Management Accountant

Description

Management Accountant - ACA/ACCA/CIMA - Media

West London

Immediate Start

6 Month Initial Contract

Competitive Daily Rate

Our client, a major media and broadcasting service supplier, is looking to recruit a Management Accountant to join their team based in West London, on an initial 6 month contract. The role reports to the Finance Manager and will support the Senior Management Team to ensure smooth running of financial matters in the UK and to assist with financial and reporting aspects of International subsidiaries, where relevant.

Key Responsibilities:

UK Management Accounting

• Responsibility for ensuring that the monthly financial results are accurate and reported within the finance month end timeframe.
• Be responsible, with the Accountant Access Services, for ensuring billing is up to date and reconciles with Sales Force information.
• Prepare monthly payroll reports for the Resources Manager and ensure that the Staff and Freelancer costs reports match the Agresso figures.
• Preparation and analysis of monthly P&L forecast on Agresso.
• Development of reports to allow Senior Management to better review the non payroll cost profile of the business and provide insight into the dynamic elements of this cost base.
• Develop and prepare detailed, analysis focussed management accounts with variance analysis and commentary
• Provide financial input to investment cases as required.
• Provide information for and support the monthly KPI reporting
• Monitor charges and ensure they are appropriate and correctly apportioned to the relevant area or contract.
• Support the central team in initiatives to optimise cash and working capital where appropriate.
• Managing the internal recharging, where appropriate.
• Perform all standard accounting processes and routines through the month end to ensure accurate and timely financial and management reporting. This includes
• Management of inter company trading
• All standard accrual routines
• Reconciling balance sheet accounts.
• Reviewing control account reconciliations to ensure they are properly managed and cleared.

Subsidiary Management and Financial Accounting

• Work with Management Accountant to ensure the subsidiary trial balance and all supporting month end schedules are completed accurately and on time.
• Assist with queries from the Subsidiary Finance and General Managers.
• Assist with the smooth running of the inter company recharging system.
• Assist with the presentation of consolidated month end information.

Commercial Support

• Work with the UK Business Development Manager to price ad hoc work using the Pricing Model.
• Monitor progress against external revenue targets

Skills and Experience Required

• Newly Qualified ACA/ACCA/CIMA or similar
• Prior experience of working in the Media or Advertising industry would be an advantage.
• Experience of working within management teams to deliver business results would be an advantage.
• Proven ability to work accurately to tight deadlines and to organise and prioritise a diverse workload for diverse customers.
• Ideally with experience of working closely with non finance staff in a growing commercial environment.
• Previous experience of working alongside an operational manager, while reporting into finance.
• Ability to manage expectations and juggle operational and financial department deadlines.
• High proficiency in Excel. Previous experience of creating reports, summaries and schedules to communicate financial data to non-finance colleagues would be highly desirable.
• Agresso/SAP systems experience would be an advantage.

If you have the required experience and skills, and would like to be considered for this role, please apply online. All successful candidates will be contacted within 3 working days.