Senior Management Accountant

Location

Bromley, Greater London | United Kingdom

Job description

Job Title: Senior Management Accountant

Location: The Acorn Group Head Office - Bromley Kent

Brand : Acorn

Salary : Competitive Salary Package

Hours: Monday to Friday from 8:30am to 5:30pm, please note that Hybrid working will be available for up to 2 days a week from home.

About The Acorn Group:

Renowned as market leaders, The Acorn Group is London's largest multi-brand estate agency. We offer our clients the best brands, with the best people, in the best locations and in 2022 we were acquired by the Leaders Romans Group.

Job Summary and Key Responsibilities:

An opportunity has arisen for an articulate individual with a keen eye for detail, and meticulous with data, to join one of the UK’s leading property specialists in the key role of Senior Management Accountant.  Specialising in lettings, sales and property management, Acorn boasts an unrivalled passion and expertise for working in the property market. With substantial growth plans we are looking for talented and proactive individuals who are able to manage the demands of a high volume, multi-site business, whilst embracing our ethos and further enhancing the professional, high-quality and personal service we provide. We offer learning opportunities to our employees that provide great ways to gain and enhance skills, knowledge and experience that may be needed at certain stages of their career. These are available for both new and existing staff subject to line manager approval.

As a Senior Management Accountant, we are looking for an individual who can provide effective Management Accounting service to the business, maintaining the General Ledger, ensuring the completeness and accuracy of the company's financial records, providing timely information to the business.

Duties include:

• Ensure accurate preparation of the monthly management accounts for the specified divisions, including revenue, prepayments, accruals and fixed assets.
• Prepare necessary journals to account for revenues and costs (including accruals and prepayments), ensuring all entries are accurately processed through the GL so that Management Accounts are produced and issued in accordance with internal guidelines in appropriate formats.
• Provide insightful P&L variance analysis and commentary of revenues and costs to Finance, ensuring the accuracy and legitimacy of the accounts.
• Taking ownership of the designated Divisional P&L and business partnering including attending monthly/quarterly meetings with Regional Directors.
• Identify and implement process improvements to drive greater efficiency, improve accuracy in the production of the management accounts.
• Ensuring the Balance Sheet is Audit compliant, working with the team to resolve any anomalies in the correct period and ensuring the schedules are clean, robust and ready for the Annual Audit.
• Provide necessary support during Audit process by dealing with any queries from Auditors.
• Provide cover for other members of the team as appropriate.
• Other duties as are within the scope and spirit of the job and the title of the position that may arise from time to time or as required by management members of the team as appropriate.

Skills required:

• Good written and oral communication skills 
• Able to plan and prioritise 
• Excellent IT skills - Experience of Microsoft suite of products, Word, Excel (pivot tables, v-lookup) etc
• Attention to detail 
• Able to analyse and summarise high volumes of data
• Able to communicate at all levels 
• Experience of Microsoft Dynamics (GP, AX, or 365)
• Experience of multi-site businesses with high volumes of data and cost centres.
• Knowledge of Divisional / Regional / Branch accounting.
• ACCA or CIMA qualified. 
• GCSE Maths and English (Grade C or above).
• Experience of working in a sales orientated industry

What we can offer you:

• Proven track record for career growth and advancement within the company
• Market leading training and ongoing professional development
• Supportive and collaborative team environment

Benefits

• Excellent career opportunities.
• Structured Training and support.
• Generous Holiday allowance, increasing by 1 day per year based on service with the option to purchase an additional 5 days holiday per year.
• Access to an Employee assistant programme including access to a virtual GP 24/7 and mental health first aiders.
• Retail discounts.

The Acorn Group as part of the Leaders Romans Group, are an equal opportunities employer and encourage candidates of all backgrounds to apply. We look forward to welcoming a dedicated individual to our team, who shares our commitment to excellence in the Real Estate Industry.

Leader Romans Group does not engage the services of Recruitment agencies for the purpose of hiring. All job openings are managed directly by our Internal Recruitment team. We do not accept unsolicited CVS’s or candidate referral from Recruitment agencies, and any such submissions will not be considered.

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