Job Description

• Your primary role will be to form part of a team responsible for preparing timely and accurate financial records, as well as the presentation of information to operational management.
• This will involve regular contact with various levels throughout the Group locations, so strong communication skills are essential.
• You will need to gain a full working knowledge of all fundamental accounting tasks within the department, which will include manufacturing transactions and the effect on standard costs and variances, purchase ledger invoice processing, payment runs, debtor cash collection and allocation, VAT and various ledger reconciliations.
• Your role will be responsible for the preparation of monthly management accounts for a number of divisions within the Group, it’s important that you get to know how the team operates as a whole.
• Your role will include analysis of key variances and explanation of these results to divisional management.
• Preparation of budgets and re-forecasts in consultation with the relevant operating division’s management team will also form an important part of the role.
• Your duties will include preparation of year-end reports, accounts for statutory, and tax purposes, which will include liaising with auditors.

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities