Management Accountant

COREcruitment; Watford; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading hospitality group in Watford seeks a Management Accountant to oversee financial documentation, including management accounts and reconciliations. Responsibilities include month-end journal postings and performance analysis. Ideal candidates have management accounting experience in hospitality or related sectors and strong organisational skills. This role offers a salary of £40k to £45k, depending on experience.

Qualifications

• Experience preparing management accounts and reconciling financial statements.
• Background in Hospitality, Leisure, or FMCG settings, ideally multi-site.
• Strong organisational skills with the ability to manage varied workloads.

Responsibilities

• Manage end-to-end accounting processes.
• Produce and review management accounts with variance analysis.
• Perform month-end journal postings and balance sheet reconciliations.
• Prepare detailed journals for payroll and liaise with operational teams.

Skills

Management accounts preparation

Month-end journal postings

Balance sheet reconciliation

Problem-solving

Organisational skills

Experience with SAGE200

Job description

Management Accountant, Hospitality, Watford, 40 to 45k DOE

We are working with an already established and incredible hospitality group that is looking to grow even more over the next few years.They aim to connect communities through great food and drinks, whilst reducing waste and increasing sustainability.

As a Management Accountant, you will play a crucial role in supporting the finance team.The role involves preparing income statements, balance sheets, and other financial documents, monitoring the company’s financial performance, and working closely with other departments to ensure financial accuracy and integrity.

Responsibilities

• End-to-end management accounting.
• Produce and review the management accounts for 6 legal entities, ensuring accuracy and completeness, with variance analysis vs plan and prior year, including commentary on performance.
• Perform month-end GL journal postings.
• Reconcile balance sheet accounts and prepare balance sheet reconciliations.
• Reconcile sales against relevant systems to ensure accuracy.
• Review and approve the weekly payment run and manage cash flow reporting and forecasting.
• Produce weekly reports.
• Review overheads with Senior Operations management periodically.
• Support the business in forecasting and budgeting processes as required.
• Assist the Financial Manager with financial analysis and the annual audit process as needed.
• Review 4-weekly payroll reports and prepare detailed journals for posting/accruals.
• Liaise with store and operations teams as required.

Key Skills

• Experience preparing management accounts, posting month-end journals and reconciling the balance sheet.
• Experience in a Hospitality, Leisure, or FMCG setting, ideally multi-site.
• Ability to resolve problems using own initiative and an eye for financial opportunities.
• Strong organisational skills and able to work independently, manage and prioritise a busy and varied personal workload, often working to challenging deadlines.
• A team player with a flexible, "can-do" attitude, taking initiative to solve problems.
• Experience with SAGE200.