Job Description
Management Accountant
Location: Dursley, Gloucestershire
Hours: Full time Monday to Friday
Salary: 50,000 - 55,000 per annum
Key Responsibilities of a Management Accountant:
- Verify financial data from other departments, including sales invoicing and cost reporting
- Prepare monthly accruals and prepayments
- Manage and maintain the fixed asset register
- Manage and maintain the HP schedule
- Complete financial reconciliation of stock
- Reconcile all balance sheet accounts and maintain full supporting schedules
- Manage recharge of inter-departmental costs
- Report on income, expenditure, profit margins, and hire utilisation
- Analyse and report on variances and anomalies
- Collate and report departmental performance metrics
- Assist with the annual budgeting process, including attending budget meetings with heads of department and collating the budget model
- Undertake quarterly forecast updates
- Analyse performance versus budget and forecast, providing clear insights
- Prepare quarterly VAT returns
- Assist with day-to-day cash management
- Support external audit processes and liaise with auditors
- Ensure compliance with financial regulations and internal controls
- Identify opportunities for process improvement and automation
- Oversee reconciliation of company credit cards and fuel cards
- Provide financial support for strategic projects and business cases
- Support the development of ledger staff
Key Skills of a Management Accountant:
- ACCA / CIMA / ACA qualified or part-qualified (or equivalent)
- Proven experience in a similar management accounting role
- Strong understanding of financial systems and reporting tools
- Advanced Excel skills
- Experience using accounting software such as Sage, Xero, or QuickBooks
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- High level of attention to detail and accuracy
- Proactive approach with the ability to manage multiple priorities
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