Senior Management Accountant

WH Finance Ltd; Wimborne Minster; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

WH Finance Ltd in the United Kingdom is seeking a Senior Management Accountant to lead budgeting and management reporting across UK, USA and South Africa for a rapidly growing SME. You will drive quarterly management accounts, improve systems, and support strategic decision making.

The role requires a qualified accountant or QBE with experience in fast-paced SMEs, strong organisational skills, and proficiency in Sage and MS Office.

Qualifications

• Qualified accountant, part qualified or QBE with relevant experience.
• Experience in a fast paced SME environment with minimal supervision.
• Highly methodical and organised with the ability to set and meet goals.
• Excellent working knowledge of MS Office, Sage Accounts and Sage Payroll.

Responsibilities

• Create and oversee budgets for UK, USA and South Africa businesses.
• Prepare quarterly management accounts.
• Reconcile budgets against forecasts.
• Manage warehouse and customer services to ISO 9001:2015.
• Proactively develop financial analysis to improve business efficiency.
• Stock control and process sales/purchase orders.
• Approve and send out customer invoices; manage debtors.
• Bank reconciliations and VAT returns; month-end close.

Skills

Qualified Accountant

SME Experience

Organised

Communication Skills

Education

ACCA/CIMA/ACA

Tools

Sage Accounts

Sage Payroll

Excel

ERP systems

Job description

My client is a specialist niche manufacturing business and they are now looking to recruit a bright and ambitious Senior Management Accountant who is looking to make a real difference within a rapidly growing business with plenty of space for career progression.

Key Responsibilities:

• Create and oversee company budgets for the UK, USA and South Africa businesses
• Preparation of quarterly management accounts
• Reconciliation of budgets against forecasts
• Management of warehouse & customer services to ISO 9001:2015
• Proactive in improving business systems and operating procedures
• Stock Control
• Process Sales Orders
• Process Purchase orders and Internal Works Orders
• Approve and send out Customer invoices
• Debtor management and collection
• Creditor reconciliation and Month End Payments
• Bank reconciliation
• Preparation of VAT returns
• Regularly review project spends and raise any issues or concerns with team to ensure any potential issues are addressed
• Proactively develop financial analysis to help improve the efficiency of the business as a whole

Skills & Experience:

• A qualified accountant, part qualified or QBE with relevant experience
• Used to working in a fast paced SME environment with a minimum of supervision to agreed deadlines
• Highly methodical and organised candidate with a strong character, able to set and meet goals
• Excellent working knowledge of using the MS Office Package (Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook), Sage Accounts and Sage Payroll
• Ability to build and maintain excellent rapport face to face and over the phone

This is a great opportunity if you have previous experience gained in an SME business and you are looking to become FD in the future.