Management Accountant

Dana Incorporated; Nechells; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

Dana Incorporated is seeking a qualified management accountant to join our finance team. You will provide accurate management reporting, support budgeting and forecasting, and handle month-end closing, VAT, and audit activities in a fast-paced environment.

You will analyze financial information to support profitability, prepare statutory accounts, and contribute to planning processes while ensuring regulatory compliance and high-quality financial commentary for management.

Qualifications

• Proven experience as management accountant, accounting supervisor or similar role.
• Solid knowledge of basic and advanced accounting and financial principles and practices.
• Excellent knowledge of risk analysis, budgeting, and forecasting.
• Working knowledge of financial software, SAP, and MS Office.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills.
• A problem-solver with attention to detail.
• Organizational and leadership skills.
• Minimum 3 years experience.

Responsibilities

• Analyse financial information to assist business profitability and growth
• Provide accurate and sound management reporting to assist with key decision making
• Produce month end and year end journals
• Prepare statutory and management accounts
• Contribute to annual budgeting and planning process
• Support weekly trending of departmental budgeting and tracking of actuals
• Quarterly VAT returns
• Manage capital expenditure, fixed asset additions and fixed asset impairment analysis
• Produce financial statements including P&L accounts, cash flows, variance analysis and commentaries
• Ensure compliance with all financial regulations
• Support both internal and external audits
• Review accounting processes and practices and improve where necessary to ensure efficient financial operations
• Evaluate the company’s performance using key performance indicators
• Advise on problems and suggest improvements
• Company credit card audits, administration & reconciliation

Skills

Management accounting

Budgeting

Forecasting

Communication skills

Attention to detail

Education

BSc/BA in accounting or finance

CMA or CGMA (preferred)

Tools

SAP

MS Office

Job description

Job Duties and Responsibilities

• Analyse financial information to assist business profitability and growth
• Provide accurate and sound management reporting to assist with key decision making
• Produce month end and year end journals
• Prepare statutory and management accounts
• Contribute to annual budgeting and planning process
• Support weekly trending of departmental budgeting and tracking of actuals
• Quarterly VAT returns
• Manage capital expenditure, fixed asset additions and fixed asset impairment analysis
• Produce financial statements including P&L accounts, cash flows, variance analysis and commentaries
• Ensure compliance with all financial regulations
• Support both internal and external audits
• Review accounting processes and practices and improve where necessary to ensure efficient financial operations
• Evaluate the company’s performance using key performance indicators
• Advise on problems and suggest improvements
• Company credit card audits, administration & reconciliation

Education and Qualifications

• Proven experience as management accountant, accounting supervisor or similar role
• Solid knowledge of basic and advanced accounting and financial principles and practices
• Excellent knowledge or risk analysis, budgeting, and forecasting
• Working knowledge of financial software, SAP, and MS Office
• Excellent communication and presentation skills
• A problem-solver with attention to detail
• Organizational and leadership skills
• BSc/BA in accounting, finance, or similar field
• Part Qualified (CMA or CGMA) will be preferred
• Minimum 3 years experience

Join our team of 28,000 problem solvers who are fostering a culture of innovation by leveraging the diverse perspectives of our global team. We believe in facing challenges head-on by finding opportunity and uncovering possibility, where roadblocks and barriers become targets instead of obstacles. We are One Dana with limitless opportunity.