Management Accountant

Management Accountant sought to ensure that European and US division accounts are well maintained and that business leaders within the company understand the drivers of global operations performance. You will be joining a vibrant and highly successful international business whose products are synonymous with luxury living. In order to ensure that the month end procedure is achieved in a timely manner, you will be responsible for ensuring that records, registers, ledgers and reconciliations are kept up to date and accurate at all times. In addition, you will provide a group perspective for operations (direct costs, warehousing and transport) and ensuring the Director of Operations understands their actual and forecast costs and the impact of their decisions. Additionally, you will be responsible for monitoring the Group’s working capital across all entities. You will analyse and report the consolidated working capital position regularly to the Group Accountant and CFO. Key responsibilities of the Management Accountant include: * Reporting, forecasting, and budgeting of Group Operations and Cost of Sales, presenting to Director of Operations, ensuring understanding. * Compile the Group Operations and Cost of Sales budget for Group Accountant/CFO review and communicate final overhead budgets to stakeholders. * Monitor the consolidated working capital position, including cash flow, accounts receivable, accounts payable, and inventory across all entities. * Stock reconciliation and provision * Warranty provision calculation * Rebate reporting and accrual reconciliation * Oversight of Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable * Processing Payroll and tax payments and maintaining payroll reconciliation * Closing of month end provisions, prepayments and accruals * Capex and maintenance of fixed asset register * Running of month end reports and reconciliation of nominal accounts * Ensure intercompany accounts are reconciled monthly * Support the Group audit process as needed * Prepare monthly Intrastat and EC Sales declarations for EU countries * Work with external Advisors on preparation of financial statements and corporation tax calculations * Ensure accuracy and completeness of country tax returns, also providing financial ad hoc support to country teams as needed and being the main point of contact on financial matters for the US and EU sales teams. * Ad hoc projects on behalf of the Group Accountant or CFO. Part Qualified ACCA, ACA or CIMA, you should have strong interpersonal skills and demonstrable experience in communicating effectively with non-finance Managers. Experience of multi currency operations in global businesses would be advantageous. Strong (ideally advanced Excel skills are required) and any prior experience of NAV ERP systems and JET reporting would certainly be useful but not essential. Proactive, positive, energetic and enthusiastic you are accurate and analytical and thrive in performing a key role where there is an emphasis on communication with finance and non finance colleagues in the UK, EU and US