Assistant Management Accountant

Position: Assistant Management Accountant (Contract)
Assistant Management Accountant - 6 Month Fixed Term Contract

A market leading International organisation in the fashion industry is seeking an Assistant Management Accountant to join their established team on a hybrid basis based in Central London on a 6 month FTC. You will be responsible for providing financial control and reporting to the UK team whilst working closely with the UK Controller.

Key

Responsibilities and Duties:

Invoicing income and expenses for clients, including recharges
Monitoring receivables and liaising with the outsourced credit control team and internal agents to achieve timely collection
Including weekly reporting of collections with commentary against forecast
Preparing multicurrency statements
Review and approval payment proposals for fees
Answering client and queries (including tax enquiries)
Oversight of vendor payments and liaison with group accounts payable function to ensure all AP payments are made on a timely basis
Ensure sufficient controls are in place for vendor creation/AP and AR process & work to improve these processes
Arrange and attend meetings with business leaders to ensure Global CRM system is up to date to track all confirmed deals plus anything in the pipeline

Financial and Management Accounting

Responsibility for the financial month end and year end close process to agreed timetable including financial review with variance commentary, including
Revenue Recognition analysis and journal entries
Balance sheet reconciliations with full supporting commentary for balances in line with group policy
Variance analysis of actual results against budgets & plan
Review of Travel and Entertainment expenditure
Reconciliation of petty cash
Regular meetings with the business supported by monthly finance reporting pack identifying KPI's
Assisting with ongoing initiatives to improve financial data and provide accurate reporting
Weekly cash-flow disbursements and 90-day cash forecasting

Other:

Working closely with the UK Controller and providing regular updates and raising issues promptly
Working closely with the UK Controller and Legal Counsel on all legal matters
Constantly reviewing all internal working schedules and championing improvement and change
You may also be required to carry out any other duties which are within the scope and purpose of the job Knowledge and

Experience:

Part Qualified/Newly Qualified (CIMA/ACA/ACCA or equivalent)
Confident and willingness to challenge commercial stakeholders
Flexible team player with the ability to work with commercial staff across the organisation, across different territories
Must be able to work on own initiative to identify and resolve problems

Required

Skills and Abilities:

Strong communication and team working
Proactive attitude
High attention to detail
Ability to work under pressure
Ability to prioritize workload
High level of numeracy

You will have gained experience in a similar role that is Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable in focus and have supported in the production of the Management Accounts. This is a 6 month fixed term contract that has the potential to be extended. This is also a hybrid role with 3 days based in the office in Central London.

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