Management Accountant

To support the Finance Manager and the Business Facing FD. This is a key role within the business with a focus on increased controls around budgeting, forecasting and reporting.

To liaise with the Defence Shared Service team (SSC), SAP SSC, Operations and Senior Management teams. Role is link between Finance and the contract. Cost drivers from the production operations need to be properly understood and communicated in the business.

Client Details

My client is a huge business with their SSC based on the edge of Portsmouth.

Description

Main Tasks

• Reporting of the contract or site monthly accounts, budgets, forecasts and strategic plans
• Deputising for the Finance Manager when required
• Key member of contract/site Business Facing Finance team
• Supporting identified continuous improvement projects on behalf of the Finance function
• Identifying opportunities to improve the service.

Main Accountabilities

• Assist in the production of timely and technically accurate contract/site accounts, budgets, forecasts and strategic plans including variance analysis
• Assist in the production of timely and technically accurate contract/site based budget, forecast and strategic plan reports and presentations for the Business Facing Finance Director including liaison with contract/site stakeholders.
• Assist in producing monthly management accounts including site commentaries
• Assist in providing financial support to achieve key performance measurement and efficiency targets
• Reconcile operational data to that reflected in the accounts and on other ancillary source data systems
• Prepare customer facing balance sheet control account reconciliations and rectification actions required to resolve
• Prepare contract specific journals
• Assist in the preparation of quarterly contract review presentations identifying future opportunities and risks
• Production of revenue reconciliation between billed and unbilled revenue for their contract/site
• Reconciliation monthly of contract order book
• Assist in providing contract/site analysis as required
• Providing input to and support of internal and external audit requirements
• Ensure integrity of accounting data via robust, timely transactional processing and review processes for management information in an ERP environment
• Establish, create and maintain appropriate processes to ensure effective financial and business controls.

Profile

The right candidate will have been working in a similar role and will be at least part-qualified, but ideally finalist ACCA/CIMA.

Job Offer

An excellent salary and benefits package is available to the successful candidate.