Management Reporting Accountant

Transaction Recruitment Ltd.; Worcester; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 50,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Study support towards your accounting/

Great benefits package

Job summary

Transaction Recruitment Ltd. is seeking a Management Reporting Accountant for a well-established manufacturing business in Worcester.

The role sits in the group finance team, reports to the Group Accounting Manager, and offers hybrid working with flexibility. You will prepare journals and intercompany reconciliations, support consolidation, year-end accounts, tax and treasury, and contribute to statutory accounts and external audits.

Qualifications

• Strong Excel background (essential).
• Experience preparing statutory accounts and supporting external audits is beneficial.
• Exposure to consolidation, intercompany or multi-entity group reporting is beneficial but not essential.

Responsibilities

• Preparing journals, reconciliations and backing schedules for the monthly group reporting cycle.
• Pulling together information that feeds the monthly consolidation across the group's entities.
• Reconciling intercompany balances and investigating differences between group companies.
• Helping to produce monthly reporting packs and the analysis behind them.
• Assisting with monthly management accounts across the group's companies.
• Owning balance sheet reconciliations and following up on open items.

Skills

Excel

Education

ACA/ACCA/CIMA qualification or currently studying

Job description

About the Business

A fantastic opportunity to join a well-established manufacturing business based in Worcester as a Management Reporting Accountant, paying £42,000 – £50,000 per annum plus bonus, with hybrid working and fantastic flexibility. Sitting within the group finance team and reporting into the Group Accounting Manager, you'll get broad exposure across group reporting, consolidation, year-end accounts, tax and treasury. With full study support on offer, this is a great move for someone keen to build their technical knowledge and progress their career.

Main Duties:

• Preparing journals, reconciliations and backing schedules for the monthly group reporting cycle, making sure the group numbers are accurate and delivered on time
• Pulling together the information that feeds the monthly consolidation across the group's entities
• Reconciling intercompany balances and getting to the bottom of any differences between group companies
• Helping to produce the monthly reporting packs and the analysis that sits behind them
• Investigating variances and unexpected movements in the results, ensuring they are fully understood before reporting
• Assisting with the monthly management accounts across the group's companies
• Owning balance sheet reconciliations and following up on any open or unexplained items
• Posting routine month-end entries such as accruals and prepayments
• Keeping the fixed asset register accurate and up to date
• Handling foreign currency reconciliations and the related month-end adjustments
• Helping to prepare statutory accounts for the group's entities, including the year-end schedules and reconciliations that underpin them
• Acting as a point of support during the external audit, pulling together the information and evidence auditors request
• Maintaining key reporting schedules covering revenue recognition, leases, loans and interest, and intercompany balances
• Supporting investor submissions, covenant reporting to the bank and regular cash reporting
• Helping to prepare group VAT returns and their supporting reconciliations
• Gathering the information needed for corporation tax compliance and R&D tax credit claims
• Supporting regulatory returns and government statistical surveys, keeping documentation well organised
• Improving reporting processes, working papers and documentation, and providing ad hoc analysis for the Group Accounting Manager

Location / Office / Culture

The role is hybrid, based in Worcester, with fantastic flexibility. You'll join a friendly, collaborative group finance team with a great culture, working alongside a supportive manager who is keen to help you develop as you progress through your studies. It's a varied role with genuine scope to broaden your experience across the whole reporting cycle.

What We Are Looking For

• ACA/ACCA/CIMA qualified or currently studying towards a qualification — essential
• Practice experience is ideal; alternatively, industry experience covering at least two of tax, management accounts, consolidation and statutory accounts
• A strong Excel background — essential
• Experience preparing statutory accounts and supporting external audits is beneficial
• Exposure to consolidation, intercompany or multi-entity group reporting is beneficial but not essential
• A solid grasp of month-end processes and balance sheet reconciliations
• A methodical eye for detail and a real interest in improving processes

Why Join the business

• Hybrid working, with fantastic flexibility.
• Salary of £42,000 – £50,000 plus bonus
• Amazing benefits package including study support towards your qualification
• Great culture and a supportive manager
• Broad exposure across group reporting, year-end accounts, tax and treasury

Ref: VL78735