Management Accountant

Halma plc; North Shields; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A growing finance team in North Shields is seeking a Management Accountant to oversee the monthly accounts process. In this high-impact role, you'll ensure compliance, provide insightful analysis, and partner with operational teams. Ideal candidates will have over 3 years of relevant experience, strong Excel skills, and be ACCA/CIMA/ACA qualified or studying for it. This role offers opportunities for growth and aims to drive financial improvements.

Qualifications

• 3+ years experience as a management accountant or similar.
• Strong organisational and time management skills.
• Ability to present information effectively.
• Proactive and results-oriented mindset.

Responsibilities

• Manage month-end process and journal postings.
• Prepare management accounts with insights into overheads.
• Support budgeting and forecasting processes.
• Lead finance projects to enhance existing finance processes.

Skills

Excel proficiency

Microsoft Power BI familiarity

Attention to detail

Organisational skills

Strong communication skills

Proactive mindset

Team collaboration

Continuous improvement attitude

Education

A levels or equivalent

ACCA/CIMA/ACA qualification or studying towards it

Tools

Excel

Power BI

Job description

It's fun to work in a company where people truly BELIEVE in what they are doing!

We're committed to bringing passion and customer focus to the business.

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Position Summary

The management accountant role is a key member of the finance team, taking ownership of the monthly management accounts process at the North Shields site as well as ensuring excellence in compliance and adding value with business partnering, insightful analysis and reporting. This position is a high impact, visible role across the site and the wider OE business, and plays a pivotal role in providing data accuracy, governance and control and commercially focused reporting to support the organisations growth and profitability targets.

Key Job Responsibilities

• Ownership of the month end process, including journal postings, balance sheet reconciliations, and group reporting to Halma PLC.
• Preparation of management accounts, providing insights into overheads and variance analysis of actual and forecast/budget.
• Support with budgeting and forecasting and partnering with operational teams to support and challenge.
• Preparation of VAT returns, including overseas transactions, ensuring accuracy and compliance.
• Review of monthly payroll and preparation of annual returns (P11d, PSA).
• Support the external audit and half year and year end group reporting requirements.
• Assist with other ad-hoc requests, providing management with key financial insights to support informed decisions.
• Lead value-add finance projects to enhance our current finance processes, ensuring they align with the business needs and drive improvement

This job description provides a comprehensive overview of the main responsibilities expected in this role. However, it is not an all-encompassing list and may be updated in the future to reflect changing role requirements and business needs.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• At least 3 years' experience working in as a management accountant or similar role.
• You'll be proficient in Excel and familiar with other Microsoft tools such as Power BI.
• You'll have a proactive, can-do mindset, committed to delivering truly excellent results.
• You'll have a continuous improvement attitude, eager to collaborate with others.
• You'll be inquisitive and ambitious with an eagerness to learn.
• You'll be precise, with strong attention to detail.
• You'll have strong organisational and time management skills.
• You'll have strong communication skills, with the ability to present information effectively.
• You'll be an active listener, who constructively challenges and collaborates as part of a team to deliver meaningful change.

Education and Certification Qualifications

• Educated to A levels or equivalent.
• You'll be ACCA/CIMA/ACA qualified or actively studying towards final qualification.

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