• Fixed Asset, depreciation and amortisation review, journal postings and
  reconciliations

• Prepare and post monthly journals per journal list

• Manage and prepare all employed, contracted and oversea staff salary schedules
  and post monthly journals. Manage all payroll queries.

• Preparation and distribution of the monthly management pack for review by the FD
  and the SMT

• Weekly and Monthly FX updates and reconciliation

• Assist with preparation of the 4 month reforecast pack to be distributed monthly

• Balance sheet reconciliations

• Production and monitoring of monthly management accounts and variance analysis
  where required.

• Process improvement implementation and review

Key skills

• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Ability to work as part of a team
• Excellent analytical and numerical skills
• Accuracy and an eye for detail
• Excellent interpersonal skills - able to communicate at all levels with both financial and non-financial management
• Strong commercial acumen
• Excel - Intermediate
• Experience of working in a high performing finance team
• Sage 50 experience

This is an immediately available opportunity for a Management Accountant to join a successful and growing business at an exciting time.

If you are interested in the role of Management Accountant please do not hesitate to apply today.

Randstad Financial & Professional encourage applications from individuals of all ages & backgrounds. Appointment will be made on merit alone but candidates must be able to demonstrate their ability to work in the UK. Randstad Financial & Professional acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment & an employment business for temporary recruitment as defined by the Conduct of Employment Agencies & Employment Business Regulations 2003