Management Accountant

We’re the UK's largest ports operator with a network of 21 ports around Britain. We handle around one quarter of the UK's seaborne trade and contribute £7.5 billion to our economy every year.

It’s a story we’re proud of but it doesn’t end there. We’re transforming our business and embracing the future.

We offer a vast range of roles spanning the UK, all rooted in a culture that welcomes diversity, fosters talent, encourages internal movement and progression, and places safety as our number one priority.

The Role:  Management Accountant – Port Business Services (PBS)

Purpose:

Reporting to the Finance Manager the purpose of the role is to process accounting transactions within ABP’s Finance Shared Services (FSS) team in Port Business Services (PBS).

Scope:

Indirect accountability towards ABP turnover of £542 million revenue and £291 million EBITDA

Management and capital accounting support for 3 regions, plus Head Office.

Accountabilities:

1. Delivery of Services

• Ensure timeliness and accuracy of revenue accounting (including verification) to agreed standards within targeted timelines
• Produce and be responsible for timely, relevant and accurate management and statutory accounts to support commercial decision making in the regions
• Ensure all documents are retained for control verification and to support internal and external audit reviews 
• The Management Accountant within PBS will be responsible for the delivery of the following services for all parts of ABP:

• Process journals and intercompany transactions
• Taking a lead role and allocated ownership of a Port/Terminal for the month end close process, including revenue recognition, correct cost allocation, capex and maintenance spend etc working with the team to deliver a quality and fully understood result within agreed month end deadlines
• Produce regional reports and variance analysis
• Routine and more in depth analysis, monthly and year to date variance analysis, reporting and GL maintenance
• Forecast cash flows
• Perform more complex balance sheet reconciliations and ensure related follow up actions are taken, retaining clear audit trail
• Perform financial close activities

• Revenue and Cost accounting
• Statutory Accounting and Tax reporting
• Capital expenditure related activities, AUC and capitalised assets – ensuring assets are capitalised in a timely manner, IP packs etc

2. Management and ongoing monitoring of service delivery

• Contribute and prepare Key Performance Indicator’s for the Management Accounting Team to monitor performance and service delivery levels, in order to improve PBS and individual performance
• Review revenue, costs and capital related expenditure in line with expected volumes, most recent budget/plan to ensure that management accounting is accurate and in line with expectations or understanding when variances

3. Continuous Improvement

• Build relationships with key points of contact across the processes and other functions within Port Business Services in order to maintain an understanding of the process context and identify both intra process and cross process improvement opportunities
• Proactively suggest and drive/take ownership of  improvement ideas to drive continuous improvement, efficiency and internal controls in processes and practices

About you:

You will be a real team player, who is keen to get stuck in to this exciting and fast-paced industry.  By nature, you will be proactive, able to work independently and also support and mentor when necessary more junior members of the team and provide guidance.  Be focussed on performance, accuracy and ability to identify and operate in a continuous improvement environment with a drive to want to improve, share ideas and be a member of a successful team

Experience

• Qualified accountant – CIMA, ACCA or ACA or Qualified by experience with greater than 5 years experience in relevant Finance related environments
• Experience of working in a service culture environment
• Good understanding of respective end to end finance processes
• Good understanding of accounting (processes and Generally Accepted Accounting Principles- GAAP)

Competencies

• Proactive, performance and continuous improvement focused
• Integrity and receptive to challenge, where appropriate
• Great team player who wants to ensure as a team we succeed

Ideal

• Experience of working in a shared service centre
• SAP experience

Additional Information:

When joining ABP you will find an environment that is both welcoming and challenging. We reward our employees well and offer a generous remuneration package, employer pension, private health insurance and a range of other benefits.
Please note that ABP undertake random screening for substance abuse and operate a zero-tolerance policy. A medical will be required before starting this position also.

We are an equal opportunities employer and we welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their background, which helps us to provide a diverse and inclusive working environment.