Management Accountant

Posted Today by Jigsaw
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£35,000 - £40,000 per annum
Harrogate , North Yorkshire
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Posted by Jigsaw
The Role 

We have a fantastic opportunity for a Management Accountant to join us at our newly renovated and stylish office in Harrogate Town Center.  This is a fixed term contract for a period of 6 months to Support the Finance Manager and Senior Team with all financial and accounting processes for the Group.  The successful candidate will assist with the development and coaching of the junior members of the team, be a strong team player, providing encouragement, insight and support where necessary.  They will Innovate and enhance internal processes to bolster financial reporting across the business, whilst maintain meticulous records and an audit trail to support the financial accounts of the business. 

Fixed Term Contract - 6 months
Salary: £35,000 - £40,000

Financial Operations
  • 1st line management of the junior members of the team, answering their questions and allocating tasks.
  • Provide financial guidance and advice to stakeholders, customers, and clients as required
  • Oversight of credit control and monitoring bad debt
  • Adhere to the company's financial policies and procedures.
  • Insurer Statements – reconciliation and accountability for monthly payment
  • Billing out to breakdown wholesale brokers and agents, ensuring accurate reconciliation of money received. Including continuous improvement line of effort to clear historic balances and unallocated payments.
  • Ability to provide financial trading forecasts, aligning with business revenue targets and EBITDA

Responsibilities
Month end
  • Perform month-end closing processes and reconciliation work.
  • Analysis of financial data for ad hoc requests and assist with financial reporting to the Finance Manager.

Treasury
  • Assist with treasury management, monitor outgoing and incoming movement in funds on a daily basis 
  • Reconciling bank accounts across multiple entities and ensuring that all bank reconciliations are completed on time by other members of the team.
  • Completing weekly and monthly supplier pay cycles for suppliers, insurers and recovery agents. 

Projects
  • Assists with the implementation, maintenance and review of financial controls.
  • Suggest changes or improvements to increase accuracy, efficiency, and cost reductions.
  • Other duties include, but are not limited to; training, ad hoc project work, responding to finance queries from the wider business.

The Candidate 
  • Qualified Accountant or working towards ACA, CIMA, ACCA or AAT
  • At least 2 years experience within a similar role
  • PC literate and able to pick up new systems quickly
  • Advanced Excel skills. Able to handle large volumes of data and experience using pivot tables and power functions (“vlookups”, “sumifs”, “if” statements etc…)
  • Experience using Sage 50 is desirable
  • Experience of working in a regulated environment is desirable
  • Ability to manage multiple priorities and meet tight deadlines
  • Excellent problem-solving abilities
  • Proactive and self-motivated
  • Ability to work well under pressure
  • Persistence and determination
  • Possess outstanding verbal and written communication skills, along with the ability to influence stakeholders.
  • Exhibit a positive, can-do attitude and a strong commitment to driving continuous improvement.
  • Be able to take ownership for tasks and be able to complete to a high standard, sometimes with minimal supervision.

Further information
 As well as a competitive salary we offer the following benefits -
  • Competitive holiday allowance with the annual option to buy additional days 
  • Death in Service benefit of x4 salary
  • Company pension scheme
  • Enhanced maternity and paternity leave packages
  • A flexible benefits package which allows you to add additional benefits to your overall package
  • Our benefits portal offers discounts on technology & electronics, cinemas, restaurants, days out, mortgage advice, travel and many more
  • Referral schemes 
  • Discounted rates on PIB products
  • We offer a first-class employee benefits and welfare package to support our employees with financial management, cycle to work scheme, counselling support, health screening, will writing, menopause support, books, stopping smoking and much more
  • If supporting the local community, engaging with charities and having the opportunity to ‘give something back’ interests you, you have the opportunity to take an extra day to support this with a Volunteering day.
  • We also offer a wide range of discounts including a kids pass – giving you discount to over 4500 attractions and activities, discounts at hairdressers and beauticians, climate change projects with lots of other options to choose
  • PIB has a comprehensive learning & development framework, including professional study options and apprenticeships which are available to all employees, and which will support your career development
  • Being a part of our PIB Community Trust, we support fundraising where you can apply for grants from PIB Group towards your chosen charity

We are proud of our success and growth and have been recognised for many industry awards across our business.  If you wish to work for a company that truly puts people at the heart of their organisation, then we would love to hear from you.  PIB operates a flexible working policy, and our management teams will talk to you about how that would meet both your flexible working needs and those of the business and role you are applying for. We would love to hear from you if you want to hear more about opportunities in PIB. 
We are an equal opportunities employer, committed to hiring a diverse and inclusive workforce. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, colour, gender, religion, disability, age, sexual orientation or any other characteristic protected by law.

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