We are working with a well-known restaurant and retail group with multiple locations across the UK.

They are looking for an enthusiastic Management Accountant to join their growing finance team.

The team is small, so this role offers you exposure across the whole business.

As the company is growing, there are often new tasks which arise and new projects which develop, and as such, the role is not limited to the list below.

Responsibilities include, but not limited to:

• Process purchase invoices and help monitor the shared invoices inbox.
• Deal with invoice queries.
• Complete supplier reconciliations.
• Review the aged creditors monthly and ensure all supplier accounts are reconciled and all old invoices are investigated.
• Assist with preparing weekly payment runs.
• Reconcile bank accounts and ensure receipts/invoices are attached to all expenses, including liaising with individual teams who use the company cards.
• Taking a lead with preparing the monthly management accounts for review by the FD.
• Maintain the fixed asset register for all companies and ensure depreciation calculated accurately.
• Reconciling balance sheet accounts at month's end and posting prepayments and accruals.
• Assist with reviewing and submitting quarterly VAT returns.
• Assisting with monthly payroll.
• Assisting in maintaining and improving our internal controls and processes as the finance function continues to grow.
• Ad Hoc finance tasks and projects for all departments as required.

Key Skills:

• Experience preparing management accounts, posting month end journals and reconciling the balance sheet.
• Experience in a Hospitality, Leisure, or Retail setting, ideally multi-site.
• Ability to resolve problems using own initiative and an eye for financial opportunities.
• Strong organisational skills and able to work independently, manage and prioritise a busy and varied personal workload, often working to challenging deadlines.
• A team player with a flexible, "can-do" attitude, taking initiative to solve problems.
• Excellent communication skills, both oral and written, with the ability to interpret and communicate financial information to non-financial colleagues.
• Enthusiasm for team building and strong working relationships.