Job description
Axon Moore are working with a well established logistics business who have a need for Management Accountant on a temp to perm basis. Reporting into the Financial Controller, you will be responsible for the line management of a small team, plus supporting the business to ensure end to end Management Accounts are produced in a timely manner.
Job Description:
Job Description:
- Support in managing and developing 5 direct reports
- Ensuring completeness of monthly fee invoicing, prepared on a timely basis in the most efficient manner possible
- Production of accurate and timely management accounts
- Ensuring all balance sheet reconciliations are carried out monthly including supplier statement reconciliations and the fixed asset register
- Analysis of P&L’s versus budget, prior periods and prior year
- Liaison with both client and suppliers to resolve queries and answer ad hoc requests
- Improving the current finance processes and procedures, and constantly seeking efficiencies
- Prepare year end reporting information for annual external audit purposes
- Cash flow management taking into account key supplier payment processes and managing payment runs
- Liaison with credit control function to ensure timely collection of fee invoicing
- Support the commercial accountant in the production of annual budgets and forecasts
- Liaison with the commercial team, the depot operational teams and the Commercial Accountant to highlight opportunities for increasing client profitability including active management of all cost areas
- Ad hoc projects including financial analysis to support business decision making
- Qualified Accountant or QBE
- Experience of 3PL/logistics or comparable business, including dealing directly with depot operational teams is preferential
- Experience of managing direct reports is preferential
- Experience of making improvements and changes in a fast moving environment which enhances profitability and the quality of management reporting
- An inquisitive, pro-active, problem solving nature is critical as is a drive for continuous improvement
- Strong organisational skills with disciplined focus on task completion to be able to manage themselves and the team through all reporting cycles
- Must be flexible and pragmatic in order to manage competing priorities to successful conclusion
- Comfortable liaising with all levels of the business both inside and outside Finance, and external stakeholders
- A team player, who can also work effectively independently, whilst leading their team to successful outcomes
- Excellent attention to detail, whilst also capable of understanding the bigger picture
- Strong excel skills in order to manage large volumes of data from current system
