Senior Management Accountant

Senior Management Accountant

Wakefield

£45k - £50k

We are working with an established company based in Wakefield seeking to recruit a Senior Management Accountant to join their team.

As a Senior Management Accountant, you will be responsible for managing and supporting the Accounts Team and be a key player in the production of monthly accounts for all their subsidiary companies.

• Guide & support the Management Accounts team in the preparation of management accounts, analysis and completion
• Guide & support in response to the review of management accounts
• Prepare management accounts for selected overseas companies
• Review balance sheet reconciliations
• Oversee intercompany reconciliations
• Support and prepare analysis work on management accounts
• Running of regular downloads, preparation of reports and distribution to recipients
• Monthly staff expenses checking & authorising
• To assist in the preparation of the annual audit
• Guide & support in the monthly preparation and submission of bank returns
• Prepare and submit quarterly VAT return.
• To assist in the preparation of budgets
• To assist in the preparation of revised forecasts

• To guide & support the Ledger Superviser in the maintenance and integrity of the sales and purchase ledger
• To support in the upkeep of the nominal ledgers and set up new codes to correctly capture data for management information purposes
• To manage the closing of month-end stock system, cash management and debtor/creditor ledgers
• To manage the balances on the intercompany general ledger, sales and purchase ledgers

• To work as a member of the Finance and Accounts team to produce accurate and complete financial information on time and in full
• To be fully competent with ERP computer systems
• To be willing to assist and support with special projects as and when they arise
• Good working knowledge of purchase ledger, sales ledger and cashbook management
• To ideally have experience in a manufacturing or distribution background
• To be familiar with importing of goods and landed costs
• To have a strong working knowledge of Excel
• To possess good attention to detail
• To be able to manage people effectively and work as part of the bigger team
• To encourage all in the team to achieve their goals.

This vacancy is being advertised on behalf of Bagnall Hopkins Recruitment who is operating as an employment agency/business. Your application will be sent to one of our consultants for review, at which stage we will be in touch to discuss your details further. If you do not hear from us within 48 hours your application has not been successful.

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