Management Accountant

Attewell is a fast-growing Aerospace manufacturing business based in Hayes, Middlesex. We are looking to recruit a Management Accountant to join our team on a 12 month maternity cover basis. We value diversity highly at Attewell, and we're able to offer an attractive and flexible package of working patterns and benefits to cater for people from a wide range of backgrounds and personal circumstances.

Role Profile

As a Management Accountant, you will be responsible for supporting the finance team in providing accurate and timely financial information to management including assisting with the production of monthly management accounts. You will work closely with our customer service, purchasing and despatch teams. You will need to have a keen eye for detail and ensure the ledgers are well maintained and any issues resolved promptly. The management accountant reports directly into the Financial Controller and acts as a business partner to other functions within the organisation, including sales, IT, technical, quality and production.

Key Responsibilities

• Support the accounts assistant in prompt resolution of AP and AR queries, including investigating and rectifying any invoice queries with support of purchasing, customer service and despatch.
• Overview and overall responsibility for purchase and sales ledgers.
• Ensuring bank reconciliations are completed including incoming and outgoing cash transactions in the cashbook.
• Review and support team on weekly business reporting including aged debtors, aged creditors, credit limit review and open proformas.
• Review and support team of daily reporting incorporating data to be used and presented at the morning production planning meeting.
• Provide vital support to the financial controller in reconciling financial records and performing journals, investigating aging balances, and reviewing bank reconciliations.
• Management of A Class customers ledger including reconciling customer accounts and collecting payments from customers based on agreed payment terms, communicating via both email and telephone to ensure cash is received in a timely manner.
• Manage weekly credit control meetings to update on when payments will be received and to highlight queries that exist and the actions that are required to resolve them with FC and FD.
• Support bi-weekly cash flow forecasts to Group finance, in conjunction with overseeing the reconciliation of all bank accounts and debtor and creditor ledgers.
• Preparation of weekly Managing Directors Report for Group.
• Ensure the completion of bi-weekly scheduled payment runs.
• Review GRNI and investigate aged balances.
• Generation and submission of monthly VAT returns.
• Ad hoc/various production of reports and other management information.

Month End Process

• Prepare monthly journals and reconcile general ledger accounts.
• Prepare balance sheet reconciliation for financial controller’s review.
• Complete labour analysis summary including temporary staff and overtime.
• Support the financial controller in handling monthly and quarterly financial accounting tasks to ensure timely and accurate month-end closing.

General

• Perform any ad-hoc projects or investigations as requested by the Financial Controller and/or Finance Director.
• Assist the auditors at year end with any information requirements or queries.

Key Experiences & Characteristics

• Minimum of 2 years' experience in a similar role and be eager to progress your career in a fast-paced role.
• Strong knowledge of UK GAAP and VAT reporting requirements.
• Use of ERP - experience ideally with SAP B1.
• Must be organised, thorough and accurate, always demonstrating a high level of professionalism and integrity.
• Impeccable attention to detail and faultless accuracy.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills to liaise with suppliers, customers and colleagues.
• The ability to organise, plan and prioritise to ensure all deadlines are met.
• Team player who enjoys working cross-functionally.
• Enthusiastic and highly motivated.
• Excellent analytical skills.
• Advanced level of Excel.
• Qualified, part qualified studier or QBE.
• This role also requires flexibility, reliability, and trustworthiness to successfully function within the finance team and company structure.
• Experience of a manufacturing business or stock management is desired.

Working Hours

Friday 8:15am to 12:45pm. From time to time you may be required to work additional hours to support the month-end close.

Benefits

• Attractive salary dependent on experience.
• 23 days annual leave, plus paid bank holidays.
• A flexible, supportive work environment with a diverse team.
• Employer pension contribution.
• Group Income Protection.
• Group Critical Health Insurance.
• Group Death in Service.
• Eligible for bonus based on company performance.
• Attractive enhanced maternity/paternity benefits.