Assistant Management Accountant

Michael Page; London; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 70,000

Job description

To operate as a proactive and effective member of the management team ensuring a robust financial control environment, ensuring financial compliance in all areas, delivering financial & commercial insight into all areas of the businesses performance and highlighting the financial implications of commercial and strategic plans and decisions.

Client Details

Our philosophy is simple - to bring you the very best from around the world.

Through close partnerships with our suppliers we deliver, on demand, the highest quality of fresh, frozen and pastry products to the best restaurants and hotels across the UK, enabling the creation of menus and recipes that will excite the most demanding of tastes, as well as supplying the most prestigious department stores and gourmet food outlets.

Description

• Ensures that adequate financial and operational control procedures are in place and are adhered to by the business and result in the appropriate level of financial control and deliver compliance with all Group and external requirements. This covers as examples bank reconciliations, control account reconciliations, adherence to IAS, segregation of duties etc.
• Manages the provision of all financial information to the local operations, including (as examples) profit and loss, balance sheet and cash flow information, customer and brand performance and profitability, operating cost performance and working capital performance.
• Ensures the accuracy and completeness of all accounting ledgers.
• Ensures that adequate financial control procedures relating to decision making are in place and are adhered to by the business and result in the appropriate level of financial control, such as delegation of authorities, cost commitments, purchase order compliance etc.
• Ensures that all local statutory obligations on reporting & filing are met and ensures the overall completeness and accuracy of all internal and external financial information in order to ensure that the information is 'true and fair' from a local and Group perspective and free from material mis-statement and manages the end to end audit process.
• Manages and ensures that all local corporate, employee, employer and sales tax obligations are met.
• Manages, reports on, and provides conclusions around each business financial forecasting process - budgets, forecasts, business plans etc.
• Reviews, changes and develops reporting, analysis and control processes to the extent this delivers or facilitates business improvement.
• Manages - through formal and informal communication - local and regional expectations of the financial performance of the markets and to keep both parties informed of issues that will impact financial performance.
• Works within regional and Group timetables and guidance in the provision of information and works closely with Group Finance teams in understanding and communicating business drivers.
• Manages and develops the local team in order to ensure the above is achieved and to ensure that their individual job accountabilities are also met.

Profile

As Management Accountant and one of the key roles within the business, you will be working with the Finance Director and the Finance Manager to develop a financial strategy to support the Company's continued growth and strategic development. You will assist the Finance Director of a growing organization operating in a dynamic environment. You will become an integral member of the Finance team.

Job Offer

33 days Holidays
1 day Birthday Holiday
Paid sick leave
Paid Bereavement leave
Discounted Gym membership
Discount High street vouchers
Employee Assistance Program
Cycle to work Scheme
Free fruit
Causal dress
Discount on company products
And many more...