Management Accountant

Location: Enfield, Greater London
Annual Salary: Up to £60,000 dependant on experience
Other: 25 days annual leave, company pension, life assurance and healthcare cover

Carrington West are pleased to offer an exciting new opportunity with one of our clients, a large contractor working in a buoyant area of the Utilities market. They specialise in work within the water sector and have an excellent reputation for delivering work in a timely and professional manner.

They are currently looking for a Management Accountant who will report directly to the Commercial Director and will be a key role within the business supporting the finance team.

Responsibilities:

• Supporting the monthly financial statements and accounts, including month end and year end consolidated reports, balance sheet reconciliation, fixed asset maintenance
• Weekly cashflow forecasts
• Preparing the annual group budget
• Recording Bid Pipeline/ Secured sales and reporting monthly movements
• Reporting to stakeholders
• Analysing turnover figures and creating forecasts and budgets
• Ensuring timely delivery of Group Management Information
• Developing means to increase profitability and optimise operational costs
• Ensuring accounting standard adherence for financial transactions and reporting
• Establishing methods of controlling both direct and indirect expenditure
• Variance analysis: identifying causes of variations between established standards and performance results for all financial statements/ outputs
• Internal audit of all financial matters pertaining to the business to ensure not only compliance, but also best practice is observed

Key skills and qualifications:

• CMA qualification
• High competency accounting skills and knowledge of procedures
• Able to demonstrate powerful analytical thinking and problem-solving skills
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, for preparation of and delivery of reports and analyses
• Resourceful and able to work alone, but fully able to provide input to executive team decision making processes
• Able to prioritise workloads and oversee completion of monthly and financial period reports by the accounting team
• Confidence in liaising with regulatory representatives and professionals in external organisations
• Staff management skills, with strengths in supervising and motivating a team, sometimes over different sites

This role is likely to move quickly and the company are looking to interview as soon as possible so if you feel you would be suited to the role, please apply with an updated CV or contact Rich at Carrington West on 02393 876023 for more information.