Management Accountant required for a 12 month contract for a leading business in Tonbridge. Reporting to the Finance Director, this newly created role will have management accounting responsibility for this large expanding business. The key purpose of the management accountant role is to lead on the month end process, provide data analysis, support Operational and Cost Centre accounting

Detailed duties include;
• Monthly management accounts pack including Profit & Loss, Balance Sheet, Cashflow forecast, dashboard, variance analysis
• Review budgets and forecasts
• Delivering weekly reporting and analysis of company cost base across all entities
• Profitability analysis for all entities
• Month end journals, including accruals, prepayments, payroll, depreciation
• Monthly forecasting
• Cost centre analysis
• Assist with intercompany reconciliations
• Bank recs
• Month end reconciliation
• Supporting year end audit
• Ad-hoc projects
• Review procedures
• Identify opportunities for improving profitability

In order to apply, the Management Accountant requires;
• Studying towards a formal Accountancy qualification – CIMA/ACA/ACCA though ideally qualified
• High level of Excel (Pivot/LOOKUPs/SUMIF) to manipulate large volumes of data
• Relevant experience gained in a large, busy, and complex environment

The company are going through a period of change as well as implementing a new finance system so there is a lot of opportunity to contribute to the processes. Candidates should enjoy working in a dynamic, fast paced environment, confidently working autonomously.