Management Accountant

Management Accountant - Bracknell (3 days on site) - Salary to £55,000 + Bonus

We are working in conjunction with one of the UK's largest property services company with revenues close to £300m.

You will provide an effective Management Accounting service to the business, taking full ownership of the P&L and Balance sheet for key divisions of the Group, becoming the 'go to' person in finance for the Directors of your Division(s).

This role will also be responsible for task management of the Assistant Accountant who is responsible for the management accounts for the central overhead departments, and will perform a first-level review of the P&L and balance sheet for Central Overhead. There is the opportunity for the successful candidate to grow and develop in the role and take on full people management responsibility.

Key Responsibilities:

• Produce timely and accurate management information in accordance with internal deadlines and in compliance with the Group accounting policies.
• Produce monthly Management Accounts for your entities, ensuring all queries are resolved.
• Provide insightful analysis and commentary of revenues and costs to Stakeholders, including Divisional Directors.
• Prepare necessary journals to account for revenues and costs (including accruals and prepayments), ensuring all entries are accurately processed through the GL so that Management Accounts are produced and issued in accordance with internal guidelines in appropriate formats.
• Drive the annual budget process for your divisions, working with Managing Director of the division to produce a budget that is aligned to Group targets and growth plans.
• Task management of the Assistant Accountant and perform first level review of P&L and balance sheet for central overheads.
• Establish strong working relationships with Directors and Senior Managers across the business, providing information and support to them as needed to ensure they manage their P&L to budget.
• Reconcile and ensure tight control of Balance Sheets for specific entities, including close management of WIP provisions to ensure appropriate revenue and cost recognition.
• Identify and implement process improvements to drive greater efficiency, improve accuracy in the production of the management accounts, to meet the growing needs of the business, as agreed with management.
• Completion of returns to the Office for National Statistics
• Support with coaching and development across the team.
• Provide cover for other members of the team as appropriate.
• Other duties as are within the scope and spirit of the job and the title of the position that may arise from time to time or as required by management.

What are we looking for:

• ACCA, ACA or CIMA Qualified
• Excellent IT skills - Experience of Microsoft suite of products, Word, Excel etc. (to include Pivot tables, Lookups, and Sumif(s) formulas)
• Analysis of Management Accounts

Desirable:

• Experience of Microsoft Dynamics (GP, AX, or 365)
• Project Management Accounting experience