Management Accountant

COREcruitment Ltd; Watford; On-site; GBP 40,500 - 49,500; Full time

Job summary

A growing restaurant brand in Watford is seeking a Management Accountant to oversee their financial operations. The successful candidate will support the finance team, prepare crucial financial documents, and ensure the accuracy of financial performance. Responsibilities include end-to-end management accounting, producing management accounts, and supporting budgeting processes. Strong experience in the hospitality sector and familiarity with SAGE200 are key requirements for this full-time position.

Qualifications

• Experience in preparing management accounts, posting month-end journals and reconciling the balance sheet.
• Must be able to resolve problems using own initiative.
• Strong organisational skills are essential.

Responsibilities

• Oversee management accounting tasks for the brand.
• Prepare income statements and balance sheets.
• Conduct month-end GL journal postings.

Skills

Experience preparing management accounts

Experience in Hospitality, Leisure, or FMCG

Problem resolution using initiative

Strong organisational skills

Team player with a flexible attitude

Experience with SAGE200

Job description

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Base pay range

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Management Accountant, Hospitality, Watford, 45k

We are proud to be working closely with an exciting brand operating in the restaurant sector. Their expansion has been incredibly strong throughout the past few years, and they have several exciting plans in the pipeline for 2026.

As they grow, they are looking for a Management Accountant to oversee one of their brands.

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 several 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.

Seniority level

Not Applicable

Employment type

Full-time

Job function

• Accounting/Auditing

Industries

• Hospitality, Restaurants, and Retail

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