Senior Management Accountant

Michael Page ,
Aberdeen, City of Aberdeen
Contract Type: Permanent

Overview

Take a leading role in the preparation and reporting of the monthly management accounts through the monthly pack, investigating variances to budget and providing reasoned comments where necessary for Finance Manager review and ultimate distribution across the senior management team. Client Details Historical and succesful manufacturing and production business head quartered in Aberdeen. Description Complete a comprehensive review of all Balance Sheet items on a monthly basis to ensure all movements in balances and provisions are correctly treated and maintained in a timeous manner. Take a leading role in the preparation of balance sheet schedules for month end and statutory audit purposes. Ensure all intercompany balances with other Group entities are maintained and reconciled. Be an important point of contact for year-end auditors, deal with queries and requests for information where necessary. Prepare year-end tax information for inclusion in the Corporation Tax assessment and others such as PSA P11D returns. Co-ordinate the creation and entry of all other statutory and management information required by Group. Upload monthly management accounts into the group consolidation model (currently FUN) in line with the pre-determined timetable. Extract information from JDE for translation and upload. Correct all blocking errors, process late adjustments after initial upload and reconcile inter company balances within group companies. Responsible for the reconciliation of reports from the group consolidation model (currently FUN) to JDE accounting records, specifically for fixed assets and other balances. Preparation of various reports for use in across the business, specifically for sales data, currency statistics and other KPI's. Complete other returns such as National Statistics surveys and the like. Develop and maintain appropriate capital expenditure monitoring for Scotland. Participate in the creation of the budget, plans and forecasts and entry through the consolidation model. Support, where required, the Finance Managers to ensure consistent, accurate reports and overall statutory compliance. Review and update all internal and external reporting, ensuring that the content and format meets the requirements of recipients. Profile Basic Requirements: Professional accounting qualification. Experience in management reporting across business units and group entities. Use of JDE, SAP or similar ERP system. Excel & PowerPoint expert user. Other advantages: Manufacturing experience Knowledge of Business Objects or similar data warehouse system Job Offer Excellent Salary on offer