Management Accountant

Marks Sattin Ltd; Huddersfield; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

Marks Sattin Ltd is partnering on a requisition for a Management Accountant to join a growing global business. The role spans month-end, group reporting, forecasting, and cost centre support, working with central finance and non-finance users.

The successful candidate will prepare journals, support intercompany settlements, assist with statutory accounts, and contribute to budget and cashflow forecasts, ensuring high-quality balance sheet reconciliation and KPI reporting.

Responsibilities

• Prepare journals, prepayments, accruals, provisions, and other balance sheet entries
• Reconcile intercompany balances and support settlement processes
• Liaise with divisional finance teams to ensure completeness and accuracy of central transactions
• Assist with management accounts preparation, including variance analysis and commentary
• Complete assigned balance sheet reconciliations to a high standard
• Contribute to monthly, quarterly, and half-yearly group reporting submissions
• Support statutory audit preparation and provide relevant documentation
• Assist with the preparation of statutory accounts and external regulatory submissions
• Respond to queries from central and external stakeholders
• Provide support on invoicing queries and payment allocations
• Collate inputs for business plans, including costs, revenues, and KPIs
• Assist with budget and forecast submissions for central entities
• Support weekly and monthly cashflow forecasting to ensure adequate reserves
• Prepare actuals and forecasts for central cost centres to support spend management
• Manage purchase requisitions and receipting of goods/services
• Provide training and guidance to non-finance users to ensure accurate data entry

Job description

Delighted to be partnering with a growing business who operate globally on their search for a Management Accountant to join their team!

Key Responsibilities include:

Month-End & General Accounting

• Prepare journals, prepayments, accruals, provisions, and other balance sheet entries
• Reconcile intercompany balances and support settlement processes
• Liaise with divisional finance teams to ensure completeness and accuracy of central transactions
• Assist with management accounts preparation, including variance analysis and commentary
• Complete assigned balance sheet reconciliations to a high standard

Group & External Reporting

• Contribute to monthly, quarterly, and half-yearly group reporting submissions
• Support statutory audit preparation and provide relevant documentation
• Assist with the preparation of statutory accounts and external regulatory submissions
• Respond to queries from central and external stakeholders
• Provide support on invoicing queries and payment allocations

Forecasting & Budgeting

• Collate inputs for business plans, including costs, revenues, and KPIs
• Assist with budget and forecast submissions for central entities
• Support weekly and monthly cashflow forecasting to ensure adequate reserves

Cost Centre & Systems Support

• Prepare actuals and forecasts for central cost centres to support spend management
• Manage purchase requisitions and receipting of goods/services
• Provide training and guidance to non-finance users to ensure accurate data entry