Role: Management Accountant – full time, permanent
Client: Outsourcing Accounts to SMEs
Salary £38k-40k pa + study support
Location: Central London (in office at client Central London premises1 day per week)
Reporting to: One of the partners
Ref: VisionFR3332
Looking to broaden your experience beyond a single business? This is a chance for a Management Accountant from the marketing or creative services sector to work across a varied portfolio of clients and fast-track their path to Financial Controller.
Our client acts as the outsourced finance function for a wide range of SMEs, around 85% of them in marketing communications and creative services. Depending on each client’s size and complexity, they provide individuals or full teams to run everything an in-house finance department would.
You’ll own the full cycle, from AP/AR processing and balance sheet, bank, and ledger reconciliations through to month end, including WIP management, revenue recognition, and management accounts. Along the way you’ll work with different leadership teams and ways of working, building the breadth of experience that’s hard to find in-house.
We’re looking for someone ambitious who understands how marketing and creative agencies operate and is confident building relationships with clients.
The Role of the Management Accountant:
- All aspects of the finance function up to and including producing Management Accounts
- Mainly sole-role working with transactional postings, AP, AR, bank etc
- Reconciliations: AP, AR, bank, balance sheet
- Cash Flow forecasting
- Liaising with Directors of client companies
- VAT calculations and returns
- PAYE & NI reconciliations
- WIP management and monthly revenue recognition
The Candidate:
- Strong understanding of double entry book-keeping
- CIMA/ACCA/ACA studier or AAT qualified
- Good experience in Marketing Communications or Creative services industry
- Experience of Xero accounting software preferred.
- Be able to demonstrate an ability to work with company directors and owner/managers
- Good communication skills, happy using the telephone!
- Ambitious, looking to grow & develop
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