Management Accountant

Quarter4 Limited; Knutsford; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A global manufacturing company based in England seeks a management accountant to oversee finance activities. The role involves managing finance staff, ensuring compliance with accounting standards, and supporting the wider finance community. Suitable for part-qualified to newly qualified accountants, this position offers hybrid working and excellent career progression opportunities.

Qualifications

• Part-qualified through to newly qualified applicants will be considered.

Responsibilities

• Calculate and post month end journals and ensure trial balance accuracy.
• Manage monthly maintenance income release and maintain up-to-date reconciliations.
• Oversee stock control process and prepare quarterly stock provision.
• Manage a credit controller for UK & Ireland credit control activities.
• Maintain the fixed assets register and IFRS16 lease reporting.
• Support treasury and accounts payable teams to ensure timely invoice accounting.
• Monitor revenue and overheads and propose corrective actions against budget deviations.
• Support cost centre managers in enhancing financial understanding.
• Ensure compliance with internal control systems and regulations.
• Perform adhoc tasks to support the finance community.

Skills

Technical accounting skills

Understanding of inventory accounting

Education

CIMA or ACCA qualification

Job description

Overview

We are working with a global manufacturing business who have long-term partnerships with a number of household names that are instantly recognisable. With that, the position of management accountant is offered with excellent prospects for further career progression.

Offered on a hybrid working pattern, this position would suit someone who has already established themselves as a technically strong management accountant and is nearing a professional accounting qualification, be that CIMA or ACCA. You will be offered the chance to supervise 2 finance staff and anyone who has come from a product led business and has and understanding to inventory accounting will be well received. Part-qualified through to newly qualified applicants will be considered.

Responsibilities

• Calculate and post month end journals, be responsible for the trial balance accuracy and perform subsequent balance sheet reconciliations.
• Manage the monthly maintenance income release, maintain an up to date reconciliation by contract and customer number.
• Manage Accounts assistant whose is responsible for stock control process, to include monthly reconciliations, preparing the stock provision on a quarterly basis and to support any audit requirements in regard to stock.
• Also manage a credit controller who is responsible for UK & Ireland credit control.
• Maintain the fixed assets register and IFRS16 lease reporting for the Ireland entity.
• Support the treasury and accounts payable teams to ensure all invoices are accounted for correctly and in a timely manner. Ensure Bank reconciliations are up to date and accurate. Manage cashflow process.
• Monitor revenue and overheads and, where appropriate, propose corrective action in relation to deviations against budget.
• Support cost centre managers and help to enhance the financial understanding of division assigned.
• Ensure compliance with internal control systems and statutory financial regulations.
• Adhoc tasks as required to support the wider finance community.

Qualifications / Profile

Part-qualified through to newly qualified applicants will be considered.