Management Accountant

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

Job summary

A dynamic online saving and investing service in Penarth is seeking a Management Accountant. You will be responsible for managing the month-end processes and ensuring timely and accurate financial reporting to senior management. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in financial accounting, excellent communication skills, and be ACCA/ICAEW/CIMA/ACA qualified. This role offers a competitive salary and hybrid working options.

Benefits

Annual bonus (0-20% of salary)

Private medical insurance

Death in service cover (x3 salary)

Income protection insurance

Company pension plan

Free office gym

Free parking nearby

Qualifications

• Experience in managing the month-end process.
• Ability to manage multiple tasks and prioritize deliverables.
• Highly numerate with good commercial awareness.

Responsibilities

• Manage monthly reporting and month-end processes.
• Prepare accounting data for FCA regulatory submissions.
• Lead Accounts Assistant and review transactional entries.

Skills

Managing month-end process

Balance sheet reconciliations

P&L reporting

Proactive stakeholder management

Excellent communication skills

Education

ACCA / ICAEW / CIMA / ACA qualified

Tools

PowerBi

Excel

Anaplan

Sage

Xero

Job description

Wealthify – Management Accountant

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

Our team isengaging, inquisitive,and inclusive, reflecting many different backgrounds and beliefs. We’re growing rapidly, which is why we're looking for talented, purpose-drivenpeople who want to useand developtheir skills to deliver an awesome experience to ourcustomers.

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

The role

Our newManagementAccountantwill be keyinsupporting the Head of Finance andwiderFinance Team, playing a pivotal role in providing support to managedaily operations andmonth-end activitiesofthe business and to ensure accurate and timely financial reports are delivered to the Senior Management team.

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

Key Deliverables :

• Monthly Reporting;
• End-to-end ownership and accountability for the month end process with preparation of full suite of monthly financial Reports inclusive of P&L, Balance sheet, CashFlow and Control accounts. Full Summary of Analysis of Assets under management and customer profiles is also required within Reporting Pack.
• Ability to present Month End performance to 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 statements to Group Reporting Team.
• Accounts Management
• Lead Accounts Assistant and review transactional entries.
• Reconcile and analyse financial data to ensure accuracy and compliance.
• Ensure appropriate accounting treatment of journal entry and summary each month end inclusive of Accurals, 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 each month.
• Complete monthly payroll reconciliation and post journals, maintaining HMRC compliance and advising on P11d impact / rules.
• Reconcile and populate total headcount per department and report to Head of Finance to highlight variances to forecast. Report variances to Finance Business partner to ensure planned recruitment is captured in forecast.
• Payments
• Review of payments to both Suppliers and Customers and regular liaison with the Customer Care Team toresolve queries from clients on a timely basis.
• External Audit reporting
• Facilitating the external audit process by addressing auditor queries and providing necessary information.
• Ad hoc
• Finance projects, including expense reporting, tax matters (including R&D tax submissions) any 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 in managing the month-end process, including balance sheet reconciliations, and P&L reporting.
• Fullyqualified(ACCA / ICAEW / CIMA / ACA)
• Ability to manage multiple tasks and prioritisedeliverables.
• Proactive stakeholder management skills
• Highly numerate and good commercial knowledge / awareness
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
• Prioritisation capabilities against concurrent deadlines

What elsewe arelooking for :

• Comfortable with change and working in a growth andfast-pacedenvironment.
• Hunger to learn, apply skills, and grow within the organisation
• Excellent systems skills, Wealthify systems; (PowerBi, Excel, Anaplan, Sage)
• Payroll experience, ideally within Xero.

What we give you in return

• Competitive salary of between £38,000 - £42,000.
• 24 days' holiday a year, plus bank holidays (you’llearn an extra day holiday for each full year you’re with us,up to28 days).
• Hybrid / remote working options.
• Flexible working hours,in line with business needs.
• Buy and sell up to 5 days of holiday per year.

And we have plenty of perks, too!

• Annual bonus between 0-20% of your annual salary,which is linked toboth company and individual performance.
• Private medical insurance.
• Death in servicecover(x3 yourannual salary).
• Income protection insurance.
• Company pension plan.
• Healthify : a teamto supportthe health and wellbeing of all staff atWealthify.
• Ministry of Fun : providing plenty ofsocialactivities andevents throughout the year.
• Offices in the picturesque Penarth Marina.
• Free office gym.
• Free parking nearby.
• A collaboration spaceandgamesroom.

We’re aresponsible company,and are constantly working to improve our culture, ethics, impact on the environment,and contribution to charitable causes.

This isa fantastic opportunityfor the right personto join a dynamic, fun,and friendly company. Ifthis job sounds perfect for you andyou’dlike toapply,please sendyour CV [e-mail].