Management Accountant

Job description

Overview of Role

The Management Accountant role works directly with Partners; taking ownership of the financial reporting for the Firm and supporting the Partners to steer the business in the right direction.

The Management Accountant will be responsible for preparing financial statements and overseeing accounting tasks on a day-to-day basis.

Responsibilities

• Complete balance sheet reconciliations, completing associated journals.
• Manage bank reconciliations and staff expenses ensuring compliance with business policy.
• Work with operations teams to ensure accurate reporting and assist business development.
• Manage year end processes for management accounting areas as defined.
• Assist Head of Finance with continually improving reporting provided to firm.
• Preparation of financials and reporting for international trading entities.
• Prepare and analyse financial statements, ensuring accuracy and compliance with relevant regulations.
• Oversee accounts payable and credit control processes, including invoice processing and payment approvals.
• Conduct regular financial forecasting and budgeting activities to support organisational goals.
• Monitor financial performance against budgets and provide variance analysis to senior management.

Requirements

• Fully qualified (ACCA, CIMA, ACA) plus at least 2 years PQE in a management accounting or similar role.
• Strong IT skills, including advanced excel.
• Strong communicator both inside and outside of the finance team.
• Strong attention to detail and organisational skills to manage multiple tasks effectively.
• Ability to communicate complex financial information clearly to non-financial stakeholders.
• Excellent analytical skills with the ability to interpret complex financial data. 

Finding the right people is important to us and transferrable skills are always welcome. We value potential and are open to candidates who may not have every listed skill.

Our Benefits

• A generous holiday scheme; starting at 25 days holiday per year, increasing by 1 day each year to 28 days after 3 years of service.
• Life Assurance of 4 times your basic salary
• Private Medical Cover including Westfield Health cash back plan (after passed probationary period)
• Travel Insurance (after passed probationary period)
• Salary Sacrifice Pension Scheme
• Enhanced maternity, paternity, adoption and shared parental leave benefits
• Holiday Buy Back Scheme
• Long Service Awards
• A Volunteering Day for your chosen charity each year.

Equal Opportunities

We are an equal opportunities employer and do not tolerate discriminatory behaviour of any kind, in line with the Equality Act 2010. 

Core working hours are Monday – Friday, 9.00am – 17.30pm.

This is a permanent full-time position based on 37.5 hours (Monday – Friday); however, we are open to discussing part-time working requirements. We also operate a ‘Smart Working’ policy, enabling our employees to enjoy a work/life balance.

Important Notice to Recruitment Agencies

Brown&Co does not accept unsolicited CVs or candidate profiles from recruitment agencies. We will only pay agency fees where a signed Terms of Business agreement is in place, and the agency has been formally instructed by our HR team.

Any CVs submitted to Brown&Co - including to employees or Partners - without prior HR authorisation will be considered unsolicited, and no fees will be payable.