Management Accountant
Job Type : Permanent, Full Time
Salary : £35000 – £40000/annum
Management Accountant – Peterborough – 35,000/40,000
ALH Recruitment are looking to recruit a Management Accountant with immediate effect for a market leading company based in Peterborough.
Job Purpose:
To provide effective support to the Head of Finance and to be responsible for ensuring the accuracy of the financial records and reporting.
Key responsibilities and duties:
Month-end
• Responsibility and ownership for a proportion of dept P&L’s – looking at income, overheads, and margins.
• Posting of all month end journals as required.
• Preparation of the monthly management accounts pack and variance commentary to agreed timescales.
• Maintain accruals / provisions and prepayments schedules.
• Track and monitor costs in line with the current forecast and/or budget.
• Balance sheet reconciliation including the proactive investigation and follow-up of queries.
• Responsible for either Vat /Stock reconciliation including Vat returns and stock
counts, and to become a champion for one area.
• Attendance at Business Partner meetings where required.
• Special Interest Group reporting.
• Any other tasks/ deliverables as required.
Year-end / Budgeting
• Assist with the year-end close and audit.
• Assist with annual budgeting.
Weekly Reporting
• Membership/Training weekly reports and the relevant income recognition.
• Responsible for Marketing Tracker and other cost trackers required such as for Events and Projects.
Key skills:
• Part Qualified Accountant (CIMA/ACCA/ACA) studying towards a qualification.
• Must be a people person.
• Strong teamwork and communication skills essential.
• High proficiency in Excel.
• Be proactive and awareness of deadlines.
• Positive ‘can do’ attitude.
• Someone who would like to progress in their accounting career.
• An appetite to develop or change processes to improve efficiency.
If you feel you have the skills and experience to step into this exciting Management Account position, please apply below
