Management Accountant Finance job description

Involves supporting the Group Financial Manager on all aspects of financial and management accounting for the Group. The objective is to produce accounts to trial balance stage, for inclusion in monthly management accounts, reported to the Board, with detailed support and checks for the annual financial accounts production.

1. Production of high quality monthly management accounts to timetable for 3 of the 5 companies within the Group, plus consolidation of results from the remaining 2 businesses for Group Accounts to facilitate production of a high quality set of Group consolidated accounts on a monthly basis (via excel);

2. Liaise and support the finance teams at the Group’s training subsidiary concerning their production and submission of monthly management accounts and related inter-company and vat issues;

3. Production of high quality monthly Group consolidated management accounts to the Group Board, based on the above;
4. Retaining overall responsibility - supported by members of the finance and payroll teams - for the import of key monthly journals to the nominal ledger e.g. payroll, sales, purchase ledger, cash and bank, including control checks on these;

5. Support the Group Financial Controller overseeing the development of financial controls and procedures, to include an internal audit process for care homes and domiciliary care divisions

6. Assisting with accounting issues concerning the sales ledger package

7. Assist with the production of the quarterly Group VAT return, including supporting the review of reports from the Finance Supervisor;

8. Assist with the production of aspects of the annual Group Budget, to cover all businesses, and develop new management targets. This includes setting of financial targets analysed in detail issued to Units early in the new financial year, and monthly monitoring of performance against these, including variance analysis;

9. Support the production of year end reports for external audit and also liaise with the Company’s external auditors on aspects of financial accounts including development of the trial balance for 3 of the 5 businesses within the Group;

10. Provide ad hoc support and guidance to Care Homes and Homecare teams on financial and administrative matters, as required e.g. implementation of residential care contract funding etc;

11. Carry out other ad hoc tasks as required e.g. supporting financial implications of new systems implementations.

Management Accountant Finance job description