Job Description

Overview:

We are seeking a Management Account, who will prepare the financial accounts and reports of our UK and France operations. This role will report into the Financial Director, and require a solid technical understanding of accounting principles and policies. This role will be supported by a Finance Assistant (UK based) and Accounts Payable Clerk (SA based) who is responsible for AR/AP postings, and will support on the accurate reporting of the P&L and projects.

We are looking for a candidate that demonstrates an entrepreneurial spirit, strong commerciality, a proactive attitude and a drive to learn and develop

Responsibilities:

Responsibilities:

• Preparation of the UK & French management accounts and balance sheet reconciliations, ensuring timeliness and accuracy for reporting back to the Board / Senior Management Team.
• Overseeing the consolidation of group management accounts (feeding in from the Finance Manager (SA) who prepares the accounts for Australia and South Africa).
• Provide meaningful insights and commentary on the management accounts.
• Consolidating forecasts from business heads for inclusion in management accounts.
• Preparation of statutory reporting, liaising with auditors as required.
• Ownership of the accuracy and timeliness of the financial reporting, partnering with our Producer teams to ensure that all project reporting is reflected correctly in our systems.
• Preparation of all UK & France balance sheet reporting - bank reconciliations, prepayments, accruals, fixed asset registers.
• Management of petty cash registers / reconciliations, ensuring staff are provided with T&E budgets.
• Overseeing the AP Clerk to ensure the processing of payment to all creditors and supporting on queries.
• Overseeing the AR Clerk to ensure the processing of billing to all clients debt is recovered on a timely basis
• Supporting the Finance Director on managing working capital, preparation of the UK cashflow, and consolidation of group cashflows on a monthly basis to ensure adequate provisioning.
• Preparation of all UK tax returns, and liaising with French accountants to ensure the return and payment of French taxes.
• Raising ad-hoc invoices and intercompany cross charges as required.
• Supporting / mentoring assistant accountant and support staff.
• Remaining abreast of financial and tax legislation.

You should be able to apply your past experience to these attributes.

In addition we place value in the following areas:

• Experience in consolidated / subsidiary reporting
• A good understanding or keen interest of the advertising & production sector, its key players and our competitors

Qualifications:

Qualifications:

• 1-2 years PQE (ACA/CIMA)
• 2:1 + Degree in Finance, Accounting or Business related
• Strong technical knowledge, abreast of current IFRS/GAAP legislation
• Advanced Excel skills (formula, modelling and spreadsheet creation)
• Strong knowledge of other Microsoft applications (PowerPoint, Word, Outlook etc)
• Knowledge of and ease of adaptability to various financial software (Sage, Netsuite ideally).

Key skills

• Proven management accountant experience.
• Comfortable working with large sets of data, with excellent excel skills.
• Confident in challenging status quo and embrace and driving positive change
• Proven business partnering & relationship management, with financial and non-financial staff
• Demonstrates strong commerciality / understands the impact of financial decisions.
• A strong attention to detail, thorough and methodical.
• Able to work autonomously with strong proactivity – candidates must be solutions and efficiency focused.
• Excellent skills in data analysis & presentation
• Process orientated
• Embrace and influence change

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities