Senior Management Accountant

Reed is currently working with a leading business whose area of expertise is providing live event production. They have approached us to support them with their search to hire a Senior Management Accountant based out of their head office based in Bromley in Kent/South East London. This is a 12 month fixed term contract role, with the aim of the role holder being offered a permanent position at the end of the contract.

Reporting into the Director of Finance, as an experienced Management Accountant, you will be responsible for taking ownership of the detailed financial processes and analysis required to run an effective finance function, enabling the Director of Finance to focus on strategy and business planning allowing them to carry out effective commercial decisions and supporting the CEO and leadership team. This will be a hands on role with responsibility for establishing strong financial controls and reconciliations, management reporting and finance processes.

The business is going through a very exciting growth phase after being acquired by a leading US event production company, whose aim is to gain a stronger foothold in the UK And European market.

As the successfully appointed Senior Management Accountant, your duties and responsibilities across management accounting, FP&A and project accounting include :

• Management Accounting & Month-End Control
• Take ownership of the monthly management accounts process and ensure accurate and timely financial reporting.
• Prepare and review month-end journals, accruals, prepayments, deferred income, accrued income and other accounting adjustments.
• Develop a structured and controlled month-end close process with clear responsibilities, deadlines and supporting documentation.
• Ensure the integrity of the general ledger and investigate unusual or inconsistent balances.
• Produce monthly P&L, balance sheet and supporting management reporting schedules.
• Analyse actual performance against budget, forecast and prior periods and investigate significant variances.
• Provide concise financial analysis and commentary to the Finance Director/CFO.
• Ensure appropriate supporting documentation and audit trails are maintained.
• Financial Controls & Reconciliations
• Establishing a comprehensive balance sheet reconciliation process.
• Preparing and reviewing monthly reconciliations for all key balance sheet accounts.
• Investigating and resolving historic or unexplained balances.
• Identifying weaknesses in existing processes and implementing practical improvements.
• Supporting annual budgeting and periodic forecasting.
• Maintaining and improving financial models.
• Preparing analysis of revenue, gross profit, operating costs and business performance.
• Assisting with cash flow and working capital modelling.
• Supporting scenario analysis and sensitivity modelling.

Your background, skillsets and qualifications will include :

• Either part qualified or fully qualified CIMA or ACCA.
• Strong technical accounting knowledge.
• Strong understanding of management accounting and financial controls.

• Ownership of month-end accounting processes.
• Extensive experience preparing and reviewing balance sheet reconciliations.
• Strong understanding of accruals, prepayments, deferred income and accrued income.
• Experience of project or job-based accounting.
• Experience analysing revenue, gross profit and project profitability.
• Experience preparing budgets, forecasts and financial models.