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Management Accountant
Chertsey - Hybrid Working
£60,000 per annum
We’re working with a dynamic and rapidly scaling distributor based in Chertsey that operates globally. They’re looking for a commercially aware, detail-driven Management Accountant to join their finance team and play a key role in delivering accurate, insightful financial reporting.
This is a fantastic opportunity for someone who enjoys month-end ownership, analysis, and working closely with operational teams, without a heavy business partnering focus.
To support the Financial Controller by preparing timely, accurate, and insightful management information that supports commercial decision-making and operational performance.
The Role
The Management Accountant will play a key role in monthly reporting, forecasting, stock analysis, and financial control, while contributing to continuous improvement of finance processes, systems, and reporting capabilities.
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Key Responsibilities:
Management Accounts & Reporting:
- Assist with the preparation of monthly management accounts within a defined close timetable.
- Ensure integrity of the general ledger through ownership of key reconciliations such as accruals and prepayments with transparent and effective reporting.
- Support balance-sheet control processes, ensuring reconciliations are accurate and completed on a timely basis.
- This is a high visibility role where accuracy, organization, and analytical strength are key.
- Assist with audit preparation, providing schedules, explanations, and supporting documentation.
- Support VAT reporting processes through accurate transactional coding and reconciliations.
- Ensure compliance with internal controls and documented finance processes.
Finance Systems & Process Improvement:
- Support day-to-day operation of the finance system.
- Act as a strong finance system user, helping maintain data integrity from order processing through to invoicing and cash receipt.
- Assist with system enhancements, testing, and process improvements in partnership with the Financial Controller and Systems Project Team.
- Identify opportunities to improve efficiency, accuracy, and quality of information.
- Support finance-led projects including system upgrades, reporting enhancements, and process redesign.
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We’re looking for someone who:
- Qualified accountant (ACA / ACCA / CIMA).
- Strong analytical and numerical ability with excellent attention to detail.
- Solid experience in management accounting within a commercial environment, ideally FMCG, wholesale, or distribution.
- Strong Excel skills and confidence working with large data sets; experience with Microsoft Business Intelligence tools advantageous.
- ERP system experience essential.
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