Management Accountant

Parkside; Egham; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 43,000; Full time

Job summary

A financial consultancy is seeking a Management Accountant to join their team in Egham. The ideal candidate will be part-qualified (CIMA or ACCA) with strong Excel skills and knowledge of Sage and EPOS systems. Key responsibilities include managing finances, producing monthly reports, and conducting valuable financial analyses to enhance profit and drive cost savings. The position offers a competitive salary of £40,000 to £43,000 per annum within an office-based environment.

Responsibilities

• Prepare and produce monthly management accounts.
• Conduct various financial analyses for cost improvement.
• Assist budget holders in preparing draft budgets.
• Maintain and develop key Excel financial files.

Skills

Part-Qualified Accountant [CIMA or ACCA]

Advanced skills in Excel

Knowledge of Sage

Knowledge of EPOS

Job description

Overview

My client are looking for a Management Accountant to join their busy team in Egham. They are looking for some one Part Qualified (CIMA or ACCA) with experience, office based paying £40-43Kpa.

Responsibilities

• Management Reporting, Analysis & Communication
• Produce all regular monthly management accounts [MACs] for QA review by the GFC
• Simplify & improve MACs format, content, and process
• Benchmarking analyses of [Top 20] supplier base, cost base, store performance
• Ad hoc & Value Added analyses to identify profit improvement & cost saving
• Reactivate 6-monthly & annual analyses previously produced, now dormant
• Attend various meetings, on behalf of GFC + / or AFC [e.g. JP meetings]
• MI continuous improvement; eg Interpretation & Variance comments for all entities
• SSAF for all entities
• Identify material inconsistency of bookkeeping treatment across entities
• Automation, Efficiency, Pace, Accuracy, User-friendliness, Relevance
• EPOS MI development: Learn routines & frequency for all existing EPOS MI [to be able to deputise for AFC if / where needed]
• Assist AFC in development & deployment of GP enhancing MI and analysis
• Further analyses as prioritised and required by GFC
• Budgeting, Planning and Control
• Preparation of draft Budgets for all entities within the Group, working with the Budget holders to agree planned spend
• Review and control of spend against budgets
• Support, maintenance & development of key excel files: Weekly Sales report, New store maintenance, JP changes, landlord changes, Year End graphs and input tab creation for new financial year
• Fishkeeper Limited billing spreadsheet
• MACs reporting files
• Quarterly turnover rent calculations
• Fixed Asset Register files [& cleanse data per Capex Accounting policy]
• Quarterly Accruals & Prepayments schedules (working with Bookkeepers)
• Annual Roll forward of Store MACs
• Budget model maintenance and roll forward
• Financial accounting
• First port of call for RSM information queries, specifically Analytical Review questions such as 'why has turnover dropped in store X?'
• Maintain appropriate back up documentation
• Incorporation of RSM Audit Journals into MA Sage package, plus refreshing all monthly MACs to correctly reflect the changes
• Technical accounting: first contact to resolve technical issues and advise bookkeepers
• Intercompany matrix review - ensure all intercompany accounts agree across the group monthly (currently done annually only)
• Formal record maintenance: Company secretarial, Equity accounts, Transfer pricing
• Maintain Company secretarial & Profit Share records
• Draft production of Partner Equity statements, for DR QA and swifter issue / timetable
• Ensure transfer pricing agreements from Fishkeeper Limited up to date

Qualifications and Experience

• Part-Qualified Accountant [CIMA or ACCA]
• Advanced skills in Excel
• Knowledge of Sage
• Knowledge of EPOS

Personal Qualities

• Confident, Good communicator, Team player
• Critical thinker, change agent looking for continuous improvement
• Self-motivated, keen to learn, commercial mindset
• Ability to work on own initiative, Analytical
• Organised, Hits deadlines, Flexible approach to work
• Attention to detail