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Core Competencies
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Demonstrates expertise in preparing and reconciling financial statements, including P&L, balance sheet, and cashflow forecasts, while ensuring compliance with financial controls and regulations. Proficient in managing VAT returns and consolidating accounts across multiple companies.
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AAT, ACCA, CIMA, Or ACA QualifiedMonthly Management Accounts PreparationGroup Consolidation And Intercompany AccountingStrong Excel SkillsUK VAT Return Experience
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Hard Skills
Financial ControlsReconciliationsAccrualsPrepaymentsCashflow ForecastingEBITDA AssumptionsProject AccountingWIP ManagementRevenue RecognitionStatutory Accounts Preparation
Soft Skills
Attention To DetailIndependent WorkConfident CommunicationDeadline Management
Tools & Technologies
SageFinancial Modelling Software
Certifications & Qualifications
AATACCACIMAACA
Industry Keywords
Multi Company EnvironmentVAT ReturnsIntercompany ReconciliationsFinancial ReportingProcess Improvement
About the role
Key responsibilities & impact- Review and update integrated P&L, balance sheet and cashflow forecast models for each Group company, including EBITDA assumptions
- Reconcile forecast balance sheet movements to profitability, working capital and cashflow
- Resolve issues with formulas, intercompany balances and consolidation adjustments
- Work with operational managers to validate information and prepare supporting schedules for sign off
- Prepare monthly management accounts for each Group company
- Complete monthly Group consolidation, including intercompany reconciliations and eliminations
- Review performance against budget, forecast and prior periods, with commentary on material variances
- Ensure consistent treatment of accrued and deferred income, WIP, accruals, prepayments and revenue recognition
- Prepare, reconcile and submit VAT returns, including international transactions and reverse charges
- Prepare corporation tax schedules for external advisers
- Own monthly balance sheet reconciliations, including bank, control accounts, intercompany, payroll and pension balances
- Maintain fixed asset registers and review depreciation, amortisation and capitalised spend
- Investigate aged balances and unusual entries and strengthen financial controls
- Produce monthly analysis of revenue, margins, overheads, project profitability and working capital
- Provide historical information for Board, investor and lender reporting
- Prepare year-end schedules, support statutory accounts and coordinate with auditors
- Standardise and document month-end procedures and key controls
- Help develop finance systems to reduce manual processing
Requirements
What you’ll need- AAT, ACCA, CIMA or ACA qualified or part qualified, or qualified by experience in management accounting
- Proven experience preparing monthly management accounts, ideally in a multi company environment
- Strong technical knowledge of reconciliations, accruals, prepayments and financial controls
- Hands on UK VAT return experience
- Strong Excel skills
- Solid understanding of how the P&L, balance sheet and cashflow link together
- Excellent attention to detail
- Ability to work independently and juggle competing deadlines
- Confident communication with finance and non finance colleagues
- Group consolidation and intercompany accounting experience (desirable)
- Project accounting, WIP and revenue recognition experience in SaaS, software or professional services (desirable)
- Sage or similar, statutory audit, year end and process improvement experience (desirable)
Benefits
Comp & perks- 30 days holiday including bank holidays, increasing with length of service
- Hybrid working with just one office day a week
- Flexitime policy
- Contributory pension scheme
- Private medical insurance and Medicash plan (after a qualifying period)
- Generous sick pay that increases with length of service (after a qualifying period)
- Long service awards every five years
- Training and development opportunities
- Free car parking