Interim Management Accountant Job Description Template
Our company is looking for a Interim Management Accountant to join our team.
Responsibilities:
- Reviewing and challenging the business leads on overhead cost accounting;
- Budgeting, forecasts and variance analysis;
- KPI reporting and providing commentary to the Senior Leadership Team;
- Balance sheet reconciliations, including control accounts and provisions;
- Financial analysis and forecasting;
- Providing cover for payroll and sales ledger teams;
- Preparation of detailed monthly management information;
- Preparation of management accounts, Analysis of product sales; analysis of manufacturing costs, indirect and direct costs;
- Providing support to the wider business on any aspect relating to finance;
- Preparing weekly sales reports;
- Liaise with internal and external auditors;
- Develop and manage financial controls, policies and processes;
- Point of contact in finance for sites employees;
- Quarterly VAT reconciliations;
- Preparation and submission of quarterly VAT returns.
Requirements:
- Overseeing junior staff members;
- Professional manner with strong communication skills;
- Professional qualification or qualified by experience;
- Knowledge of Sage is desirable but not essential;
- Qualified Accountant;
- Sage experience;
- Strong experience in excel;
- Can do approach- stay calm under pressure;
- Good working knowledge of Excel (formulae, pivot tables, charts, graphs)- knowledge of macros is desirable, but not essential;
- Large data streamlining;
- Understanding of accounting concepts and principles;
- Month end process;
- Ability to analyse and interrogate data, with a good attention to detail.