Management Accountant

Management Accountant (18 month FTC)
Business Services & Asset Management, hybrid working (1 day a week in West Kent office)
£50,000 - £55,000 + bonus + excellent benefits and working environment

The Company

A Management Accountant is sought by a market leader within the Asset Management sector. This high-growth long term developer, investor and operator of public sector infrastructure assets supports a broad range of projects encompassing Property, Renewable Energy, Construction, Infrastructure and Waste Recycling. Continued and successful expansion through winning bids, financial close and new projects has created a new opportunity for a qualified accountant to undertake a Management Accountant role responsible for providing effective financial control and delivering key financial information on a portfolio of projects.

Key Responsibilities of the Management Accountant

• Preparation & review of monthly management accounts for a portfolio of SPV projects
• Driving the delivery of financial transactions including invoicing, credit control & payments
• Ensure compliance with contractual documentation & all agreed programmes & procedures
• Preparation of monthly balance sheet reconciliations
• Preparation of annual operating budget for review, approval & processing
• Preparation of treasury investment proposal & quarterly corporation tax payment calculation
• Review & approval of VAT, PAYE, NI, CT61 & R185 returns
• Management of statutory audit process, compiling audit working papers & liaison with auditors
• Preparation of draft annual statutory accounts for review
• Review of monthly bank reconciliations

Skills & Attributes of the Management Accountant

• Qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent)
• Your experience of the sector is not important - we only ask that you are keen to learn something new!
• Experience of producing management accounts but also reviewing the work of others
• Line management of an accounts assistant
• This position is considered a potential "temp-to-perm" opportunity

Applications can only be considered from those eligible to live & work in the UK without restriction.

Harcourt Matthews is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy. Our divisions include: Legal Operations (Legal Tech and Legal Project Management, LPM, Operations Project Managers, Change, Innovation and Process Improvement); Accounting & Finance (Part and fully qualified Accountants); Pricing & Strategy; Pfi/PPP & FM.

Harcourt Matthews is committed to diversity and inclusion. We value and encourage applications from all ethnicities and welcome everyone regardless of social background, disability, gender identity, and orientation. Diversity benefits us all and challenges our assumptions.

Keywords: management accounts, financial accounts, statutory accounts, month end, year end, balance sheet reconciliations, debits & credits, P&L

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