Management Accountant

Optimum Recruitment Group are proud to be working with this successful logistics business based in Leeds, to appoint to a newly created Management Accountant opportunity.

Reporting to the Financial Controller, you will be responsible for managing a team of 3 and take responsibility for the production of both management and financial accounts. A hands-on technical role, you will ideally be a qualified or finalist stage accountant with demonstrable experience.

Your duties would include:

* Producing monthly management accounts, profit and loss and balance sheets including all associated reconciliations.

* Producing weekly flash reports.

* Undertaking variance analysis and providing commentary.

* Involvement in the budgeting and forecasting processes.

* Producing the annual statutory accounts, supervising all year end activity and supporting the external audit processes.

* Responsibility for VAT.

* Overseeing all purchase ledger and payroll activities including all year-end duties.

As the successful candidate you need to be able to demonstrate the following:

* An accounting qualification or be a finalist stage studier (ACA/ACCA/CIMA).

* Good financial accounting background with strong knowledge of accounting standards.

* Strong systems and internal controls management.

* Advanced excel skills including v look ups, pivot tables etc.

* Be able to demonstrate an ability to communicate financial information to non-finance management

* Knowledge and understanding of payroll processes.

Consideration will also be given to a first time mover from practice or a qualified by experience accountant.

Salary dependent on skills and experience