Senior Management Accountant

This is a 6 month Fixed Term Contract

Job Purpose: 

The individual will support the Head of Financial, Planning & Analysis (FP&A) in all aspects of the preparation and review of the monthly management accounts, budget and reforecast cycles in addition to any additional analysis as required.

Key Responsibilities: 

The main responsibilities of the Senior Management Accountant are set out below.

Management Accounts

• Preparing actual results vs. budgets/forecasts, variance analysis and narrative on the monthly results.
• Reviewing month end accrual and prepayment calculations and other nominal ledger journals; in line with needs of Product / Customer Profitability reporting where necessary.
• Cost centre review and analysis alongside balance sheet reconciliations and monitoring.
• Preparing additional supporting analysis and KPI’s to feed into the monthly management reporting packs.
• Preparation of key reporting information (KPI), liaising with applicable managers to ensure that costs are being properly recorded and managed and variances investigated and explained.
• Assist with the preparation of other areas as requested by the Head of FP&A.

Forecast / budgeting

• Preparation of annual budgets and forecasts (where necessary) for SIS Group, liaising with operations and commercial teams in order to prepare an accurate and detailed bottom up budget.

Business Partnering

• Work with stakeholders to obtain a good understanding of the operations of SIS.
• As required work with Value Management Teams (VMT) to offer financial insight and analysis to support future planning and assess potential roadmap items.
• Provide ad-hoc assistance, financial information and reports where required.
• Assist the wider finance team with process improvement projects as required.

Other

• Assistance with the development and use of reporting software tools (Qliksense, Vena).
• Review invoice preparation where necessary, to enable prompt billing.
• Provide ad-hoc assistance, financial information and reports where required.
• Assist the wider finance team with process improvement projects as required.

Skills and Experience: 

• 2 years post qualification ACA/CIMA/ACCA
• Excellent teamwork and interpersonal skills, particularly in communicating with a wide range of people and helping to create a harmonious and effective working environment.
• Strong aptitude for business process improvement.
• Strong analytical skills and the ability to take initiative in problem solving.
• Good planning and organisational skills with the ability to prioritise effectively and being flexible in approach.
• To be able to work under pressure and to a high quality whilst ensuring timely delivery of duties.