Description
Interim Technical Accounting Manager job (Hybrid) with a leading Glasgow based business for a 6-9-month period, reporting to the Head of Accounting & Reporting.
You will be responsible for:
- Preparing annual statutory and monthly management accounts including liaison with auditors as required
- Posting accurate prepayments, accruals journals and all other journal entries monthly to ensure accuracy of financial results
- Reviewing all capital, depreciation, accounts payable, accounts receivable, cash, intercompany and other transactions to ensure accuracy and completeness
- Liaising with budget holder’s pre-month end to ensure any accruals required are actioned
- Comparing monthly results to the budget and / or forecast to identify any variances
- Preparing monthly balance sheet reconciliations
- Providing monthly VAT returns to the Tax Manager
- Supporting the annual budgeting and regular forecasting processes with information as required
- Ensuring all key financial controls are operating, working with the Risk and Controls Manager to ensure all controls in place are required and redundant controls are retired
- Attending monthly Board meetings
- Continually challenging current thinking and making recommendations on how to optimise business opportunities and minimise risk / cost to the business
- Supervising and appraising staff as required
- Providing ad hoc support to various departments and teams across the business as required
Applications are welcomed from fully Qualified Accountants with excellent technical accounting knowledge, as well as experience producing / auditing both management and statutory accounts for large-scale organisations. The ideal candidate will enjoy building solid relationships at all levels of an organisation and can work collaboratively across all business functions. Strong analytical and problem-solving skills are key for this role. High level working knowledge of Excel is also essential. This role offers hybrid working with 2-3 days per week required on site.