Job Description

CMA Recruitment Group are exclusively representing a fast growing, highly regarded services business in Eastleigh with their search for a Senior Management Accountant. This role is a newly created permanent position and will act as a senior within the accounting team.

What will the role involve?

• Manage and develop the month end close process
• Produce accurate and timely reporting on a monthly basis
• Ensure accurate representation of monthly P&L performance, posting all required ledger entries, reviewing the ledger to understand costs and supporting your transactions with appropriate reconciliation;
• Ensure the legal view and management views are correctly reported against the relevant accounting standards
• Provide financial guidance and commercial challenges to the operational management team
• Build and maintain strong professional relationships across the business to influence financial performance
• Deliver monthly scheduled and ad-hoc reporting to tight deadlines
• Work with finance, operational and transformation teams to streamlining existing processes, designing new reports and processes where necessary
• Help to identify requirements for change controls, working with the commercial and service teams to take account of changes to baseline
• Manage a team of 2 reports.

Suitable Candidate:

• Qualified (ACCA/ACA/CIMA)
• Prior experience of managing the close process within a large organisation, or subsidiary of a large organisation
• Able to use initiative (and advice of others) to identify new solutions
• Ability to manage own workload and priorities effectively
• Ability to influence decision making process through clear presentation of financials
• Solid Excel skills including VLookup and Pivot Tables

Additional benefits and information:

• This role will be eligible for an annual bonus of up to 15% of the annual salary
• Working from home is possible and will be encouraged initially due to the social distancing rules
• 25 days' annual leave.

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Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Qualified (ACCA/ACA/CIMA) • Prior experience of managing the close process within a large organisation, or subsidiary of a large organisation • Able to use initiative (and advice of others) to identify new solutions • Ability to manage own workload and priorities effectively • Ability to influence decision making process through clear presentation of financials • Solid Excel skills including VLookup and Pivot Tables