Job Description

As the Management Accountant you will be a key member of the Finance Team, reporting and acting as “number two” to the Financial Controller.

Although you would be working remotely / working from home during the current climate, travel to Fusion’s North London centres, (and other Fusion offices and sites), will occasionally be required to attend meetings, and to deliver your role effectively.

Management Accountant - Interviews:

Interviews will be virtual, although you may be invited to attend a face-to-face interview in the latter stages of the process, social and travel restrictions permitting. If you are invited to face-to-face interview, this would be conducted with the upmost safety and hygiene standards in place. Virtual interviews are still available where this is not safe or permitted under current government guidance.

We anticipate that there will be four stages of interview for this position, however each stage will be confirmed to you at the time:

Stage 1: Brief telephone interview
Stage 2: Virtual Interview with the Line Manager
Stage 3: Online Psychometric Testing
Stage 4: Virtual Panel Interview with Line Manager and Financial Director

Management Accountant - The Role:

- Deliver and develop financial reporting and MI for Management and the Board

- Complete month-end close to agreed deadlines

- Control and reconcile revenue collection processes, in particular monthly membership direct debit

- Complete balance sheet account reconciliations

- Provide advice to budget holders and Heads of Departments

- Assist in the production of the budget and forecast for the business

- Support working capital and CAPEX/investment management

- Recommend and implement improvements to financial and accounting systems, controls and processes

- Evaluate the company's performance using financial data, and identify opportunities for business improvement

- Assist external audit process

- Develop effective decision support for Management

Management Accountant - Hygiene and Safety:

- Champion in role, and take personal responsibility for all hygiene, health and safety policy and procedure when working from any Fusion site, or any of its subsidiary’s sites

- Undertake day-to-day cleaning and maintenance of all equipment and fittings relevant to role, (including phones, PCs, plug sockets and cables, tables, doors and door handles, and other shared usage equipment and touch points), to the highest possible standards, informing centre management immediately of any hygiene or health and safety risks

Management Accountant - Employee Benefits:

- 22 days’ holiday, plus 8 bank holidays (Pro rata, contractual)

- Employer Contribution Auto-enrolment Pension Scheme (Contractual)

- Gym & Swim membership at Fusion centres

- Free eye tests

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

About You: You should be accustomed to multi-site, fast-paced, high transaction volume environments, and experience of financial and operational process improvement will be an advantage to you. In addition to accounting technical expertise you should have an interest in business, and how finance can influence business performance. As you will be working within a large-scale business across multiple work streams, you will need to be a resilient team-player with a “can-do” attitude and an analytical mind; able to proactively anticipate need. You’ll also need to have excellent organisational skills, the ability to consistently hit deadlines, excellent attention to detail, and the ability to take responsibility and see things through. You will be liaising with HoDs and Managers on a regular basis, so excellent communication and presentation skills are a must. Management Accountant - Other Essential Criteria: - ACA, ACCA or CIMA finalist or part qualified (Fusion can support completion of qualification) - 3 years' experience as management / financial accountant in £30M+ turnover business - Expert knowledge of mid-market accounting software (Sage MMS desirable) - Advanced user of Excel, and capable of large volume data manipulation and analysis - Ability to train and coach others as required