Management Accountant

Salary: £54,000 per year

Optimum Recruitment Group are proud to be working with this successful distribution business based in Wakefield who are looking to appoint to a newly created Management Accountant opportunity.

Reporting to the Financial Controller, you will be responsible for supporting a team of 3 and take responsibility for the production of the management and financial accounts.

Your duties would include:

• Producing monthly management accounts, profit and loss and balance sheets including all associated reconciliations.

• Producing weekly flash reports.

• Undertaking variance analysis and providing commentary.

• Involvement in the budgeting and forecasting processes.

• Supporting the FC with producing the annual statutory accounts, supervising all year end activity and supporting the external audit processes.

• Responsibility for VAT.

• Overseeing all transactional finance activities including all year-end duties.

As the successful candidate you need to be able to demonstrate the following:

• Good management accounting background with strong knowledge of accounting standards.

• Strong systems and internal controls management.

• Advanced excel skills including v look ups, pivot tables etc.

• Be able to demonstrate an ability to communicate financial information to non-finance management.

• Knowledge and understanding of payroll processes.

A hands-on technical role, you will ideally be a qualified or a finalist stage accountant with demonstrable experience. Consideration will also be given to a qualified by experience accountant.

This is an office based role. Hours are 8.45am – 5pm Monday to Thursday and 8.45am – 4pm on Friday. Salary up to £54,000 plus pension, private healthcare and holidays.