Management Accountant

Wealthify; Penarth; Hybrid; GBP 38,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

A dynamic online investing service in Penarth seeks a Management Accountant to support the finance team and manage month-end activities. The role involves ensuring accurate financial reports and compliance with accounting standards. Candidates should be ACCA/ICAEW/CIMA/ACA qualified with proven experience in account management. This position offers a competitive salary and options for hybrid work.

Benefits

Competitive salary

24 days' holiday plus bank holidays

Annual bonus between 0-20%

Private medical insurance

Death in service cover

Company pension plan

Healthify staff health and wellbeing

Social activities and events

Free office gym

Free parking nearby

Qualifications

• Experience in financial or management accounting.
• Ability to manage multiple tasks and prioritize deliverables.
• Comfortable in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Manage monthly reporting and financial statements preparation.
• Lead accounts management and ensure accuracy.
• Facilitate the external audit process.

Skills

Experience managing month-end process

Numeracy and commercial awareness

Excellent communication skills

Education

ACCA/ICAEW/CIMA/ACA qualified

Tools

Xero

Job description

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Welcome to Wealthify: an ambitious, multi-award-winning, online saving and investing service. Based in Penarth, Wales, we want to inspire anyone to build their future wealth, by making it easy for people to do more with their money.

Our team is engaging, inquisitive, and inclusive, reflecting many different backgrounds and beliefs. We’re growing rapidly, which is why we're looking for talented, purpose-driven people who want to use and develop their skills to deliver an awesome experience to our customers.

And if that sounds like you, why not read more below?

The role

Our new Management Accountant will be key in supporting the Head of Finance and wider Finance Team, playing a pivotal role in providing support to manage daily operations and month-end activities of the business, and to ensure accurate and timely financial reports are delivered to the Senior Management team.

Their primary role is to manage key areas of the financial systems and processes to ensure financial information is timely, accurate, complete, and compliant with relevant accounting requirements and company expectations.

• Monthly Reporting:
• End-to-end ownership and accountability for the month-end process with preparation of full suite of monthly financial Reports including P&L, Balance Sheet, Cash Flow, and Control accounts. A full analysis of Assets under Management and customer profiles is also required within the Reporting Pack.
• Ability to present Month-End performance to the Senior Leadership Team.
• Initiate and support the development of new processes to ensure financial performance is relayed efficiently and succinctly to the wider business.
• Timely submission of statements to Group Reporting Team.
• Accounts Management:
• Lead Accounts Assistant and review transactional entries.
• Reconcile and analyze financial data to ensure accuracy and compliance.
• Ensure appropriate accounting treatment of journal entries and summaries each month-end, including Accruals, Intercompany, Tax, and payroll journals.
• Preparation of accounting data for timely FCA regulatory submissions.
• VAT & Payroll:
• Quarterly preparation of VAT returns.
• Work closely with Employee Experience team throughout each month to prepare and execute payroll.
• Complete monthly payroll reconciliation and post journals, maintaining HMRC compliance and advising on P11d impact/rules.
• Reconcile and report total headcount per department to the Head of Finance, highlighting variances to forecast.
• Payments:
• Review payments to Suppliers and Customers, and liaise with the Customer Care Team to resolve queries promptly.
• External Audit reporting:
• Facilitate the external audit process by addressing auditor queries and providing necessary information.
• Ad hoc:
• Participate in finance projects, including expense reporting, tax matters (including R&D tax submissions), and other ad-hoc reporting requirements.

What we’re looking for

We value simplicity, communication, teamwork, trust, and confidence. These core values are what make us tick and keep us all on the same page; not just with how we work individually, but how we engage with each other and the service we offer.

• Financial or Management Accountant with experience managing the month-end process, including balance sheet reconciliations and P&L reporting.
• Fully qualified (ACCA/ICAEW/CIMA/ACA).
• Ability to manage multiple tasks and prioritized deliverables.
• Highly numerate with good commercial awareness.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.

What else we are looking for:

• Comfortable with change and working in a growth and fast-paced environment.
• Hunger to learn, apply skills, and grow within the organization.
• Payroll experience, ideally with Xero.

What we give you in return

• Competitive salary of between £38,000 - £42,000.
• 24 days' holiday plus bank holidays (with an extra day for each full year with us, up to 28 days).
• Hybrid/remote working options.
• Flexible working hours.
• Buy and sell up to 5 days of holiday per year.

And we have plenty of perks, too!

• Annual bonus between 0-20%, linked to company and individual performance.
• Private medical insurance.
• Death in service cover (x3 your annual salary).
• Income protection insurance.
• Company pension plan.
• Healthify: a team to support staff health and wellbeing.
• Ministry of Fun: social activities and events throughout the year.
• Offices in Penarth Marina.
• Free office gym.
• Free parking nearby.
• Collaboration space and games room.

We’re a responsible company, constantly working to improve our culture, ethics, environmental impact, and charitable contributions.

This is a fantastic opportunity for the right person to join a dynamic, fun, and friendly company. If this job sounds perfect and you’d like to apply, please send your CV to [email protected].