Accountant

Round-Peg Solutions; Farnborough; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A dynamic finance company is seeking a Finance Associate in Farnborough to manage monthly management accounts and provide business partnering support. This permanent role offers a salary of £40,000 to £45,000 per annum. The ideal candidate will possess a part/newly qualified CIMA or ACCA, strong IT skills particularly in Excel, and experience in finance preferably in a manufacturing environment. Responsibilities include preparing reports, cost analysis, and liaising with various departments to enhance business performance.

Qualifications

• Part/newly qualified CIMA/ACCA.
• Previous experience in a Finance function, ideally in manufacturing.
• Comfortable dealing with non-finance professionals.

Responsibilities

• Month end journals and adjustments.
• Preparation of monthly management accounts.
• Review standard costs and investigate variances.
• Assist with internal and external audits.

Skills

CIMA/ACCA qualification

Strong IT Skills (Excel)

Experience in Finance function

Experience of standard costing

Knowledge of US GAAP

Knowledge of UK GAAP

Proactive and able to work unsupervised

Accuracy and thoroughness

Tools

Infor LN

Job description

Location: Farnborough
Role Type: Permanent
Salary: £40,000 – £45,000 per annum

To play a key role in the department meeting its internal and external reporting requirements; ensuring reports are accurate and produced in a timely manner and to assist other areas of the business in improving key metrics and performance (business partnering).

Key Responsibilities

• Month end journals and adjustments
• Preparation of monthly management accounts including journal postings
• Review and preparation of provisions
• Month end business unit reporting including pricing analysis
• Costing and inventory
• Reconcile inventory accounts
• Review standard costs and investigate significant variances
• Short term forecasting: Preparation of weekly short term forecast and comparison to previous submissions
• Long term forecasting
• Assisting with annual budget process, including internal reporting required
• Liaise with cost centre managers for completion of accurate budgets
• Cost centre reporting
• Reviewing cost centres for errors or anomalies
• Monthly reporting to cost centre managers including variance analysis
• Management of Business Intelligence tool
• Reconciliation of the data to reported numbers
• Updating master data as and when required
• Ensuring data accuracy and completeness
• Business partnering with Operations
• Review of cycle count variances and processes, assisting with corrective actions
• Review of aged works orders, investigating root causes and potential resolution
• Annual productivity audit to ensure capital expenditure is achieving promised efficiencies
• Balance sheet reconciliations
• Assist with internal and external audits
• Supervise and assist Accounts Assistants on an ad hoc basis
• Support the Finance Manager and BU Controller as required
• Ad hoc duties as required

Qualifications/Skills/Experience

• Part/newly qualified CIMA/ACCA
• Strong IT Skills (Excel) and knowledge of Infor LN would be desirable, but not essential.
• Previous experience of working in a Finance function, ideally in a manufacturing environment
• Experience of standard costing
• Experience of both US GAAP and UK GAAP
• Proactive and able to work unsupervised, and as part of a team
• Able to demonstrate accuracy and thoroughness
• Comfortable dealing with non-finance professionals of all levels