Management Accountant

  • Job Sector: Onshore
  • Location: Aberdeen
  • Job Type: Permanent
  • REF: VP79
Description of function

The job holder is responsible for the management accounting for the assigned entities through the provision of financial and operational reporting, guidance and a sound system of internal control.

Job responsibilities
  • Ensuring the provision of high quality financial and management information and reports that allow for improved decision-making and performance tracking, and which comply with local, Group and statutory reporting needs and accounting policies
  • Preparation and submission of forecasts, management accounts and narrative for assigned business entities, for review by the Financial Controller, to tight deadlines
  • Preparation and submission of the quarterly forecast and annual budget submission
  • Responsible for the integrity of the entities nominal ledger
  • Cash management, reporting and forecasting for entities assigned
  • Assisting in completion of corporation tax packs which are submitted to the Group Tax Department
  • Completing quarterly/bi-monthly VAT return
  • Enhancing management information to reflect changing needs of management and to drive the business forward
  • Reconciling and reporting of intercompany balances
  • Reconciling Fixed assets including the preparation of capital sanctions for Senior Management
  • Preparing Statutory accounts
  • Assisting in improving, developing and monitoring controls
  • Producing and/or analysing detailed product costing and margin analysis within entities
  • Calculation and setting of cost rates, labour analysis
  • Analysing, monitoring and controlling of R&D spend (when applicable)
  • Continual improvement of current accounting system to support the finance function
  • Providing cover and supporting the department as and when needed, e.g. assisting with the completion month end duties for team members.
  • Analysing and reporting on trend, variances and performance issues.
  • Reporting information to both local management and PLC group as required.

 

CAPABILITY PROFILE; KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

Essential:

  • Qualified Accountant or willingness to work towards a Professional Accountancy qualification
  • Educated to degree level in relevant subject area (e.g. Accountancy)
  • Demonstrating continuing professional development relevant to the accounting qualification
  • and the role
  • Proven post qualifying experience and demonstrable experience in a similar role
  • Experience of working in a similar role (preferred) or other relevant working experience
  • Excellent working knowledge of Microsoft Office applications, in particular Excel
  • Highly proficient in spoken and written English

Desirable:

  • Knowledge and experience of an ERP system, ideally Microsoft D365
  • Full Driving Licence

Personal Qualities:

  • Excellent communication (both written and oral), influencing and interpersonal skills
  • High degree of commercial acumen
  • Highly professional conduct
  • High level of accuracy and strong organisation skills
  • Ability to prioritise workload
  • Systematic and methodical approach to problem solving
  • Ability to challenge
  • Enthusiastic
  • Ambitious

 

4 Bon Accord Square Aberdeen AB11 6DJ
T: +44 (0)1224 592137 VAT No: 127 5568 93