My client a successful family office specialising in the Music and Film industry are seeking a Management Accountant to join their small team on a permanent basis.

• Location: Central London - close to mainline train and tube stations
• Salary offered: up to £56,000 per annum
• Hybrid working on offer
• Excellent benefits including a company bonus paid annually.
• Stress-free working environment, retaining a lovely family feel.

The role:

• Supervising the work of the accounts assistant including coding of invoices into correct nominal ledger and department codes, review of purchase ledger, review P&L nominal ledgers, review bank reconciliations, review specific projects and giving guidance to accounts assistant as required.
• Monthly management of the royalties process including preparing royalties invoices, reviewing royalties statements, maintaining the various royalties control sheets.
• Monthly review and management of aged debtors.
• Prepare quarterly management accounts for 8 UK companies.
• Prepare yearly accounts for 10 companies for review for the yearly audit
• Prepare quarterly VAT returns for 8 companies
• Review of monthly management accounts for two Italian companies and prepare variance analysis
• Preparation of quarterly analysis of worldwide family expenditure including a variance analysis against the budget
• Prepare yearly tax files for UK and US tax advisors
• Maintain fixed asset registers
• Process the monthly payroll
• Prepare a monthly intercompany reconciliation of all intercompany loans and balances
• Covering the work of the accounts assistant when they are on holiday or on sick leave
• Various other analyses and project work that will be needed from time to time
• Assist the other members of the team when required.

About you:

• Energetic with the ability to multitask and be flexible.
• Accurate and excellent attention to detail and be able to process multiple streams of information
• Self-starter with initiative, able to hit the ground running
• Happy to work alone or as part of a team with limited room for progression
• In relation to others: confident, friendly, positive and ability to work in a small family office environment.

Experience required:

• This role would suit a qualified by experience Accountant
• Knowledge and working experience of Sage: essential
• Experience of preparing VAT returns - essential
• Experience of preparing management accounts: essential
• Proficient with Excel including VLOOKUP's, pivot tables etc. - essential
• Experience of working in a SME environment: desirable