Management Accountant

Lancashire  ‐ Onsite
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Description

Management Accountant for global plc on 3-6 month contract paying c.£300 per day near Manchester.

Role Purpose
To provide timely and accurate management information to support financial management within the Region.

Dimensions Financial: Regional revenue budgets, c£450m (North),
Organisational: The role will be part of a management accounting team with no direct reports.
Interfaces Internal: Business Management Teams, Finance Teams, CSC, internal audit. Finance Managers.
Manchester based roles will also support enabling function leaders
External: External audit, joint ventures, customers, supply chain

Accountabilities

  • Work closely with the Financial Controller in the preparation, consolidation and reporting for monthly management accounts, forecasts, budgets, Strategic Road Map etc
  • Preparation of statutory accounts, fiscal packs, close out Legacy issues such as bank accounts, internal and external JV accounting, close out, wind down and defiscalise legal entities (handling all necessary pension, tax and dividend issues) etc
  • Support and assistance in R12 Implementation
  • Support the clearance of Legacy interc0ompany balances
  • Carry out activities and processes relating to control, forecasting, reporting, accruals and prepayments relating to overheads within the Region
  • Responsible for preparing timely and accurate monthly management accounts and other financial and management reports at centre level, complying with all relevant accounting policies and requirements.
  • Accounting for, reporting and forecasting of overheads 
  • Normal account reconciliation and inter-company balance confirmations
  • Preparing recharges and sundry invoices
  • Month-end cut-off routine
  • Hyperion input of management accounts and fiscal packs
  • Raising and resolving CSC queries
  • Review of fixed asset registers
  • Authorise urgent payments
  • Preparing/consolidating cash forecasts - weekly and quarterly
  • Manage the balance sheet, cash flow and credit control routines in accordance with CSUK and Group policy
  • Work closely alongside the Financial Controller and other members of the Hub management accounts team, to support overall delivery of services to the region.
  • Prepare all necessary balance sheet account reconciliations and intercompany balance confirmations
  • Support accurate cash flow forecasting
  • Analysis of results and support to senior finance and non finance individuals. Support operational management to drive business performance to achieve agreed targets
  • Perform credit control processes and the raising and posting of sundry sales
  • Ensure that recharges and intercompany transactions are effectively and accurately carried out
  • Perform monthly cut-off routines in order to meet reporting timetables.
  • Ensure accurate data input to Hyperion on a timely and accurate basis
  • Liaise with CSC in relation to queries, raising and resolving issues as required
  • Take responsibility for the fixed asset register for businesses in the region and ensure that it is maintained and updated
  • Carry out processes relating to project set up including notifying the CSC
  • Manage petty cash for the region
  • Prepare and consolidate cash forecasts
  • Carry out credit assessments and monitor supply chain credit rating risk within the Region, escalating issues the Financial Controller as necessary
  • Undertake ad hoc reporting and analysis

Personal Qualities and Experience

The individual will be a qualified accountant, with an ability to interact and influence senior leadership teams. Strong technical ability is required to ensure exemplary reporting standards are maintained. The individual will possess strong interpersonal and influencing skills, since regular interaction will be required with internal stakeholders. A customer focused mind set aswell as strong finance values is essential for success at this level. This is a hands on role where attention to detail and the need to roll the sleeves up has to be coupled with being able to see the bigger picture.

Start date
Immediate
Duration
3-6 months
From
ERP Resources
Published at
21.05.2015
Project ID:
908554
Contract type
Freelance
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