Accountant

This is a newly created role for an exciting and dynamic company on the East Hertfordshire/West Essex border. With an established finance team in place this is their first recruitment at the Qualified level for a number of years, showing their commitment to strengthening the finance team as the business continues to grow.
This role will include core management and financial accounting aspects as well as financial analysis:

• Production of monthly management accounts to a high standard
• Working with the FD to prepare financial statements that reflect the financial position, including the balance sheet, income statement and cash flow statement
• Assisting with developing and managing budgets for companies
• Analysing financial data using financial ratios, trend analysis and other techniques to identify areas for improvement
• Assisting with preparing and filing tax returns for a company
• Using financial data, such as historical data, market trends and historical data, using various metrics, ratios and techniques to make informed decisions
• Assess this data to identify trends and patterns in financial statements to understand a company's current performance.
• Assists them in making decisions regarding budgeting, forecasting and investment opportunities.

Experience of an ERP system is a must along with strong excel skills and other analytical data manipulation skills

Up to date knowledge of UKGAAP is key, along with working knowledge of International Standards. You should be aware of Audit procedures and standards You should be able to take data and prepare and create accurate budgets as well as using the data to create accurate and flexible forecasting.

Salary for this role is £58-63,000. You should be a fully Qualified Accountant with some post qualification experience. The is Hybrid working (1 day a week at home), Pension (enhanced), Private Medical Insurance and onsite parking.