Location: Tewkesbury (Hybrid Working Available)
Salary: £35,000 - £40,000
Job Type: Full Time, Permanent
Pertemps are delighted to be recruiting on behalf of a growing and successful organisation for an experienced Management Accountant to join their finance team.
This is an excellent opportunity for a proactive finance professional who enjoys working in a fast-paced environment and wants to play a key role in delivering accurate financial reporting, business insights and process improvements. The successful candidate will work closely with senior finance leaders and operational teams, helping to drive financial performance and maintain strong financial controls.
The Role
As Management Accountant, you will be responsible for supporting the production of monthly management accounts, balance sheet reconciliations, forecasting activities and regulatory reporting. You will also have the opportunity to contribute to finance process improvements and support wider business projects.
Key Responsibilities
• Preparation and production of monthly management accounts within agreed deadlines.
• Investigating and explaining variances between actual results, budgets and forecasts.
• Managing and maintaining key balance sheet reconciliations, including cash, fixed assets, accruals, prepayments, intercompany accounts and other control accounts.
• Supporting budgeting, forecasting and reforecasting processes.
• Producing weekly financial reports and management information.
• Assisting with VAT returns and regulatory reporting requirements.
• Supporting the annual external audit process.
• Reviewing work completed by junior members of the finance team.
• Identifying opportunities to improve reporting, controls and financial processes.
• Providing ad hoc financial analysis and project support to the wider business.
About You
To be considered for this opportunity, you will have:
• Previous experience in a Management Accountant or Assistant Management Accountant position.
• Experience preparing management accounts and balance sheet reconciliations.
• Strong understanding of accounting principles.
• Experience of budgeting, forecasting and variance analysis.
• Intermediate to advanced Excel skills, including Pivot Tables, VLOOKUPs/XLOOKUPs and data analysis.
• Experience using finance systems such as Microsoft Dynamics Business Central, Xero or similar ERP systems.
• Excellent attention to detail and organisational skills.
• A proactive approach with a desire to improve processes and challenge existing ways of working.
• ACCA/CIMA part-qualified, finalist or newly qualified candidates are encouraged to apply.
What's in it for you?
Our client offers a supportive and collaborative working environment along with an excellent benefits package, including:
• Hybrid working
• Private healthcare
• Enhanced maternity and paternity pay
• Pension scheme
• Life assurance (4x salary)
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Professional membership support
• Cycle to Work scheme
• Paid volunteer days
• Monthly flexi-benefit allowance through Perkbox
• Employee discounts and reward platform
• Flu vaccination contribution
If you're looking for a role where you can genuinely add value, develop your career and work within a forward-thinking finance team, we'd love to hear from you
Salary description
£35000.00 - £40000.00 per year