Description
Management Accountant - ACCA/CIMA/Media/Advertising
Duties & Responsibilities
UK Management Accounting
- Be the key finance contact for all UK Access Services related financial queries.
- 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
- Reconciling balance sheet accounts.
- Reviewing control account reconciliations to ensure they are properly managed and cleared.
Candidate Skills & Requirements
- 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.
- 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.