Senior Management Accountant

Think Accountancy and Finance are working with a business in Kings Langley who are looking for a Senior Management Accountant who has trained in Practice to join their growing team.

The company offers hybrid working with 3 days in an office, and 2 days from home each week. It should be noted that this is a role based between the two offices in Kings Langley and Guildford. You will be based in Kings Langley but will need to travel to Guildford around 2-3 times a month but this may increase based on business requirements. You will be an experienced Accountant preferably with a background in an Accountancy Practice.

The team has grown significantly over the recent years and will continue to grow. Due to the growth and demands of the business there is now a need to standardize and do process improvements to make them run as efficiently as possible and to work with Management Accountants to automate/simplify as many processes as possible.

Therefore they are looking for a Senior Management Accountant to come in and learn the reporting requirements, month ends for various clients and support on projects at senior level. In the longer term it would be possible that this person would be allocated their own portfolio of clients.

The position reports to the Head of Finance and will be responsible for the day-to-day financial activities and requirements of the legal entities with a view to support the finance leads as and when needed. You will provide review for the current clients, assist in lender management, migration of systems and process improvements. The demands of this role will vary depending on the needs of the department. Travel will be required from time to time otherwise you will be able to work from home 40% of the time.

Alongside a competitive salary, the company offers an impressive benefits package including bonus and private healthcare.

Key responsibilities:

• Provide commercial, financial and statutory compliance to clients
• Update bank models, preparations of loan covenant compliance
• Review monthly management accounts, cashflow forecasts and variance analysis
• Support team with complex finance tasks and consolidations
• Prepare management accounts, balance sheet reconciliation and reporting templates
• Due Diligence process
• On boarding of new projects
• Support continuous process improvement
• Stakeholder engagement - internal and external
• Project work

To be successful in this role you will require the following experience:

• Qualified Accountant - ACA, ACCA or CIMA
• Experience within an Accountancy Practice
• Strong accounting knowledge
• IFRS, FRS 102, FRS 101 and UK GAAP
• Management accounts experience
• Statutory reporting experience
• Strong excel knowledge
• Adaptability
• Quick learner
• Proactive
• Strong stakeholder experience

This is an outstanding opportunity for someone to thrive in an already successful business. It will be supported by a great line manager who wants to offer a role which include the autonomy for someone to make it their own.

Please only apply if you are happy and able to travel to Guildford a minimum of 2/3 times a month.

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Think Accountancy and Finance is the finance division of Think Specialist Recruitment, an independent recruitment agency based in Hemel Hempstead and working across the Herts, Beds and Bucks area. We specialise in permanent, temporary and contract recruitment with areas of expertise including: Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Payroll, Finance Admin, Part Qualified Finance, Credit Control and Bookkeepers.