My client is a leading publishing company based in the City of London who are seeking a Newly Qualified Management Accountant to join their Finance team. This is a fantastic opportunity for a charismatic individual who possesses a pro-active and flexible approach to join the team with previous experience meeting strict deadlines.

The responsibilities of the Management Accountant are as follows;

• Complete entire month end process whilst reviewing it to make it less manual
• Posting all journals in relation to revenue and costs
• Ownership of accruals and prepayments
• Preparation of the consolidated monthly reporting pack and all related Management reporting including analysing variances to plan and forecast
• Preparation of separate P&L's for individual stakeholders
• Updating monthly reforecasting models
• Analysis and reporting of revenue as part of monthly reporting cycle
• Participation in the annual budget process
• Regular overview and review of revenue for several products and operating areas
• Overview and review of centrally managed costs
• Ownership and management of specific control accounts
• Balance Sheet reconciliations
• Payroll
• Balance Sheet reconciliations to be rectified and maintained
• FP&A: as well as planning, forecasting and reforecasting
• Ad-hoc duties as required

Essential Requirements:

• Newly Qualified -ACA/ACCA
• Educated to degree level (2:1 or above)
• Have strong analytical skills
• Ability to meet strict reporting deadlines
• Demonstrate strong communications skills
• Strong Excel skills