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Management Accountant

Salary : £45,000 to £50,000

Permanent, Full-Time

Location : Gateshead, Tyne & Wear

A well-established recruitment business, based in Gateshead, is seeking to recruit an experienced and commercially focused Management Accountant to lead the finance function and play a key role within the management team, as the business continues to expand and develop.

Key responsibilities:

* Ownership of monthly MI reporting, comprising branch level Profit and Loss reports, detailed sales and margin analysis and insight into variances against budgets and historic performance.

* Responsibility for preparation of monthly management accounts, including balance sheet reconciliations, journal posting and overhead analysis

* Preparation and submission of VAT Returns.

* Payroll RTI submissions.

* Management, support and development of finance department team members in payroll, sales ledger and purchase ledger functions.

* Supporting the external annual audit process.

* Management of Invoice Discounting and Banking facilities.

* Primary contact for internal and external stakeholder communication.

* Taking an active role within the senior management team, providing a finance based approach to key business decision making processes.

Knowledge, skill and experience:

* Holder of or working towards a recognised accounting qualification or QBE.

* Strong technical accounting knowledge and commercial acumen.

* Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.

* IT literate with expertise in Excel and financial modelling.

* Familiarity with Sage 50 accounting software advantageous but not essential