Four Recruitment
Management Accountant
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The Role
Our client, a growing SME based in Chester, are looking for an experienced Management Accountant to deliver accurate and timely month-end accounts for review. In addition, you will support the Group Financial Controller by managing and developing junior finance employees, improving processes, reporting, and communication, and acting as a bridge between senior finance employees and the wider finance team.
Key Responsibilities
- Preparation of monthly management accounts up to the point of review by FC
- Monthly balance sheet reconciliations
- Preparation and posting of journals, including accruals, prepayments, loans, etc.
- Fixed asset accounting and maintenance of the asset register
- Reporting and variance analysis
- Month-end processes and reporting
- VAT return preparation
- Processing payment runs
- Responsible for control of AP/AR ledgers
- Assisting in cost centre reviews and budgetary controls
- Supporting external audit and responding to audit queries
- Reviewing and analysing credit control activities
- Ensuring the finance function operates efficiently and effectively on a day-to-day basis
- Delegating tasks and managing workload across sales and purchase ledger clerks
- Handling internal queries and communicating financial information to non-finance stakeholders
- Management of team including 1-1s with focus on upskilling
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- ACCA/CIMA/ACA qualified, part-qualified, or studying, with strong hands-on month-end experience
- Experience of working within a business that undergoes external audit
- Strong Excel skills (VLOOKUP/XLOOKUP, pivot tables, formulas) and good general system proficiency
- Proven experience at Management Accountant level with strong technical accounting capability
- A mindset of continuous improvement, with the ability to identify and implement process enhancements
- Highly organised, proactive, and comfortable working in a fast-paced environment
- Strong communication skills with the ability to manage relationships across multiple internal stakeholders
- Ability to allocate tasks and oversee the operational workload of sales and purchase ledger clerks
- Comfortable managing a team
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