Management Accountant

Career Level: 08 Career
Posting Date: 28 Feb 2024
Title: Management Accountant
Type: Perm
Hours: Full Time
Location: Manchester City (Hybrid)
Are you looking for an engaging role within a highly talented finance team, supporting exceptional and dynamic technology businesses?
About ClearCourse
Join a rapidly growing collaborative of disruptive technology companies working together to build a great software and payments business, with exceptional people and the best products and services.
Across our portfolio of software platforms, we're creating an environment where talented entrepreneurs and businesses flourish. Our team is over 900 people strong and supports over 20,000 customers across the globe.
We have 40 brands located across the UK and internationally, with two primary UK ClearCourse hubs, in which multiple brands are located in London and Preston. These market-leading software businesses form our five verticals; with our integrated payments platform, ClearAccept intrinsic to the entire organisation.
Working better together is central to everything we do, each time we add a new business we're adding new ideas and innovation.
Our mission is to help our customers build great businesses with our industry-specific software and embedded payments solutions.
Job Overview
Key to this role is ensuring close processes are performed accurately, efficiently and promptly for the multiple business under the remit of each R2R Accountant. This role will also be responsible for ensuring the accurate recording of all transactions, working with business leaders to ensure results and drivers of performance are understood. reconciliation of balance sheet accounts and application of financial controls according to group standards.
Your responsibilities will include, but not be limited to:
Performing R2R activities for applicable entities according to ClearCourse standard procedures
Performing the monthly accounting close in line with the standard Group close calendar and ClearCourse governance
Preparation of weekly cash flow forecasts and updating the full year forecast monthly
Liaise cross functionally with other SSC teams and with business leaders to understand the business, its transactions and how it has performed
Manage reporting for various portfolio businesses concurrently
Point of contact in any queries for R2R topics
Apply internal controls standards to companies under remit
Update Group and Head of R2R on key issues, transactions and risks
Preparing Balance Sheet reconciliations and reviewing reconciliations prepared by others
Participate in strategic continuous improvement initiatives in the organization
Continuously seeking opportunities to improve financial processes
Assisting with the preparation of year-end accounts and statutory accounts
Respond to business and group requests for ad-hoc financial information
Desireable attributes and experience:
A degree and experience in the financial field (e.g. Accountancy or Finance, Economics, Mathematics, Business Studies)
Qualified Accountant with over 2 years' experience, ideally in a SSC environment
Experience of working within a multi business environment with an understanding of migration processes embedding new businesses into a SSC
Previous experience in using Netsuite ERP is desirable
1+ years delivery experience working in an R2R team
Strong working knowledge of MS Excel
Reconciliation experience
ClearCourse Employee Benefits
Life Assurance and private medical cover with cash plan
Group Income Protection and enhanced Company Pension
Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption pay
Generous training budgets and reimbursement for professional memberships
Hybrid-working model with 25 days annual leave
24/7 employee assistance programme including Peppy Health App
Bike to Work Scheme
Generous Recruitment referral scheme
Additional flexible benefits with the Perkbox platform, providing discounts and freebies from major retailers
Are you ready to take your next step or know someone who is? Apply to ClearCourse today!