Management Accountant - ACCA, ACA, CIMA

An excellent opportunity has arisen for an experienced and motivated Management Accountant - ACCA, ACA, CIMA to join my client's team in Southampton. The successful Management Accountant - ACCA, ACA, CIMA will play a key role in its finance team to deliver quality month-end reporting, forecasts, budgets and long-term business plans, in line with its financial timetable.

Client Details

My client is a leading, United Kingdom-based travel provider with a globally recognised reputation for travel excellence.

Description

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Supporting and challenging cost centre managers to understand their cost centre financial status

• In conjunction with my client's Finance Team, preparing month-end accounts and monthly reporting packs in line with the prescribed group timetable

• Responsible for co-ordination with Finance and other central functions of the monthly reconciliation of all balance sheet accounts and the timely compilation of a dynamic monthly balance sheet reconciliation file

• Responsible for the co-ordination and preparation of the monthly capital accounting reporting and fixed assets schedule in conjunction with the Projects team and relevant third parties, in line with the Group reporting timetable

• Responsible for the preparation of forecast and budget cost centre templates and providing support and challenge to cost centre managers in their timely completion

• Responsible for the compilation and upload to financial reporting systems of periodic forecasts, budgets and long term business plans

• Principal support to the Finance Manager in the preparation of reporting packs and commentary of periodic forecasts, budgets and long term business plans

• Financial modelling of key costs and incomes

• Ad-hoc financial projects as and when required

Profile

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE

• Experience in working with various computer based systems including ERP and/or hierarchical financial planning systems (eg SAP BPC, Agresso)

• Qualified - ACCA/CIMA or equivalent

• Solid experience of management accounting and/or business planning disciplines

• Proactive attitude to work with excellent communication skills

• Strong analytical skills and attention to detail

• Flexibility to work to deadlines and cope under pressure

• Excellent general IT and financial modelling skills (Microsoft Office with advanced Excel)

Job Offer

Competitive basic salary + excellent benefits