Management Accountant

CMS is looking for a Management Accountant to join the Edinburgh team.

CMS is a Future Facing firm with more than 70 offices in over 40 countries and 5,000+ lawyers worldwide. We combine deep local market understanding with a global perspective. We are passionate about building strong relationships with our clients, our people, and the communities we work in.

We take a bold, dynamic, and agile approach to ensure our clients are able to face the future with confidence. We are driven by technology and readily embrace the possibilities it opens up for developing new and better ways of working. Our aim is to inspire, impact and support our clients and our people, helping them to maximize their potential and thrive.

Key tasks include

Monthly

* Responsible for preparing and posting accurate month end journals (e.g. Bonus accruals, WIP, Bad Debts, Provisions etc), ensuring all management accounting team deliverables are consistently met.

* Preparing and distributing monthly overhead reports to budget holders, partnering and supporting the business to deliver desired financial performance against plan.

* Commercially analysing business unit performance against objectives.

* Assist in preparation of monthly Balance Sheet reconciliations as necessary.

* Management of Finance Team mailbox.

* Liaising with relevant stakeholders to resolve day-to-day finance queries.

Ad hoc

* Ensuring the group chart of accounts is properly controlled and correctly maintained. (GL codes and description, Units and offices, Departments and teams, Posting rules for system transactions.)

* Supporting the team as required, providing cover for team members in times of absence.

* Gaining a full understanding of all procedures and systems in place.

* Providing requests and analysis as part of the year end statutory audit process.

* Assist as necessary on one off opportunities or projects to ensure that financial implications are fully understood.

Group Budget and Forecast

* Supporting the management accounting team during the annual budgeting and quarterly reforecasting cycles and updating the associated software tools.

Business Support Departments

* Working with the senior members of the departments to prepare budgets, report against budgets on a monthly basis and to develop the forecasting of costs.

* Develop strong working relationships with Heads of departments and key stakeholders within their teams.

Previous experience
 Management accounting

Professional/Educational Qualification
 Formal accountancy qualification preferred
 Part qualified accountants studying for exams is accepted
 Strong analytical and MS Excel skills (essential)
 Proficient in other MS Office applications (Word)

Skills & Experience required
 Excellent written and verbal communication skills, able to communicate at all levels.
 Confident professional manner
 Strong analytical skills
 Grasps, retains and analyses complex information and concepts; great attention to detail.
 Deliver high quality, risk aware, pragmatic and practical advice in client friendly, jargon free language (oral and written).
 Ability to show initiative and good judgment, functioning well under pressure, able to switch gears on a moment's notice and ability to concentrate in an environment of multiple demands and distractions.
 Ability to develop good working relationships and act as translator for non financial colleagues.
 Strongly self-motivated with a 'sleeves rolled up' mindset; always adopts a 'can do' approach; takes pride in work.
 Personal and professional integrity unquestioned; owns up to errors promptly.
 Sets an example by high quality of own work, consistency, enthusiasm and an open and professional attitude throughout the workplace.
 Plan, organises and prioritises very well; works to given timeframes; responds promptly to administrative tasks.
 Identify issues, risks and conflicts at an early stage, seeking assistance as necessary.

At CMS, a next-generation mindset is woven into all we do. We're diverse, supportive and inclusive, embracing our corporate social responsibility and creating a culture of sustainability in which every one of our people, whatever their background, can maximise their potential and thrive. For further information about CMS' diversity initiatives and programmes, please view the Diversity & Inclusion pages on our website.

Please apply online or contact a member of the Talent Acquisition team if you have any questions. For information regarding our competitive range of benefits please visit our Rewards & Benefits page on our website.

Please note that CMS have a preferred agency panel in place. Only applications submitted via the portal at the point of instruction will be accepted.

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