Job Description

You needs to be a motivated individual who is a very accurate completer finisher who thrives in a busy team environment. This is a great opportunity for someone wanting to expand their accounting skills in management accounting field who will play a key support role to support the Senior Management Accountant in the Transport business.

• Production of overhead reports and commenting on the variances providing full variance analysis (under & over recoveries)
• Preparation of monthly pre-contract review and effective communication with account director on monthly results.
• Review of utilization reports and understanding on major variance factors and communicating this back to contract managers and Senior Management Accountant.
• Managing the month end process by working closely with contract management and project management team to derive the monthly results.
• Tracking WIP and ensuring prompt billing to reduce the cash cycle
• Assisting with producing latest views monthly and comparing to prior forecasts.
• Forecasting fixed, variable, and semi-variable costs on overhead cost centre by liaising with the functional heads.
• Supporting with the annual rates build-up and annual overhead budget setting process.
• Submitting quarterly overheads forecasts and reconciling back to each cost centre.
• Challenging overspend or unexpected costs against forecast and budget and ensuring its being allocated correctly.
• Inventory management, making provision for slow moving stock as necessary.
• Invoice forecasting and debtors review for central FP&A
• Extensive use of Oracle on a day-to-day basis as well month end processing including journal entries & Hubble to run reports as and when required
• Allocating orders between firm, frame and forecast categories for full year forecast
• Assist with audit queries
• Dealing with ad-hoc queries.

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Experience working in an accounting role preferably in a contracting environment.
• Self-motivated
• Good communicator
• Able to manage heavy workload & strict deadlines
• Experience of managing multiple stakeholders.
• Attention to detail
• Oracle desirable
• AAT/CIMA/ACCA part qualified
• Minimum 5 GCSE’s grade A-C with at least B in Mathematics
• Successful candidates are likely to have a majority of the following attributes: -
• Excellent inter-personal skills
• Pro-active and self-directed
• Ability to work as part of a team as well as individually.
• Prepared to challenge stakeholders during reviews.
• Demonstrates the ability to influence change
• A high level of energy and willingness to work under pressure.