Job Descrption
Management Accountant
Department: Business Support
Employment Type: Permanent
Location: Manchester, UK
Reporting To: Finance Director
Description
Empowering organisations to achieve their highest potential.
At Alcumus ISOQAR, we draw on our experience, knowledge, and ambition to empower organisations to achieve their highest potential. Through a portfolio of progressive solutions, we work with customers to strengthen their business through ISO certification, ISO training and consultancy, all delivered by our inhouse expertise.
The Management Accountant, you will play a pivotal role in financial operations. The primary responsibility will be to produce accurate and timely management accounts. It will also be involved in budgeting, forecasting, and providing ad hoc analysis for finance and cross-functional reporting. Month-end duties will form a significant part of the role and you will also play a key part in the annual audit process.
What that means day to day
- Preparation of Monthly Management Accounts monitoring performance against budget.
- Ownership of comprehensive revenue recognition processes.
- Production of Monthly financial MI
- Participation in financial performance reviews.
- Assist with year-end closing and preparation of documents for annual group audit.
- Assist with Budgeting/Forecasting activities.
- Responsible for Balance Sheet reconciliations and analysis.
- Identify areas for continuous improvement and drive change.
- Undertake ad-hoc duties as required and requested.
What you’ll need to be successful
Essential:
- Full/part Qualified Accountant (ACA, ACCA, or CIMA etc.).
- Competent with Microsoft Office Applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook).
- Excellent communication skills including verbal and written.
- Excellent numeracy and literacy skills.
- High degree of accuracy and attention to detail.
- Commitment to maintaining a high standard and quality of work and ethics.
- Able to work independently and as part of a team, openly sharing knowledge and skills.
- Analytical and able to identify issues, risks and opportunities for doing things differently.
- Strong organisational skills and ability to prioritise.
- Flexible to meet varying responsibilities as listed above.
Desirable:
- Proven working experience in a Management Accounts role.
- Advanced Excel skills are an advantage.
- Experience within the TIC sector.
- Knowledge of Financial Accounting Systems (preferably AX & Microsoft F&O).
What you'll get in return
Alcumus has a
hybrid workplace policy, where you will work from the office 3 days per week. We want you to be able to do your best work here. We emphasize providing many ways to support our team to do their best work and below are some of the perks and benefits we offer:
Personal Health & Wellbeing / Benefits
🍼 Enhanced Parental Leave 🌴Generous annual leave
🏥 Healthcare Plan💟 Annual Giving Day – an extra day to give back to yourself or your community
🚲 Cycle-to-work Scheme
Future Planning
💰Pension scheme with employer contributions
🧬 Life Assurance – 3X base salary
💸 Rewards Program – access to discounts and cashback
🏫 LinkedIn Learning License for upskilling & development
Interested but don’t feel you meet all the requirements?
Our recruitment team assesses and reviews all applications against the role and business needs. We believe in people having transferable and soft skills and want you to know that we do consider where an individual might not meet all the criteria, but have the aptitude and capability, nonetheless. Our priority is to ensure we set people up for success. We will make a final call based on our determining whether we can offer the necessary support to upskill or provide the developmental support needed for you to get the best out of this opportunity with us!
Bring Your Whole Self to Work.
Alcumus is proudly an equal-opportunity employer. We are committed to ensuring that no candidate is discriminated against because of gender identity and expression, race, disability, ethnicity, sexual orientation, age, colour, region, creed, national origin, or sex. We are dedicated to growing a diverse team while continuing to create an inclusive environment where everyone feels safe and empowered to be themselves.
What you can expect if you apply:
- A response to your application within 15 working days
- An interview process consisting of:
- An initial discovery call with the recruiter
- A first stage interview via Microsoft Teams
- Additional interview (likely face to face) with the stakeholders you’ll be working with closely in the role
We’re keen to ensure our hiring process allows you to be at your best, so if you need us to make any adjustments, please just let us know.
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