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SalaryLocation: Derby
Contract: Full-time - Hybrid
Salary: Dependant on experience
Are you an experienced Management Accountant who is looking for a thrilling new challenge in a leading firm? We are presently searching for a skilled Management Accountant to join our internal finance team. This role requires a forward-thinking, confident accountant who pays attention to detail.
At PKF Smith Cooper, we are planning to grow at an exceptional rate over the next 5 years and the internal finance team will play a vital role in this. Therefore, if you want to be part of a company where you can make a significant impact, this is the perfect opportunity for you!
The ideal candidate should have experience in preparing and finalising management accounts up to the point of being reviewed by the Group Management Accountant. It would be preferable if the candidate also has experience with managing staff members.
The important work you will be doing:
- Quarterly management accounts and financial analysis
- Monthly management reporting including sales, WIP, time ledger, and other KPIs
- Preparing all prepayments and accruals and other month-end journals
- Maintaining balance sheet reconciliations
- Reviewing and analysing both revenue and costs to support the accuracy of accounts, including providing accurate commentary and investigation into variances
- Annual budgeting and forecasting
- Analysing profitability and recovery
- Supporting team members with time ledger input software queries
- Assisting and contributing to the Group’s annual audit
- Helping with regulatory reporting and compliance
- Identifying opportunities to improve finance processes and systems
There will also be the opportunity to be involved in other areas of the Firm namely:
- VAT returns
- Annual statutory accounts
- Payroll for subsidiaries
The skills and experience you will bring:
- Be a qualified or part qualified ACA/ACCA/CIMA or be qualified by experience
- Have an excellent working knowledge of Excel and a good working knowledge of Sage 200
- Be methodical, and analytical and have good attention to detail
- Be a team player who has a strong work ethic, along with a willingness to learn and seek guidance as appropriate
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- An inquisitive mind and is good at gathering evidence and solving problems
Why PKF Smith Cooper?
- Our company culture, built on our values – Engage, Empower and Excel – encourages initiative, personal growth, and collaboration. Every team member is appreciated and celebrated; a notion embodied in our Kudos Reward Scheme.
- The firm’s Partners, who remain actively invested in the development of employees, will both support and champion your professional development and progression.
- We work with ambitious businesses of different sizes across a variety of sectors, so no two jobs are the same.
- We are multi-award-winning accountants and business advisors, ranked the 12th biggest firm by UK fee income in the Accountancy Age Top 50+50.
PKF International
As an active member of PKF International, we are part of a large global network of legally independent accounting firms.
Located in the 5 fastest growing global markets, we have ground presence in 150 countries and span across many jurisdictions.
An ambitious, future-focused network, PKF provides a comprehensive range of services. Operating in unison with member firms across the world, we are able to share our ideas, expertise, and specialist resources to better serve our clients, delivering highly-personalised services and global connectivity through our client-centric culture.
What's in it for you?
Our benefits package has been designed around our people and shaped by our values. As part of Team PKF Smith Cooper, here are some of the things you can expect:
- A working environment that empowers you to perform at your best, through our flexible working policy and dress for your diary scheme
- Time to do what matters to you – 25 days annual leave plus statutory bank holidays, the option to reduce annual hours for additional annual leave, and your birthday off, on us. Long-serving employees can also request a sabbatical, giving you the chance to make truly unforgettable memories
- Rewards for those who actively embrace and embody our values and culture through our Kudos Reward Scheme
- Regular social events and annual, company-wide away days, giving you the opportunity to engage with colleagues across your division and office, as well as the wider firm
- Bonus referral schemes for introducing new talent or clients so that when we benefit, you do too
- Life doesn’t stop at the end of the working day and neither do our benefits. We also offer life assurance, discounts on a huge variety of retailers through the PKF Smith Cooper Rewards Scheme, and cashback on healthcare (including dental visits, physiotherapy etc) through Healthshield
How to apply?
Apply now if you believe you have what we are looking for! Even if you do not tick 100% of the boxes, we would encourage you to apply. To do so, please upload a copy of your CV and a covering letter to our job portal.
Should you have any questions, please contact a member of the HR team - email recruitment@pkfsmithcooper.com or call 01332 332021.
Please note that whilst we welcome and encourage individuals of all backgrounds to apply for our vacancies, we are unfortunately unable to accept applications from candidates requiring a visa to work in the UK.
Please no agencies unless we have contacted you directly.
