Management Accountant

Management Accountant

17–20ph PAYE

Temporary – Luton

Randstad are currently working in collaboration with a rapidly expanding trading business near Luton. This busy, successful and expanding international business are seeking an accounts focused, organised and autonomous Management Accountant to join their team on a permanent basis to support the smooth running of a busy department.

Key responsibilities of the Management Accountant include:

• Supervise daily activities of the finance team and provide support as needed.
• Daily cash flow and finance utilisation update.
• Manage all payment processing and approvals ensuring procedures are followed and terms met.
• Raise trade finance loans and letters of credit as required. Review position for the week on a daily basis and liaise with FD on cash maintenance.
• Manage all HSBC queries, liaising with the FD and wider finance team as needed.
• Manage year end audit and preparation of the statutory accounts with support from FD.
• Review & Management of VAT and other statutory taxes.
• Review month-end overhead accruals including analysis completed by assistant accountant and evaluate variances to be communicated with the month-end pack.
• Maintain tank/stock schedules throughout the month and prepare and post all accruals relating to stock. Liaise with ops/procure teams per the process.
• Maintenance of invoice discounting accounts and monthly reconciliations.
• Fixed Asset, depreciation and amortisation review, journal postings and reconciliations.
• Prepare and post monthly journals per journal list.
• Manage and prepare all employed, contracted and oversea staff salary schedules and post monthly journals. Manage all payroll queries.
• Preparation and distribution of the monthly management pack for review by the FD and the SMT.
• Weekly and Monthly FX updates and reconciliation.
• Assist with preparation of the 4 month reforecast pack to be distributed monthly.
• Balance sheet reconciliations.
• Production and monitoring of monthly management accounts and variance analysis where required.
• Process improvement implementation and review.

Key skills

• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Ability to work as part of a team.
• Excellent analytical and numerical skills.
• Accuracy and an eye for detail.
• Excellent interpersonal skills – able to communicate at all levels with both financial and non-financial management.
• Strong commercial acumen.
• Excel – Intermediate.
• Experience of working in a high performing finance team.
• Sage 50 experience.

This is an immediately available opportunity for a Management Accountant to join a successful and growing business at an exciting time.

If you are interested in the role of Management Accountant please do not hesitate to apply today.