Outsourced Management Accountant – Practice-Based Role

SHORTS; Sheffield; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading chartered accountancy practice in Sheffield is seeking an Outsourced Management Accountant. In this role, you will prepare management accounts for clients with complex needs and support software projects involving accounting tools. This mid-senior level position requires a detail-oriented professional with significant practice experience and expertise in relevant accounting software.

Benefits

25 days holiday per year, increasing after service

Flexible core hours

Car parking expenses covered

Enhanced parental leave

Access to Mental Health support

Qualifications

• Experience in preparing Management Accounts.
• A minimum of 4 years practice experience.
• Ideally have year-end preparation experience.

Responsibilities

• Prepare management accounts and VAT returns.
• Ensure reporting deadlines are met.
• Contribute to budgeting and forecasting processes.

Skills

Accuracy and attention to detail

Professional and organised approach

Effective time management

Self-motivated

Good written and verbal communication skills

Flexible approach

Education

AAT (or equivalent)

Tools

Xero

Sage

Job description

Outsourced Management Accountant – Practice-Based Role

SHORTS Sheffield, England, United Kingdom

Outsourced Management Accountant – Practice-Based Role

SHORTS Sheffield, England, United Kingdom

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The Role

Working within a chartered accountancy practice you will be reporting to the Client FC/Client FD. You will be responsible for preparing Management Accounts for a variety of clients with complex reporting needs, associated VAT returns and Year End Accounts. You will be actively involved in software projects which may include conversions to Xero, Xero training/support and assistance with processes on other accounting software.

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Key Responsibilities

Client

• Predominantly involved with clients with more complex reporting needs.
• Responsible for the preparation of management accounts and VAT returns, ensuring all reporting deadlines are met.
• Ensure the completion of bank and balance sheet reconciliations to a ‘year-end’ standard.
• Be actively involved with the production of budgeting and forecasting models covering the Profit and Loss, Balance Sheet and Cash Flow.
• Develop an understanding of relevant software apps which are used by the clients for which you act and other apps which may benefit their business.
• Provide accurate and timely financial reporting (such as margin and departmental reporting).
• Provide commentary on key variances.
• Be actively involved with software projects – which may include conversions to Xero, Xero training/support and assistance with processes on other accounting software.

Genus

• Maintain standardised processes and procedures within the department.
• Responsible for adopting best practice in the use of technology within the department.
• Attend and contribute to regular departmental meetings.
• Responsible for looking after a portfolio of clients and ensuring all deadlines are met.
• Delegate appropriate work to less experienced members of the team and review their work as appropriate
• Provide support and guidance to less experienced members of staff.
• Proactively manage your workload, keeping all updated as to the stage of jobs, raising any concerns with regards to workloads, progress, deadlines and job budgets as soon as you are aware of them.
• Maintain the work planner tool with planned absences and potential workload clashes.
• Give appropriate feedback within the department.

Skills/Experience/Qualifications

Skills:

• Accuracy and attention to detail
• Professional and organised approach to work
• Effective time management ability priories and manage workload to meet deadlines
• Self-motivated and ability to work on own initiative as well as part of a team
• Good written and verbal communication skills
• Flexible approach

Experience:

• Previous experience of Management Accounts preparation.
• Ideally, previous experience of Xero, Sage and other accounting software.
• Have a minimum of 4 years practice experience.
• Ideally, have year end preparation experience.

Qualifications:

• AAT (or equivalent)

Those who work for Shorts, can expect all the stuff you would normally expect from a really progressive form, and lots more besides

• Core hours policy (7.5 hours per day, working between 08:00 and 18:00).
• The ability to take up to two hours for lunch.
• Car parking expensed
• Overtime (we hardly work any!) to be taken back as TOIL.
• Holidays start at 25 days or pro-rata equivalent.
• Extra 1 day holiday after 5 years’ service and thereafter to a maximum extra 5 days.
• Ability to buy up to five days holiday or pro-rata equivalent.
• Enhanced maternity/paternity/adoption leave.
• A fair and sympathetic sickness policy.
• Access to Mental Health First Aiders with ongoing associated support.
• Employee assistance program for counselling services, medical support, and perks through PAYCARE

If you have any questions then don't hesitate to contact our Talent Acquisition Manager, Laura Collins, via LinkedIn. Or apply via LinkedIn / Careers Page

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Other

Job function

• Job function

  Accounting/Auditing

• Industries

  Accounting and Investment Management

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