Job Description

An excellent opportunity has arisen for a Management Accountant to work for this successful manufacturing business. Reporting to the Managing Director, your duties will be as follows:

• Leading the accounting function including the day-to-day management of the accounts team
• Preparation of monthly management accounts & reports
• Responsible for the year-end financial statements and forecast cash flow positions
• Managing audit processes and all statutory reporting, including Companies House filings
• Interpreting the company's financial results to presenting to the management team and recommending improvements
• Controlling income, cash flow and expenditure
• Preparation of the company's annual budget
• Reporting on variances from the established budget and discussing the implications of those variances
• Identifying, investigating and analysing potential operational improvements
• Making proposals for operational changes for policy, procedures, processes, etc, based on findings
• Compiling key business metrics and project performance reviews and reporting to management
• Managing the capital budgeting process, based on constraint analysis and discounted cash flow analysis
• Handling contract renewals for commercial insurance, credit insurance, private medical, death in service, utilities, motor leasing and fuel
• Managing the credit control process and ensuring the team is adhering to the credit policy
• Supporting the team with routine accounting functions
• Reviewing customer terms and conditions for areas of operational risk and advising the sales team
• Supporting the ongoing ERP system development plan
• Ad-hoc analysis of financial data as required
• Attendance and minute taking at Board meetings

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

You will be a key member of the management team and ensure financial control processes are fulfilled. A qualified Accountant, you will have strong experience in interpretation of financial results and recommending improvements to help mitigate risk. You will have worked in a similar role previously, ideally in a manufacturing business and be competent at operating at both board and management level. Strong Excel skills, including V-Lookups and pivot tables are required. Experience with an ERP system and/or Sage 200 will be advantageous.