Management Accountant | Permanent | Stonehouse | up to £55,000

Job Summary

To manage, be responsible for and where appropriate undertake activities in the following areas:

• Assist with preparation of Monthly Management Accounts including commentary
• Business Information & Management Reporting
• General accounting & related work
• Bank Reconciliations and cashflow forecasting
• Assist with preparation of Company Budgets
• Assist with annual Audit

Main Duties and Key Responsibilities

Preparation of Monthly Management Accounts, including:

• Concise commentary using exception reporting
• Graphs & appropriate KPI’s
• Reporting against Prior Year and Budget
• Business Information & Management Reporting
• Report and communicate timely & relevant information on an agreed frequency including
• orders, sales, gross margins, purchases, stock, debtors and any other key area
• Help develop KPI’s which monitor Business Critical Activity
• General Accounting and related work
• Accurate calculation and posting of accruals and prepayments
• Monthly control account reconciliations (e.g. bank, debtors, creditors, stock, fixed assets, intercompany)
• Perform full GL analysis
• Maintenance and accurate upkeep of Fixed Asset Register
• Writing reports using SQL in Excel and releasing to business
• Reporting for EC Sales and Intrastat
• Complete VAT returns monthly
• Ad hoc work as required by the business
• Provide cover during periods of absence /holiday

Skills and Abilities

• Accuracy and attention to detail
• Well organized and able to hit deadlines
• Tenacity and maturity
• Not easily phased by issues

Knowledge and Experience

• AAT Qualified desirable
• Part qualified CIMA/ACCA/ACA Accountant desirable
• FMCG manufacturing in Food and Drink sector desirable
• Management Accounts & KPI preparation and reporting
• Expert user in ERP/MRP (e.g. SAP B1, Sage 1000 or Exchequer)
• Expert Excel user including using SQL

For further information, please contact Rhian Mountjoy

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