I am working with a leading publishing company based in the City who are seeking a Senior Management Accountant to join their growing Finance team. This is a great opportunity for a newly qualified accountant to join a dynamic team in a varied and challenging role.

The successful candidate will report to the Head of Management Accounts and will be responsible for managing 2 junior management accountants in the team.

Responsibilities & Duties:

• Prepare accurate management accounts and forecast for one/two of the company's profit centres ensuring that best practice accounting policies are followed
• Liaise with management on a regular basis to support them in understanding the financial performance of their title.
• Provide timely and accurate management support and analysis, identifying key issues including deviations from annual and quarterly plan and recommending remedial action where necessary.
• Monitor and reconcile a number of balance sheet accounts on a monthly basis.
• Responsible for managing two junior management accountants
• Work as part of management accounts team to ensure accuracy and timeliness of all company management reporting.
• Provide financial and business expertise to other ad-hoc projects

Experience Needed:

• A first or 2:1 degree
• Newly Qualified CIMA/ACCA/ACA, with 1st time exam passes
• Previous experience in a high paced environment
• 3 years relevant accounting experience
• High level of accuracy and attention to detail.
• Ability to work under pressure and to deadlines.