Management Accountant Hybrid Working

Agility Resoucing; Preston; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading company as a financial strategist supporting the Senior Leadership Team. This multifaceted role blends accounting insight with business management skills, requiring a candidate with strong qualifications and communication abilities. Engage directly in financial decision-making while fostering collaboration across departments.

Qualifications

• 3-5 years of relevant experience in a financial role.
• Part or fully qualified in CIMA/ACCA or equivalent.
• Familiarity with Xero Accounting software.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with Financial Controller on monthly accounts.
• Liaise with departments to inform financial decisions.
• Manage monthly journals and oversee operations in Xero.
• Conduct assessments of financial performance for strategic planning.

Skills

Commercial astuteness

Numeracy

Communication

Interpersonal skills

Team collaboration

Confidence in deferring expertise

Education

CIMA/ACCA qualification or equivalent

Tools

Xero Accounting Software

Microsoft Excel

Job description

This is an opportunity to work with the Senior Leadership Team in their strategic financial planning, ensuring the company's fiscal stability and fostering its profitability and continued expansion.

You will be pivotal in providing financial expertise to Management to assist in effective strategies and gain clearer directional insights.

In this position you will have the opportunity to work in a multifaceted role, where you'll be blending accounting acumen with business management proficiency.

Responsibilities

• Collaborating with the Financial Controller to compile monthly management accounts,
• Offering a supportive framework by liaising with all departments and the management to inform financial decisions.
• Managing monthly journals
• Guiding pivotal strategic choices and formulating business strategies
• Conducting in-depth assessments of financial performance, contributing to medium and long-term business blueprints and prognostications.
• Translating and disseminating financial data to non-financial stakeholders.
• Overseeing day-to-day operations within Xero Accounting, including handling purchase invoices and expense disbursements.
• Vigilantly monitoring credit insurance parameters, risks, and suggestions.
• Executing commission calculations and fulfilling regulatory obligations.

To excel in this role, you must demonstrate:

• Commercial astuteness, coupled with a keen interest in business dynamics and a profound comprehension of organizational mechanisms.
• Proficiency in numeracy.
• Great oral and written communication proficiencies.
• Robust interpersonal skills and enjoy teamwork, adept at collaborating with colleagues, including non-finance personnel.
• Confidence in recognizing when to defer to the expertise of fellow team members.

The ideal candidate will possess:

• Either full or part-qualification in CIMA/ ACCA or an equivalent accreditation, supplemented by 3-5 years of relevant experience.
• Study support will be provided.
• Familiarity with Xero Accounting Software, training will be provided as necessary.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel.

For further information please call Peter on 01772 278078

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