Senior Management Accountant in London

As a Senior Management Accountant you will be responsible for the integrity of the monthly financial close process, management accounting, balance sheet control, financial governance and year-end statutory reporting and audit. Within this role, you will ensure accurate and timely financial reporting while maintaining a strong internal control environment and full compliance with IFRS and regulatory reporting requirements. You will also take ownership of the month-end numbers and provide confidence to the wider stakeholders in the business around company performance. Lead the year-end group and statutory audit and financial statement preparation process.

Responsibilities:

• Lead the month-end, quarter-end and year-end close processes, ensuring accurate and timely preparation of management accounts.
• Review journals, accruals, prepayments and accounting entries, ensuring compliance with accounting policies and internal controls.
• Take full ownership of delivering group reporting, performance analysis, and actionable insights for senior leadership and stakeholders across the group.
• Work with FP&A to provide detailed analysis on performance and variances against budget and forecast, to help understand its main drivers.
• Own the balance sheet review process and ensure reconciliations are completed, reviewed and appropriately documented.
• Investigate and resolve reconciling items and accounting issues, driving improvements in balance sheet governance and transparency.
• Maintain a robust internal control framework and ensure compliance with finance policies and delegated authorities.
• Support internal and external audit requirements, monitor financial risks and implement corrective actions where required.
• Improve efficiency and standardisation of accounting processes, supporting ERP, reporting and finance transformation initiatives.
• Develop and maintain accounting procedures and documentation.
• Act as the technical accounting lead for the organisation.
• Determine accounting treatment for complex and non-routine transactions.
• Prepare technical accounting papers and accounting policy guidance.
• Monitor developments in IFRS, local GAAP and regulatory requirements.
• Lead the preparation of statutory financial statements and coordinate annual reporting requirements across legal entities.
• Manage external audit deliverables and technical accounting discussions.
• Ensure compliance with all statutory filing obligations.
• Manage and develop management accountants and finance analysts as applicable, promoting best practice financial control across the organisation, building capability and fostering a high-performance finance culture.

What Success Looks Like:

• Provide Month-end reporting delivered within set group deadlines.
• Create proposals around improving the month-end process & reporting.
• Create proposals around cost reduction in the business.

Qualifications & Experience:

• Qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent).
• Strong financial control and management accounting background.
• Experience leading month-end close processes.
• Experience managing statutory reporting and audits.
• Strong understanding of IFRS and regulatory reporting requirements.
• Ability to interpret complex technical matters and communicate clearly.
• Strong balance sheet and reconciliation expertise.
• Knowledge of internal controls and audit requirements.
• Excellent attention to detail and process discipline.
• Management experience.
• Ideally experience of working within a large multi-entity or group environment.
• Knowledge of ERP system Microsoft Business Central, Microsoft Power BI and IBM Cognos, or similar ERP/reporting tools.

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