Management Accountant in Manchester

Location: Manchester, UK

Workplace Values: Positivity, Respect, Ownership, Fun, Excellence, Success (PROFES) are the values that make up the heart of our culture at Amoria Bond, and we expect all our employees to consistently demonstrate these Behavioural Capabilities in the workplace.

• Positivity: Apply a ‘can-do / will-do’ attitude to your work, even when facing a challenging situation. Be considerate of how your behaviour may affect others around you, and be constructive in your communication.
• Respect: Be respectful in your treatment of your colleagues, clients, customers and suppliers at all times. Work with integrity and consideration of others.
• Ownership: Take ownership for your tasks and delivering your job responsibilities and achieving your performance standards. Be proactive and take personal ownership for finding ways to work smarter.
• Fun: Enjoy yourself at work! Look for ways to make the role more enjoyable for yourself and for others whilst working hard and getting the job done.
• Excellence: Strive for excellence and be clear about what are your personal goals in providing an excellent service for your customers, clients, suppliers and colleagues.
• Success: Always aim for success for yourself and your team. Be effective and realistic in planning and executing your duties to achieve your performance standards. Ask for help if you need it, and help others when you can.

ROLE OVERVIEW: The role is fundamental to produce month end reporting of financial performance and position of group entities. The incumbent will review financial information, produce journals and financial analysis, improve financial controls and financial reporting. The role will require adherence to monthly and annual deadlines.

DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES: The group has trading entities trading in UK, USA, Germany, Netherlands, Singapore and Malaysia. Some duties are entity specific and some are group wide.

• Preparation of management accounts, to include:

• Revenue and cost of sales accounting
• Sales and gross margin analysis
• Staff and operating cost accounting and reconciliations
• Adherence to group profit centre and chart of accounts rules
• Ownership of entity level and profit centre level reporting, KPI and variance analysis

Collaboration and Stakeholder Management: Collaborate with colleagues both within Finance department and stakeholders across the wider group to ensure sharing of ideas, best practice and resources. Attend calls and meetings as required. Be proactive in contributing ideas and implementing improvements to continuously evolve and improve. Proactively establishes and maintains positive and trusting relationships with colleagues within the Finance team and stakeholders across the wider group. Works effectively and positively as part of a team, offering solutions and support where appropriate. Works in line with PROFES values, and encourages others to do the same.

Best Service: Deliver on commitments made. Adhere with the Company’s Best Service Charter commitments and standards to deliver best service to colleagues, suppliers, candidates, clients and the wider community. Works with colleagues across from across the business to understand challenges and issues from different areas of the business, and develops appropriate solutions and processes, in response to these. Reliably and consistently upholds commitments made and adheres to agreed deadlines. Consistently delivers work that has a positive and measurable impact on business performance.

Personal Development: Take personal ownership of personal development and be proactive to continuously develop and build your own knowledge and skill set. Engage positively with learning and development opportunities provided by the company. Identifies training needs, and utilises the personal development allowance and LMS in order to develop skill set. Asks for feedback from peers and senior colleagues and is receptive to acting on this. Learns quickly from mistakes and challenges and is able to reflect on performance and make appropriate changes.

PERSON SPECIFICATION:

ESSENTIAL:

• Qualifications: Qualified (CIMA/ACCA/ACA)
• Experience: Prior experience of working in a similar accounting role in multi-currency and group setting – 2 years minimum. 5 years minimum in industry role. Revenue accounting under UK GAAP or IFRS. High volume transaction reconciliations.
• Knowledge: Advanced management accounting – explain performance/variances. Group accounting, e.g. multi-currency loan reconciliations. Experience preparing and reviewing control account reconciliations and balance sheets.
• Behaviours and Abilities: Strong attention to detail. A positive attitude, being punctual and reliable. Ability to communicate clearly to clients, contractors and colleagues. Ability to work under pressure and to deadlines. Ability to work effectively in a team. Ability to prioritise workloads and multitask.
• Other: Advanced excel skills (e.g. Pivot tables, look ups, sumif).

Amoria Group is proud to be an inclusive employer. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds, regardless of age, experience, or background.