Rutherford Cross is delighted to be engaged on a 18-month Interim Senior Management Accountant role with our client based in Bellshill offering hybrid working.

Job Duties and Responsibilities:

Internal Reporting

• Month-end reporting including the preparation and ownership of all the working papers
• Preparing and posting of journals to the ledger, including month-end journals e.g., biomass and stock entries, accruals, and prepayments
• Responsible for publishing month end analysis with commentary
• Maintaining the Fixed Asset Register
• Capex reporting and lease accounting (includes ROU leases under IFRS)
• Preparing the Group consolidation (under IFRS)
• Working with the Management Account to ensure they own the P&L and help their development through feedback and support

External Reporting

• ONS Questionnaires
• Deal directly with audit queries
• Insurance and biomass submissions to SSPO, Crown Estate etc

Provide Support to Manager

• Ad hoc queries arising internally or externally
• Understanding of ex-cage costs, mortalities, and biomass movements
• Implementing improvements to the current processes, including reducing the month end timeline
• Being able to identify and flag issues around controls and identify errors within numbers reported
• Statutory reporting and disclosure schedules

Business Support

• Being initial point of contact for queries relating to accounts (excluding AR/PR related queries)
• Forming strong relationships with Operational and support teams to understand costs at each site and any issues being identified through the reporting
• Working with the sites to resolve any issues they are facing, as well as looking to provide solutions or improvements where possible
• Being an advocate for business partnering

Skills Required:

• Advanced technical accounting knowledge to support internal and external reporting including current knowledge of accounting standards under UK GAAP and IFRS
• Experience with ERP and excel
• Ability to work to deadlines
• Proactive approach to resolving issues and putting in place sustainable solutions
• Curiosity to learn about the business and form relationships to enable this
• Accomplished in identifying information or knowledge gaps within the business and able to provide workable solutions

Our client is an equal opportunities employer and positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status or pregnancy and maternity.