Management Accountant

Management Accountant
Location: Daventry with hybrid working
Job Type: Full time, Permanent
Salary: 40 -45k DOE
Hours: 35 hours per week
A career at Bush & Co gives you the opportunity to bring your skills and experience to the catastrophic injury sector; helping people following life-changing injuries and supporting the legal and insurance industry to care for clients.
As a member of our team, you can expect to work in a rewarding, fun environment with a commitment to working hard, enjoying what you do, and making a difference to people’s lives.
PURPOSE OF THE ROLE
To prepare, develop and analyse key financial information to assist management and other stakeholders to make informed decisions. This includes, but is not limited to, preparing monthly management accounts, reviewing revenue and direct costs, and providing comparison to budget.
This is a hands-on role and would suit someone who is used to working in a fast and varied environment.
WHAT YOU WILL BE DOING AS A MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTANT
• Responsible for developing and training Finance Assistants with a view to management of the team.
• Assist in reviewing work prepared by Finance Assistants.
• Responding to finance queries throughout the business.
• Month-end journals, including fixed assets, prepayments, and accruals.
• Preparation of the work day files and monthly board pack.
• Support with cash collection and credit control.
• Monthly balance sheet reconciliations.
• Reconcile and input monthly revenue and direct costs into Sage 200.
• Support with processing of supplier invoices and payment runs and dealing with queries.
• Produce and submit VAT returns.
• Supporting the end-of-year audit.
• Other ad hoc duties as required.
SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE REQUIRED
• Proven experience in developing a small team.
• At least 3 years’ experience in a similar position.
• Purchase / sales ledger experience.
• AAT qualified and / or actively working towards CIMA or ACCA qualification.
• Excellent Excel skills.
• Strong numerical and analytical skills.
• Experience in accounts preparation including journals, accruals, prepayments and depreciation.
• Pro-active approach.
• Highly motivated.
• Adaptable and able to prioritise work.
• Ability to work to multiple deadlines.
• Experience of Sage200 would be advantageous but not essential.
PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES
• Positive attitude
• Honesty and integrity
• Willingness to learn and develop.
• Knowledgeable
• Attention to detail.
• Unified in working together for the same goals and vision.
• Driven to achieve, succeed and progress.
• Passionate about our customers, our business and personal performance.
In addition to a competitive salary, we offer 23 days holiday, a contributory pension, and a healthcare scheme with Simply Health.
We have regular communication events, yearly award ceremonies and we have achieved Gold standard for Investors in People and have been voted the 43rd Best Small Employer in the UK for 2022.
We look forward to hearing from you!
You may have experience in the following: Financial Analyst, Finance Manager, Accounting Supervisor, Senior Accountant, Financial Controller, Finance Team Leader, Budget Analyst, Revenue Analyst, Cost Accountant, Financial Reporting Analyst, Accounts Payable Manager, etc.
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