Accountant

My client is an American business in the FMCG industry. They are looking for a hard working SME Management Accountant who can role up their sleeves and get involved in all areas of running a busy finance team.

Client Details

SME American owned FMCG business based near Moorgate station in The City location.

Description

Key responsibilities for the Management Accountant will be:

• Producing the pack of actual results (monthly)
• Preparation of month end actuals and monthly journals (monthly).
• Sales vs cost of sales analysis and stock summaries (monthly)
• Maintain fixed assets (monthly)
• Maintain and develop chart of accounts (as and when required)
• Assist/advise coding of purchase invoices (as and when required)
• Manage and raise credit notes as applicable (as and when required)
• Maintain accounts pack and mapping of chart of accounts (monthly)
• Intercompany contact: raise all debit notes, maintain intercompany balances and confirmations, make intercompany payments (monthly)
• Intercompany loan interest and revaluation calculations (monthly)
• End of month debtors and creditors listing (monthly)
• Assist with year-end and with auditor queries (annually)
• Anticipate cash requirements. (monthly, as and when required)
• Perform credit checks for potential new customers and review existing customer credibility. Setting up new customers in system (as and when required)
• Review payment runs and purchase ledger (monthly) -occasional payments.
• Review debtors and chase for payment (as and when required)
• Control customers in regards to credit levels, order levels and shipment/ order allowances (as and when required)
• Manage letters of credit for international customers (as and when required)
• Ad hoc queries and analysis of data for management (as and when required)
• Managing the accounts assistant (daily) and providing cover for when required. Reporting to Financial Controller.
• Royalty calculations for US and KIT (monthly, quarterly, and annually)
• Point of contact for cs teams requests for order/shipment queries and requirement (daily)
• Support to sales teams regarding client accounts (as and when required)
• Releasing daily orders for invoicing (daily)
• Supervise credit card receipts (as and when required)
• Supervise petty cash (monthly)
• Review journal entries by team (as and when required)
• Complete BS rec (monthly)
• Review/check cash book entries (weekly, monthly)
• Produce PACT report (monthly)
• based in their City of London location.

Profile

The successful candidate for the Management Accountant role will be an experience SME Accountant that is happy to support the Financial Controller in all aspects of transactional, month end and year end accounting.

You will not a prescriptive individual and happy to role up your sleeves with a can do attitude.

You will gain experience of working in a fast paced FMCG industry business, and you will be based in their City of London location.

Job Offer

If you secure the Management Accountant role you will with receive a temporary to permanent offer of £30-38k dependent on experience and level of qualification (ACCA / CIMA).

City of London location, Management Accountant role, FMCG industry.