Management Accountant

Salary : -45,000 to -50,000

Permanent, Full-Time

Location : Gateshead, Tyne & Wear

A well-established recruitment business, based in Gateshead, is seeking to recruit an experienced and commercially focused Management Accountant to lead the finance function and play a key role within the management team, as the business continues to expand and develop.

Key responsibilities:

• Ownership of monthly MI reporting, comprising branch level Profit and Loss reports, detailed sales and margin analysis and insight into variances against budgets and historic performance.
• Responsibility for preparation of monthly management accounts, including balance sheet reconciliations, journal posting and overhead analysis
• Preparation and submission of VAT Returns.
• Payroll RTI submissions.
• Management, support and development of finance department team members in payroll, sales ledger and purchase ledger functions.
• Supporting the external annual audit process.
• Management of Invoice Discounting and Banking facilities.
• Primary contact for internal and external stakeholder communication.
• Taking an active role within the senior management team, providing a finance based approach to key business decision making processes.

Knowledge, skill and experience:

• Holder of or working towards a recognised accounting qualification or QBE.
• Strong technical accounting knowledge and commercial acumen.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
• IT literate with expertise in Excel and financial modelling.
• Familiarity with Sage 50 accounting software advantageous but not essential.