Description
Performance Reporting Accountant - 6 months - Warwickshire - Negotiable
Job Purpose
*To provide the core Management & Financial Information required by the UK Businesses to plan, measure, evaluate and present (both internally & externally) their financial performance and to produce Regulatory Returns and manage the reporting query and resolution and the income reporting process.
Experience Required
*3 years experience within a Finance department
*Strong analytical and modelling skills
*Ability to work unsupervised and deliver high quality work to tight deadlines
*Good communication and influencing skills to Director level.
*Significant Knowledge of Accounting Policies, Guidelines and Procedures
*Strong knowledge of accounting systems and packages eg SAP & BIs
Qualifications Required
*Passed finalist or member of a professional accounting body (eg CIMA, ACCA, ACA, or CPA)
*Degree or equivalent
*Strong all round management accounting skills
Key Tasks
*Depending on which part of Reporting within which they operate, Management Accountants will typically undertake the following tasks:
oDevelop and maintain systems, models and procedures to identify and measure financial performance. This includes reporting historic performance and the provision of planning and budgeting models using a common Planning & Reporting Tool
oCoordination of the receipt and production of data and management information flows (actual reporting, budgets and forecasts) to strict deadlines
oMonitor month-end close trial balance against forecast trial balance and investigate variances. Monitor and ensure data integrity of budgets, forecasts and plans held on the Planning & Reporting Tool
oProduce data and information flows to the high quality standards required by Decision support and Group Financial Control
oProvide direction on the analysis of data and interpret the output with an emphasis on the identification of opportunities for business and financial process improvements
In doing so they will support one or more of the following activities:
*Establishing an effective interface with the line of business Finance teams to ensure that management information (both financial and non-financial) is accurate, timely, useable and relevant
*Working with line of business Decision Support Teams to define, develop and implement the core/standard Management Reporting and Information requirements and then ensuring execution to the agreed Service Level Framework
*Managing the co-ordination of the monthly close and reporting cycle and provide the interface between the SSC/service provider and the Business Units on the monthly close, understanding expected out-turn and any major variance
*The analysis and investigation of performance information to establish underlying business performance and/or Record to Report process issues. Propose resolution actions to enhance business performance and/or financial processes.
*Implement processes and controls for the development of new or changed management reports, including the role of the service provider.
*Co-ordinating the development of reports to ensure consistency across Business Units.
*Driving the development of consistent system solution and tools that both streamlines/automates the production of core/standard Management Reports & Information and enhances business understanding of the underlying issues and drivers
*Managing Analytical Review checks on month end actuals and comparison to budget and forecast. Investigation of any anomalies and provide control checks to demonstrate data quality, reliability, accuracy and timeliness (ie monitor, verify and rectify the integrity of standard management accounts on a Real Time basis)
*Managing the completion of each financial planning exercise by combining line of business Trading Inputs, with the allocation of the central/shared cost base and overlaying the non trading movements to derive a full P&L, cash flow and balance sheet
*Developing the timetables, assumptions and instructions required to complete each planning exercise. Liaising with the line of business Decision Support Teams to ensure that plan assumptions are transparent and that any base financial information required to complete the plan is available/delivered according to an agreed timetable
*Providing a core competency for the development and maintenance of management information reports, models and tools to support consistent, high quality decision making in UK businesses.
*Developing a stable planning and reporting platform based on a high level of standardised automated reports and analysis, KPIs and self service access
*Managing the preparation of annual Regulatory Reporting Packs on behalf of the business to standard required by licenses and external regulatory bodies such as Ofgem
*Leading the co-ordination and management approval of Ofgem related queries on a timely basis to an appropriate level of accuracy and quality
*Ensuring that income is correctly forecast and accounted for (including non-financial data), and manage the relationship with Commercial and XoserveHy-phen Limited is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.
The Adecco Group UK & Ireland is an Equal Opportunities Employer.