Management Accountant

Rentokil Initial; Crawley; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Rentokil Initial Reward Scheme

23 days holiday + 8 bank holidays

Employee Assistance Programme

Death in service benefit

Healthcare

Free parking

Job summary

Rentokil Initial is seeking a Finance Lead for the IT function, delivering high-quality financial support, analysis, and governance. The role covers SOX controls, month-end processes, budgeting, and quarterly forecasts, working hybrid from Crawley.

You will manage IT cost reporting, provide insights to IT leadership, and line-manage an Assistant Management Accountant and a Junior Finance Data Analyst. ACA/ACCA/CIMA qualification is required.

Qualifications

• Fully Qualified ACA/ACCA/CIMA with strong IT finance experience.
• Experience in SOX controls and month-end processes.
• Experience in large business environments and budget management.

Responsibilities

• Lead finance and budget reviews for IT function.
• Manage monthly close, accruals, journals.
• Forecast quarterly GIS IT budget, identifying risks & opportunities.
• Provide financial insights to ITLT for decision-making.
• Line manage Assistant Management Accountant and Junior Finance Data Analyst.

Skills

Advanced Excel

SOX controls

Budget reviews

Forecasting

Management accounting

Stakeholder comms

Education

ACA/ACCA/CIMA

Job description

This role is responsible for the provision of high quality support, information, and analysis on all aspects of finance to the Group IT function.

Responsibilities

• Liaising with various LT teams across the Group to ensure that costs are being captured correctly and in accordance with relevant accounting standards/SOX controls.
• Lead finance/budget reviews
• Lead the quarterly forecasting process for GIS, including identifying risks and opportunities, and variance analysis/commentary.
• Manage the month-end process, including monthly accruals/prepayments and journals in line with the relevant accounting policies and procedures.
• Maintain regular updates to the Global IT Forecasting model and provide relevant data insights to the ITLT
• Line management of an Assistant Management Accountant & Junior Finance Data Analyst
• Ensure compliance with necessary accounting standards and SOX controls
• Assist in the annual budget preparation process - coordinate for the IT function
• Provide relevant, meaningful, and insightful financial information/analysis to assist departmental managers in their decision-making process.
• Ensure integrity of financial reporting
• Be the go to finance member for IT

Main tasks

• Ensuring SOX processes are followed and documented
• Hold regular budget reviews with the ITLT to manage the forecast, risks & opportunities
• Complete IT month end processes by the relevant deadlines including general journals, recurring journals, recharges, and monthly forecast by COB WD5
• Complete GIS recharges timely and accurately on a monthly basis
• Line Management and development of Assistant Management Accountant & Junior Finance Data Analyst
• Produce monthly reporting packs for IT cost centre managers and CIO
• Produce quarterly slide deck and associated summaries for the IT quarterly business review
• Work closely with IT PMO and the wider finance team to ensure recharges and capitalisation of costs are completed accurately and correctly.
• Work with IT PMO and IT project managers to manage IT business cases before they are presented at the IT investment committee.
• Fully Qualified - ACA, ACCA or CIMA
• Skilled and articulate verbal communicator
• Excellent Excel skills
• Experience of working in a large business environment
• Competitive salary and bonus scheme
• Hybrid working
• Rentokil Initial Reward Scheme
• 23 days holiday, plus 8 bank holidays
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Death in service benefit
• Healthcare
• Free parking

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