Management Accountant in Great Sankey

Company Description

United Infrastructure is a dynamic and rapidly expanding business, focused on delivering critical infrastructure projects across the utility and social infrastructure sectors. Our team of highly skilled and hardworking specialists deliver innovative solutions to the complex challenges our clients face. Our company is split into two business areas:

• Utility Infrastructure – Our team of Utility Infrastructure specialists design, build and maintain critical water, energy (gas), power and telecoms infrastructure for the UK’s largest network owners and operators.
• Social Infrastructure - Our team of Social Infrastructure specialists revitalise homes and communities by carrying out a wide range of work, from retrofit to refurbishment, and maintenance.

Job Description

As a Management Accountant, you will be responsible for maintaining the accuracy of financial records through diligent reconciliation activities, with a particular focus on payroll accounting and related balance sheet controls. Previous experience working with payroll processes, payroll reconciliations, and associated accounting entries is essential for success in this role.

Working as a key member of the Record to Report team, this role is responsible for processing and reviewing accounts, including balance sheet accuracy and management, across multiple Business Units within UI. Adherence to and implementation of a strong control environment is critical. Working collaboratively across the Finance community to deliver results on time, this is a varied role within a busy general accounting shared service function.

Responsibilities include:

• Completing daily and monthly bank reconciliations
• Tracking and managing balances between trading partners
• Resolving trading partner disputes to ensure timely and accurate resolutions
• Managing the transaction process for all manual intercompany transactions (product and non-product)
• Recording transactions properly on both sides (Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable)
• Preparing and posting month-end accruals and managing the netting process
• Performing and reviewing financial close activities and enabling timely and accurate completion of close-related tasks
• Performing and reviewing account reconciliations and gathering proper supporting documentation
• Enabling compliance with US GAAP, company policies and procedures, and other regulatory requirements
• Providing support during audits, including preparation of audit documentation in response to auditor inquiries
• Preparing and entering journals into the system
• Supporting the preparation of management accounts and month-end duties
• Conducting timely balance sheet reconciliations at company-wide level as well as Legal Entity or Business Area level when required.

Qualifications

Skills and Experience:

• Strong attention to detail and accuracy with sound organisation skills to achieve deadlines.
• Successful relationship builder. Ability to communicate clearly across a range of customer contacts, from Site Finance Assistants to Group-level Directors.
• Strong technical background. Good understanding of controls and process. Focus on compliance and understanding the importance of internal (Period End) and external deadlines.
• Strong computer literacy, good/advanced user of Excel.
• Part qualified or QBE.
• Willing to get involved – this is a hands-on role; needs to balance leadership with technical knowledge and ensuring that tasks get done on time in full.
• Looks to take the initiative, to take ownership of their area. Happy to challenge the status quo in pursuit of greater efficiency.
• Pride in their work. Outputs from the Record to Report team are representative of the wider team. Attention to detail and excellent presentation are key.

Additional Information

Benefits:

• Bike to work scheme
• Company pension
• Life insurance
• Private medical insurance
• Wellness programmes
• Choice of 1 day per week WFH