Client Accountant
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United Kingdom - Manchester - M2 4AW
Job Description
- Manage the recurring monthly accounting tasks to accurately record revenue & costs and ensure timely close month end - including posting accruals and prepayments
- Review centrally posted numbers such as payroll, 3rd party costs and perform reconciliation work to ensure in-line with expectations / correct as appropriate
- Manage all inter-company and external invoicing to ensure that revenue and costs sit in the correct legal entities, departments and teams.
- Own the annual budgeting process, ensuring targets are built with full granularity and buy-in from the Product Owners.
- Assist in the production of consolidated group accounts where partnership income is relevant
- Assist in the tracking and reporting on investments including calculations affecting Partners
- Own the data integrity for the business-critical tools and systems, including partnering with IT, Accounting, and Operations Support to implement system enhancements and ensure accuracy of data
- Work with Group Financial Control to ensure technical matters, such as accounting treatment, are accurately recorded in the monthly financial results.
- Support commercial activity (such as revisions to reseller/referral agreements) with scenario modelling and profitability analysis to make informed recommendations to the Product Owners.
- Support the monthly forecasting cycle, working with budget holders to provide short and longer term accurate forecasts underpinned by robust data and trend analysis.
- Assist in the preparation of the monthly reporting package for review. Assist with weekly and monthly reporting and become a point of contact for questions from managers on analysis and questions.
- Provide monthly walks (variance analysis), flash, revenue analysis and margin analysis as well as monthly sales to target reporting
Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities