Reed
Management Accountant
- Location: Diss
- Job Type: Full-time
Reed Finance Norwich are partnering exclusively with a long-standing client of ours to recruit for a Management Accountant to join their Finance team, playing a crucial role in developing the function to provide accurate and timely information and analysis to support business decision-making. This role involves sharing time between two business sites promoting a 'one finance team' approach that facilitates cross-site and project work, benefiting operations at both locations.
Day-to-day of the role:
Provide financial reporting and analysis for the Group companies:
- Produce monthly management accounts with variance analysis.
- Manage the Invoice Financing facility of the business.
- Prepare payment proposals and manage cash flow.
- Provide guidance and support to the management teams.
Support the Group Finance Manager:
- Conduct preparatory work on the monthly stock pack.
- Perform account reconciliations.
- Handle monthly management account entries.
- Investigate account variances.
Provide support and cover for transactional finance tasks:
- Process purchase orders and purchase ledger invoices.
- Handle sales invoice processing and sales ledger transaction processing.
- Perform customer/supplier account reconciliations.
- Chase up information required to progress transactions.
Other responsibilities include:
- Develop new analysis and reporting tools
- Support project work (e.g., budgets, dashboards).
- Liaise with non-Finance staff on new initiatives (e.g., Key account reporting).
- Assist with streamlining/automating finance tasks.
- Take on finance-related tasks that are undertaken in other departments (e.g., Credit notes, proforma invoices).
- Handle regulatory body surveys/data collection
Required Skills & Qualifications:
- Qualified or part-qualified accountant.
- Highly numerate with a keen attention to detail.
- Medium to advanced spreadsheet skill level.
- Excellent communication skills.
- Ability to work under own initiative and as part of a team.
If you feel you have the relevant qualifications and skills for the Management Accountant vacancy, please apply online with a copy of your CV attached.
If you have any queries regarding the vacancy, please call Reed Finance Norwich and ask for Cal or Eleanor.
To apply for this job please visit www.reed.co.uk.
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