Interim Accountant - Contract

Ref: 404 | Posted: 26th May 2021

Accounts

St Albans

up to £40,000 per annum plus bonux

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Ellis Mason are recruiting for an INTERIM ACCOUNTANT to join a leading FMCG company based in St Albans on a contract basis of 4 - 6 months.

This role is for a qualified or part qualified management accountant, with experience in preparing management accounts, budgeting, P&L, forecasting, cost and project accounting. This position will also be required to support the accounts receivable and accounts payable team in process improvement and other areas.

Specific Duties and responsibilities:

Profit and Loss – account analysis, variance reporting;
Balance Sheet – account reconciliations and analysis;
Monthly and quarterly management accounts and group financial statements
Sales reporting and profitability analysis (product, customer);
Journal entries – creation and posting to SAP;
Company Taxation – PAYE, VAT (plus Intrastat);
Support AP and AR –set up and monitor KPI’s, review of ledgers;
Provide cover for AP – strong understanding of all AP processes required;
Support customer rebates administration;
Group intercompany reconciliations;
Support head of finance for audits and other compliance roles
Supporting head of finance with group reporting
Coordinate month and year end close within set deadlines;
Statutory reporting;
Build business partner relationship with all managers and staff;
Set up procedure manuals for all AP and AR tasks;

Key Skills:

Experience of HMRC,VAT, PAYE payments
Bank reconciliations
Pre-payments and accruals
Excellent IT skills – with exceptional Excel ability and knowledge
SAP experience/knowledge would be an advantage
Strong management accounts experience
Management/leadership skills
Sound commercial/business awareness
Excellent communication and presentation skills
An analytical and organised approach to work
High numeracy and sound technical skills
Problem-solving skills and initiative
Negotiation skills and the ability to influence others
Strong attention to detail and an investigative nature
Good time management skills and the ability to prioritise
The ability to work as part of a team and to build strong working relationships
The capacity to make quick but rational decisions
The potential to lead and motivate others

Additional Responsibilities:

Statutory accounts preparation, year end audit and group reporting;
Annual budget, plan and rolling forecasts;
New product and customer costings;
Develop sales forecasting
Maintain company Asset Register

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A recruitment agency you can trust, Ellis Mason have been matching talented candidates with new job opportunities since 2017. Working with Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire & Cambridgeshire’s most successful businesses, Ellis Mason specialise in commercial recruitment; recruiting people skilled in administration, customer service, HR, finance, marketing, IT & more.

Being an independent recruitment agency means we really get to know our candidates. Saving time for both employers and employees by making the best possible matches. Acting as both a recruitment business and recruitment agency in the fulfilment of this role.

Thank you for your application, Where possible, we endeavour to contact all candidates, however due to the volume of applications, we ask that if you have not heard from us within 7 days to please accept that your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion.