Management Accountant

• Location: Diss
• Job Type: Full-time

Reed Finance Norwich are partnering exclusively with a long-standing client of ours to recruit for a Management Accountant to join their Finance team, playing a crucial role in developing the function to provide accurate and timely information and analysis to support business decision-making. This role involves sharing time between two business sites promoting a 'one finance team' approach that facilitates cross-site and project work, benefiting operations at both locations.

Day-to-day of the role:

Provide financial reporting and analysis for the Group companies:

• Produce monthly management accounts with variance analysis.
• Manage the Invoice Financing facility of the business.
• Prepare payment proposals and manage cash flow.
• Provide guidance and support to the management teams.

Support the Group Finance Manager:

• Conduct preparatory work on the monthly stock pack.
• Perform account reconciliations.
• Handle monthly management account entries.
• Investigate account variances.

Provide support and cover for transactional finance tasks:

• Process purchase orders and purchase ledger invoices.
• Handle sales invoice processing and sales ledger transaction processing.
• Perform customer/supplier account reconciliations.
• Chase up information required to progress transactions.

Other responsibilities include:

• Develop new analysis and reporting tools
• Support project work (e.g., budgets, dashboards).
• Liaise with non-Finance staff on new initiatives (e.g., Key account reporting).
• Assist with streamlining/automating finance tasks.
• Take on finance-related tasks that are undertaken in other departments (e.g., Credit notes, proforma invoices).
• Handle regulatory body surveys/data collection

Required Skills & Qualifications:

• Qualified or part-qualified accountant.
• Highly numerate with a keen attention to detail.
• Medium to advanced spreadsheet skill level.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Ability to work under own initiative and as part of a team.

If you feel you have the relevant qualifications and skills for the Management Accountant vacancy, please apply online with a copy of your CV attached.

If you have any queries regarding the vacancy, please call Reed Finance Norwich and ask for Cal or Eleanor.