Management Accountant
Job description
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We are delighted to be working with a national management company who are looking for an experienced Management Accountant to join their Head Office based in Darlington. Full time, permanent, hybrid opportunity.
You will have a solid management accounting background with a strong matching concept, excellent excel skills and good communication skills with the ability to discuss finance with non financial staff. You will join a the northern support office who provide a five star professional service. Personality is also key for this role as is being a person who is happy to roll your sleaves and really care about the end result.
Reporting the Financial Controller your duties will include:
- Prepare and post monthly journals, accruals and prepayments
- Reconcile balance sheet accounts
- Lead the reconciliation of annual contract costs
- Ensure accurate fixed fee profit reporting
- Variance analysis and trends
- Providing accurate date for operational managers
- Process improvements
- Assisting with budgeting , forecasting and year end
The successful candidate:
- A very hands on and accountable Management Accountant
- Qualified or qualified by experience
- Excellent Excel skills
- Proven ability to communicate finances to non financial ops managers
- Ability to multi task
If you enjoy getting stuck into the detail and delivering high quality work, being part of a team and hitting deadlines this role is for you. You will join a successful business that has grown continually the group is diverse which gives this role broad scope to influence the business.
Excellent working environment, fantastic benefits available.
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⭐ Highlight your management accounting qualification or equivalent experience at the top as this role requires qualified or qualified by experience candidates
📊 Quantify your Excel expertise: "Created variance analysis dashboards tracking £2.4M monthly contract costs"
🎯 Emphasise your ability to communicate finance to non-financial managers as this is specifically mentioned as essential
🔍 Showcase your balance sheet reconciliation experience as you'll be leading annual contract cost reconciliation
🤝 Demonstrate your hands-on approach and accountability as personality is key for this Darlington-based role
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- •Led annual contract cost reconciliation for 45 client agreements worth £8.2M, identifying £127k in previously unrecognised revenue
- •Implemented Excel-based variance analysis dashboard reducing monthly reporting time by 35% whilst improving accuracy of fixed fee profit reporting
- •Prepared monthly journals and balance sheet reconciliations for 12 cost centres, maintaining 99.8% accuracy across accruals and prepayments
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Dear Hiring Manager,
Spear-heads' focus on delivering five star professional service through your northern support office aligns perfectly with my management accounting expertise and passion for accurate financial reporting. My proven ability to communicate complex financial concepts to non-financial managers and advanced Excel skills make me an ideal fit for this Darlington-based role.
My background in management accounting includes extensive experience with balance sheet reconciliation, variance analysis, and monthly journal preparation. I have successfully led contract cost reconciliation projects and implemented process improvements that enhanced reporting accuracy and efficiency.
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Interview questions
10 questions generated from this advert.
Technical
- ›How would you approach reconciling annual contract costs for a national management company?
- ›Describe your process for preparing monthly journals, accruals and prepayments
- ›What Excel functions do you use for variance analysis and trend reporting?
- ›How do you ensure accurate fixed fee profit reporting?
- ›Walk me through your approach to balance sheet account reconciliation
Behavioural
- ›Tell me about a time you had to explain complex financial information to non-financial managers
- ›Describe a situation where you identified and implemented a process improvement
- ›Give an example of when you had to manage multiple tasks while meeting tight deadlines
- ›Tell me about a time you took accountability for a challenging financial reconciliation
- ›Describe how you've worked as part of a team to deliver high quality financial reporting
STAR answer examples
Model answers using the Situation-Task-Action-Result framework. Adapt to your own experience.
Tell me about a time you had to explain complex financial information to non-financial managers
Describe a situation where you identified and implemented a process improvement