Management Accountant

ROLE OVERVIEW

To assist the Group Finance on a day-to-day basis to provide a comprehensive and pro-active support to help deliver the finance team objectives.

MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES

Data processing

• Full day-to-day financial responsibility for two key operating Companies
• Ownership of the Group cost centre and any cross-charges to the Group’s subsidiaries
• Oversight, review and posting of all transactions within these Companies, including accruals and prepayments
• Daily, weekly, and monthly reports, versus budgets and rolling reforecasts
• Monthly review meetings with key stakeholders to review and challenge variance analysis
• Support with payroll review and reconciliation and GL posting
• Support Payroll run / Pension processing and submission of RTIs; P45; P60; P11d; PAYE/NIC.
• Raise purchase orders, monitor with invoices received.

Bank/Finance

• Setting up/authorising payments using online banking.
• Reconciling bank accounts within D365.
• Maintain bank mandates.

Expenses control

• Checking expenses claims against receipts.
• Checking expenses claims in line with company policy.
• Checking credit card statements.
• Ensuring correct recharge of expenses to clients (if and when required).

Other responsibilities

• Monthly review meetings with key stakeholders to review and challenge variance analysis
• Preparation and reconciliation of quarterly VAT returns.
• Assist with year-end accounts, including preparation of set of accounts for approval and upload all transactions and draft management accounts.
• Submission to Companies House/HMRC and compliance with rules and regulations, where required.
• Preparation and reporting of monthly Managements accounts (for the Group of companies), within timely deadlines.
• Assisting with credit control management, including resolving invoice queries.
• Improve financial systems where relevant.
• Set up policies in line with Financial Maturity Plan.
• Ad hoc general accounting support and assist in other duties as requested by GRIDSERVE team.
• Adhere to all company policies, procedures and business ethics codes including anti-bribery policy and Environmental and Quality Management System, compliant with ISO standards.

PERSON SPECIFICATION

Required Experience

• Previous experience in a similar role with similar responsibilities

Required Skills and Abilities

• Proactive with strong organisational skills, able to prioritise and manage a number of tasks.
• Excellent communication skills both verbally and in written form.
• Target driven and ability to work to timely deadlines.
• Focused, numerical, analytical, accurate with good attention to detail.
• A working knowledge of Microsoft Dynamics D365, MS Office Suite packages is essential, including Outlook, Word, Excel and PowerPoint.

Required Qualifications and Certifications

• AAT qualified and/or working towards ACCA/CIMA qualifications or equivalent.

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