Job Description

Responsibilities:

• Prepare monthly management accounts for several trading companies and other smaller entities to a P&L and Balance sheet status, for review by the Company Directors with agreed timescales
• Competent in calculating and posting pre-payments, accruals, depreciation and deferred income
• Able to subject the accounts to sufficient review, challenging and investigating the figures to provide clear and coherent draft accounts, with all queries cleared
• Have a flexible approach to be able to adapt to changing business needs
• Regular cover for other accounting staff due to the small team size - purchase ledger, sales ledger, raising invoices - as required
• Provide holiday cover for Accounts Manager at one of the key trading companies
• Ad-hoc and regular financial performance analysis
• Bank reconciliations
• Maintain fixed asset registers
• Posting sundry journals to improve management reporting
• Reconciling and posting adjustments to intercompany and directors’ loan accounts
• Prepare detailed balance sheet reconciliations
• Provide cash flow forecasts as required
• Measure and present key KPI data
• Work closely with all members of the team, including the Company Directors
• Ability to identify and act on efficiency improvements in processes and reporting
• Make recommendations to reduce costs and improve profitability

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

Minimum of five years’ experience of preparing management accounts for SMEs, beyond trial balance or having worked in roles of a similar level Sage Professional experience would be preferred (although training will be given) Strong Excel skills Ability to present data in a professional manner; some knowledge of pivot tables, lookup functions, and other similar formulae and tools Very strong personal organisational and communication skills, very high integrity, and honesty Energetic and enjoy working on a variety of different businesses with changing needs Ability to work independently in a small team; a self-motivated and proactive approach to work AAT qualified or CIMA part qualified, or equivalent Some knowledge of payroll preparation, VAT returns, and credit control would be advantageous