Senior Management Accountant role

Temp to Permanent role with a global media company based in the heart of London.

Main Responsibilities

• Preparation of detailed monthly management accounts
• Analysis of variances of actual costs versus forecast.
• Preparation of notes and comments for month end Senior Management meeting
• Preparation of balance sheet submissions for subsidiary reporting units
• Submission of quarterly forecasts and budgets
• Detailed analysis and monitoring of cost accounts and updating various schedules.
• Preparation of month end accruals and prepayments.
• Processing adjustments and other journals as required
• Reconciling all group inter company accounts
• VAT

Additional responsibilities

• Assisting the agency with finance related queries
• Assist auditors in the half year, year-end audits, SOX audits and internal audits.
• Ad hoc reports and other projects

Key Skills

• Three years finance experience and confident in delivering management accounts
• Part qualified and currently in studies.
• Strong excel and a general high level of computer literacy.
• Experience of using Maconomy and Cartesis a massive advantage but not essential as training will be provided.
• Good inter-personal skills, pro-active, an excellent communicator and the confidence to liaise with people of all levels in the agency.
• Attention to detail, high level of accuracy, the ability to be flexible, to be able to work well under pressure and to meet tight deadlines.
• Ability to prioritise and manage work load as the role will involve reporting to different managers on a day-to-day basis.
• The ability to identify and investigate problems and to come up with effective solutions.
• Demonstrate initiative to question, analyse and scrutinise data.