Management Accountant / Cost Accountant - 9 month interim role (ideally to start by middle of January 2025)

Reading based (outskirts) - free parking (3 days in the office, 2 days at home)

£24ph - £30ph + holiday pay (pay rate depending on your experience / qualifications)

Gleeson Recruitment are delighted to be supporting our well-respected, high profile, multi-site business, as they seek an experienced Management Accountant / Cost Accountant initially for 9 months with a high potential of long term extension and potentially into a permanent role, subject to performance and sign-off. This is a varied and exciting Management Accountant / Cost Accountant position, where you will be supporting the business and the Financial Controller with a variety of different accounting duties, whilst working alongside the wider finance team of 6.

You will ideally be able to hit the ground running, and be an experienced Accountant, who can multi-task and add value to this £25 mn turnover B2B business who are work closely with their UK and International clients. You will also be available to start by the middle of January 2025, ideally, and be able and happy to commit to this 6 month role initially (potential long term extensions available subject to sign off and performance).

Your duties as a Management Accountant / Cost Accountant will include:

Assisting the Head of Finance with the production and reporting of monthly, quarterly and annual Management Account Packs as well as statutory audit information
Managing the technical finance requirements of their ERP accounting system
Assisting the Head of Finance with the maintenance of projects and contracts in order to ensure the integrity of revenue and margin reporting
Assisting with the forward-looking financial processes such as forecasting, budgeting and long-term planning
Preparing and submitting monthly, quarterly and annual management accounts
Maintaining the month end reconciliations and posting journals as needed - including fixed assets, inventory costs, journals, accruals, sales and bookings report, un-billed reconciliations, quarterly contract revenue report and completion of schedules
Preparing schedules for annual audit
Running the month end revenue recognition routines every Friday and also through the month to check performance to date
Overall management of the ERP accounting system, pulling through of the opening balances for new financial year, maintaining GL accounts, managing integration's and resolving any errors, closing any completed projects, processing delivered contracts, and troubleshooting any system queries where needed
Active involvement in all project budget review cycles and maintaining the systems with the correct budgets
Maintaining the capex tracker of actual and forecast spend vs budget
Assisting with preparation of monthly and quarterly forecasts, annual budgets etc
Assisting with any other ad hoc financial duties as requested by the Management Team The ideal Management Accountant will have the following profile:

Part Qualified or Finalist or Qualified, or Qualified by Experience
Experience in using an ERP system in a manufacturing environment potentially
Experience of Long Term Contract Accounting and Inventory an advantage
Intermediate/Advanced level user of Excel
Good attention to detail and happy to deal with all technical aspects of an ERP system, whilst also recommendation of any adjustments
Ability to communicate with staff from all levels within the business and with the US sites also
Be available at short notice to start the role - or ideally by mid October and be able to commit to a 6 month roleThis is a superb unique Management Accountant opportunity, based in Reading, where you will have the opportunity to work closely with the wider finance team as well as the non-finance staff on site and be warmly welcomed by the business. My client offers very modern offices, free parking and with very easy reach of all public transport routes.

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