Management Accountant Finance · UK ·

Management Accountant

Gerrards Cross(Hybrid)

Do you want to help shape software that affects thousands of lives?

Who are we?

We are ranked as the UK’s #1 construction specific software player and our mission is simple; to provide market leading end-to-end software solutions to the construction and construction like industries across the entire build life cycle.

If you are looking to build an exceptional career with an award-winning company you’ve come to the right place. Our teams are based in the UK, Europe, and India, working on products that are used on a global scale. We have a clear and defined road map to deliver over the next 3 years, which is centred around a large-scale digital transformation as well as continuing our growth and expansion.

We embrace diversity and equality and want our employees to be comfortable bringing their whole selves to work. We are committed to building a team with a variety of backgrounds, skills and views. Creating a culture of Equality isn’t just the right thing to do, it improves every aspect of our business.

Purpose

The Management Accountant is responsible for the preparation of monthly management accounts, preparation and analysis of company financial reports, providing assistance to the Head of Finance and ensuring, with the finance team, that data is processed accurately and in a timely manner to ensure reporting is real time.

Key Responsibilities

Financial:

• Responsible for the production of monthly management accounts, ensuring accuracy, compliance with company policies, and timeliness in completion.
• Work closely with the FP&A team to ensure that reporting on a business unit and functional level is accurate and in line with latest forecasts.
• Assist the team with the monthly accounting of operating expenses including salary costs, overheads, fixed asset depreciation and intercompany charges relating to various entities when required.
• Perform variance analysis and explain discrepancies between actual versus budgeted figures, identifying trends and areas for improvement.
• Responsible for managing the production and integrity of data for monthly reporting purposes.
• Responsible for monthly balance sheet reconciliations as part of the monthly reporting requirements.
• Assist with the preparation of monthly reports and board pack for the Executive Team and external stakeholders.
• Advise and assist key stakeholders with understanding the company’s financial reports, budgets, KPI’s and to assist in developing and enhancing this information so that it is easily understood and consumed.
• Assist with the preparation of annual financial statements for standalone and group companies and support the team during the audit process.
• Assist with managing group corporation tax filings and payments in all regions.
• Assist the team with the onboarding and integration of new acquisitions, including ensuring a smooth integration of acquired accounting functions into our current systems and processes.
• Assist with cash management on expenditure with hands on processing with the team as required.
• Monitor and report on operating cash flows, to ensure that management have timely and accurate information to support cashflow management.
• Assist the FP&A team with the annual budget process and provide ongoing assistance with forecasting and budgeting.
• Assist with the preparation and submission of quarterly VAT returns.
• Assist in process improvement and systems enhancement initiatives.
• Assist the team with new projects that arise as part of business objective.
• Ensure that all processes are documented and stored centrally.
• Provide information and analysis as required.
• Identify opportunities to improve processes to maximise efficiency and accuracy and reduce risk.
• Carry out analysis and reporting as required to support the requirements of the team.

Administration:

• Ensure that all processes are documented and stored centrally.
• Provide information and analysis as required.
• Identify opportunities to improve processes to maximise efficiency and accuracy and reduce risk.
• Carry out analysis and reporting as required to support the requirements of the team.

Essential Skills:

• Qualified/Part-qualified Accountant (CIMA / ACCA / ACA or equivalent).
• Experience of producing monthly management accounts and annual financial accounts.
• Experience of managing accounts against budgets and reporting on variances.
• Experience of working with different financial systems and preparing monthly reports from different data sources.
• Experience of accounts payable, bank reconciliations and ledgers in a multi-company environment.
• Experience of preparing accounting schedules and journals.
• Experience of working with corporate finance systems.
• Proficient in the use of MS Office applications including Advanced knowledge of Excel to analyse and manage data (ability to use functions such as Sum-if’s, V-Look ups, macros & pivot tables).
• Degree level, diploma or equivalent education preferred.
• Experience of integration of new acquisitions.
• Working with multiple financial systems.
• Previous experience working with external auditors.
• Excellent planning and organisational skills to successfully plan and co-ordinate a high number of activities, with excellent time management, prioritisation, resilience and the ability to remain calm and objective under pressure and meet deadlines.
• A high level of accuracy and obsessive attention to detail.
• Inquisitive, problem-solving mind with the ability to synthesise information, analyse problems and recommend solutions.
• Ability to collate, analyse and present information.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to perform data and statistical analysis to spot trends and anomalies.
• Ability to explain finances to non-financial colleagues.
• Articulate and focused with the ability to influence others.
• Track record and reputation for integrity, confidentiality, accountability and results.

Desirable Skills:

• Degree level, diploma or equivalent education preferred.
• Experience of integration of new acquisitions.
• Working with multiple financial systems.
• Previous experience working with external auditors.

Competencies:

• Excellent planning and organisational skills to successfully plan and co-ordinate a high number of activities, with excellent time management, prioritisation, resilience and the ability to remain calm and objective under pressure and meet deadlines.
• A high level of accuracy and obsessive attention to detail.
• Inquisitive, problem-solving mind with the ability to synthesise information, analyse problems and recommend solutions.
• Ability to collate, analyse and present information.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to perform data and statistical analysis to spot trends and anomalies.
• Ability to explain finances to non-financial colleagues.
• Articulate and focused with the ability to influence others.
• Track record and reputation for integrity, confidentiality, accountability and results.

What you get from us:

If you\’re looking to build an exceptional career with an award-winning company you’ve come to the right place. We believe everyone at Causeway has a vital role to play in our success. Causeway is fuelled by curiosity and is a place for people who beam with positivity and burn with ambition.

Our team is everything, so we’ll take good care of you. In fact, we give well-being the same priority as our other business goals. We’re strong advocates of work-life balance, offering hybrid working alongside the opportunity to work from modern, collaborative offices.

Our Values

We are United. As part of a team, we’re better together.

We are Agile. Be the change, we’re on a journey.

We are Trusted. Do the right thing, we own this.

We are Driven. Get stuck in, we make it happen.

Benefits

As a leader in employee engagement and people management, there are fantastic benefits and rewards at Causeway. We strive, year on year, to achieve recognition as an award-winning workplace that our employees love. We’ve selected just a few of the many benefits available below to show you how we take care of our Causeway stars.

• 25 days annual leave + public holidays, increasing with length of service.
• 4% matched pension.
• Income protection and life assurance.
• Access to our award-winning benefits platform.
• We take mental health seriously and have a dedicated EAP available 24/7.
• £100 allowance towards a fitness club.
• Dell discounts.
• Private Medical Insurance.
• Paid study leave + volunteering days.
• Car Scheme.

Like all responsible companies Causeway is aware of the need to recognise the importance of protecting our environment and addressing the climate emergency. Causeway is a carbon neutral company and we offset our calculated carbon footprint. However, we recognise that offsetting is not a permanent solution, so we set environmental objectives to reduce our footprint year-on-year.

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