Cost Accountant
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United Kingdom - Wales - Cardiff - CF10
Job Description
Your duties will be wide and varied. They will include: monthly and ad hoc cost analysis, maintaining robust balance sheet reconciliations – investigating and resolving anomalies; liaising with auditors and support external reporting as necessary and working closely with the business to understand key drivers for monthly performance and future budget/forecast cost tracking.
- Preparation of monthly management accounts across Marketing, Creative & Operations areas
- Understand the nature of transactions and identify appropriate accounting treatment (referring to contracts if necessary)
- Posting of month end journals and understanding the impact on both P&L and balance sheet
- Maintain month end reporting models ensuring data accuracy
- Maintain robust balance sheet reconciliations – investigating and resolving anomalies
- Prepare monthly P&L summaries with insightful commentary. Investigate variances to forecast and understand key drivers of performance
- Continuously drive improvements for an efficient month end process
- Proactively business partner stakeholders, providing support in all aspects of financial management (e.g. developing excel budget trackers, advising on PO coding)
- Liaise with auditors and support external reporting as necessary
- Prepare regular forecast updates and annual budgets, with insightful commentary
- Work closely with the business to understand key drivers for monthly performance and future budget/forecast cost tracking. Be proactive in evaluation and communication of risks and opportunities to forecasts.
- Ad hoc analysis as required
Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities