Senior/Lead Management Accountant - Amazing career opportunity

Senior/Lead Management Accountant – This role will be leading a team of junior MA’s

Ealing

Salary up to £48,000 plus excellent benefits including pension, healthcare, dental care, childcare vouchers, gym membership, high street stores discounts etc

JOB SUMMARY

Reporting to the Head of Accounting and Reporting this role will play a pivotal part in the company’s growth and continued success, working a number of entities as well as being responsible for producing full sets of monthly management accounts and financial reports.

Responsible for delivering monthly reporting packs alongside varied analytical work, whilst managing a team of Management Accountants (part qualified).

Proactively involved in continuous improvements in process and systems throughout.

Develop strong relationships with both internal and external stakeholders, providing formal reports on a regular basis, detailing issues, opportunities for standardisation, identifying potential for standardisation of systems, process and staffing.

Manage a team which has responsibility for maintaining the General Ledger and Group reporting. This team is set to increase in 2016.

RESPONSIBILITES

Responsible for several group entities

• Key contact point between the agency and SSC

Review and post journals

• Agency sends journal number via email with approval for posting by CFO


• Ensure the journal conforms to policies and review, line description and General Ledger (GL) codes.

• Post in Maconomy and save automatically produced PDF to shared folder


• Reply to the initial email from the agency saying that the journal is posted

Fixed Asset (FA) Ledger ownership and maintenance

• All Fixed assets are posted to the FA suspense account in Maconomy by the agencies


• Review FA suspense account in the GL: Use hard copies of vendor invoices to ensure they are in the correct GL accounts. Confirm asset class with agency if not clear. Add the asset to the FA register module in Maconomy


• Run depreciation through Maconomy using preset rates for each class of asset

High level balance sheet and income statement analytical review

• Income Statement: Ensure that the month on month changes look reasonable


• Balance Sheet: Most GL accounts should remain similar month on month


• Investigate large variances from expectations

Monthly revaluation of bank, AP and AR currency balances

• Input details and run System calculates automatically when details are put in


• Post revaluation journal (reversing) in Maconomy

Inter-company scenario

• Review and Reconcile Maconomy to Cartesis ensuring Group Balances reconcile


• Load inter-company AP and AR from Maconomy into Cartesis


• Generate file from Maconomy and load into Cartesis

Review AP and Debtors ledger

• Review AP & AR Ledgers understanding commentary and ensure all major balances are explained


• Check AR ageing from Maconomy agrees to the control account and investigate errors

Reconcile Balance sheet accounts (excluding bank)

• Match debits and credits in Maconomy


• Create reconciliation lead schedule and ensure it has back up (AP report etc)

Prepare monthly balance sheet review packs

• Containing: Balance Sheet reconciliations with lead schedules. Trial Balance (TB). Inter-company mismatch report. Action item list. Cartesis to GL (Maconomy) mapping.


• Raise issues and questions and bring them to the attention of Finance Director’s in monthly balance sheet reviews

Investigate and resolve inter-company mismatches

• Entities on Maconomy where we have access to the ledgers of both companies: Export from Maconomy to excel. Analyse and investigate differences


• Entities on Maconomy where we only have access to the ledger of one of the companies: Document the difference and work with the agency for resolution

Arrange and chair monthly balance sheet review meetings with FDs

• Send out meeting requests one year in advance


• Ensure direct reports set up their meetings


• Chair meetings. Answer / ask questions


• Follow up action points

Review and post journals created by direct reports

• eg. Fixing AP, small difference write-offs etc

Unblock and re-block vendors for revaluation purposes

• Unblock vendor (go into vendor info in Maconomy and un-tick)


• Run revaluation


• Block vendor (go into vendor info in Maconomy and tick)

Staff management and development

• Hold One to Ones and team meetings with direct reports on a monthly basis, take notes and write them up, create action points with timelines and ensure they are closed in a timely fashion


• Mentor, coach and support the team, helping them to develop their skills and experience.


• Ensure and / or carry out effective training of the team


• Promote collaborative relationships and culture of high standards

Responsible for day-to-day training of direct reports, including:

• Answer queries as they arise


• Explain Basic accounting and how to run Maconomy, AP/AR and Hyperion reports

Skills/Experience

Education

• Educated to degree level, preferable Finance, commerce


• CIMA Qualified

Experience

• Strong technical accounting skills


• Previous work experience to include commercial/industry


• Experience in managing staff


• Ability to train junior staff


• Experience of leading, encouraging and mentoring a team


• Excel to advanced level


• Experience in delivering process improvements – demonstrable


• Worked in high pressured environment, with high expectation of deliverables and quality


• Ability to be flexible, respond positively to change and work effectively under pressure


• Experience of corporate reporting systems


• Produces basic statutory accounts


• Produces monthly management accounting packs and schedules


• Worked within a SOX environment


• Significant experience in a senior accounting role within a large organisation and have excellent interpersonal and communication skills