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Management Accountant

Status: Actively looking
Location: London
Desired location: London,Berkshire
Exp. years: 10+
Specialisms: Management accounts, budgets & forecasts, variance analysis, multicurrency
Job Type: Permanent,Contract
Availability: Short notice
Overview:

Candidate Summary:

A part-qualified CIMA professional with a strong background in accounting and financial management. They have demonstrated experience in using a variety of software systems including Oracle, SAP, NetSuite, SAGE, and Excel. The candidate has a strong ability to handle a range of accounting tasks including balance sheet analysis, cost accruals, prepayments, payroll journals, intercompany recharges, bank reconciliations, and audit queries. They have also shown competence in project cost reporting, credit control, cash forecasting, and managing a team.

Employment: Property Management Accountant

2023 - Present

Currently handling the production of monthly management accounts, full P&L and balance sheet analysis for eight entities, updating the trial balance and reconciling the balance sheet accounts, assisting with the budgetary process, and implementing a new accounts payable system. They are also responsible for reconciling the bank on a weekly basis, posting monthly depreciation, and assisting the finance systems manager to integrate five property entities into Oracle from Excel.

Management Accountant

2021 - 2023

Responsible for balance sheet and P&L accounts analysis, cost accruals, prepayments, accrued/deferred expenses, payroll journals, salary allocations, and depreciation. They also handled intercompany recharges to various entities, updating quarterly management accounting packs, and assisting with audit queries.

Assistant Accountant

2019 - 2021

Handled monthly asset depreciation, maintained the fixed asset register, and handled project cost reporting for management and quantity surveyors. They also dealt with accounts payable and receivable, bank reconciliations, and purchasing queries.

Assistant Accountant

2018 - 2019

Responsible for month-end utilities prepayments journal, breakdown of IT intercompany recharges, approving invoices, balance sheet reconciliations, and journal posting of PDI costs.

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