Current Vacancies

Finance Manager
Location: Yeovil
Salary: £40,000 + Benefits

This is a rare opportunity to join a successful manufacturing business employing approximately 30 staff. They are a long established family business benefiting from a well established Customer and supplier base with an enviable reputation for quality and innovation. The Managing Director is seeking a strong, commercially driven finance professional to work closely with. This is a new role for the company and crucial to secure not only the technical proven skills but the commercial acumen alongside a complimentary personality to work well within the senior leadership team.

Duties and Responsibilities:

The successful candidate will have worked within the manufacturing industry, be fully CIMA Qualified and possess a strong work ethic coupled with sound business acumen.
Previous experience of improving efficiencies within SME businesses is key as this role requires someone who can contribute at a micro and strategic level.
You will be able to face daily challenges, and have the ability to liaise with non finance people to include Directors, Suppliers, Customers and Staff regularly. You will need to have a flexible and enthusiastic approach and be able to change focus in line with business demands.

Qualifications and Skills:

Analytical, Pragmatic, Ambitious, qualified accountant with strong commercial bias within a growing organisation
Experience of developing and executing business strategy in a growing organisation
High level of personal integrity and the independence of mind needed to operate at Board level
Motivation and drive to continually improve efficiency of processes and business systems and controls as the business evolves and grows
Experience of managing and motivating small teams
Strong background in financial control, costing and reporting
Ability to manage, report, analyse and continuously improve financial reporting on a variance basis and in a timely manner.
You will have an attitude and ability beyond financial and administrative management - since aspirations for the new role are high. You will be expected to contribute strategically to and be a part of the leadership team. You will possess personal developmental capacity with the prerequisite to grow the organisation.
Motivated by challenge and opportunity- to work within a non bureaucratic, 'down to earth' profitable and innovative business
The change management experience and skills - to influence others and lead change in the organisation, with credibility as a member of the senior leadership team. The person will be seen as operating at a senior level and as a peer to other senior leadership members with the confidence to challenging thinking, innovate and apply.

Assistant Management Accountant
Location: Sheffield
Salary: £18,000 - £28,000

Our Client is currently looking for an Assistant Management Accountant within their Accounts department . The role is to support the Finance Manager so that together they can assist those managing the practice area in their understanding and effective use of management information to develop the business and increase overall profitability.

Responsibilities:

Prepare for review by the Finance Manager, monthly management information, analyses and narratives for distribution to internal clients.
Maintain the set of models to help understand the performance of the teams, in order to understand how they operate and provide suggestions for improving their profitability.
Liaise with the Management Accounts team to ensure relevant information and reports are supplied in a timely manner, in response to ad hoc user requests.
Provide ad hoc analyses, models, projections and investigations etc in response to queries raised by staff and partners of the firm as may be required from time to time.
Generally, to support and assist with achieving the objectives of the Finance Manager, and provide cover for the other members of the team

Skills:

CIMA, Part Qualified / Qualified
Knowledge of SAR (Solicitor Accounting Rules) would be beneficial
Experience of working in an accounting environment
Good general accounting experience, (e.g. preparation of Management Accounts and Budgets)

Assistant Management Accountant
Location: Poole
Salary: £25,000 - £30,000

This is a brilliant opportunity to join a leading company in its sector and assist in the successful accountants team

Duties and Responsibilities:

Reporting to the Finance Manager and providing an effective and efficient support function to the Finance Manager and the Finance Director
This role involves producing the monthly management accounts, submitting the VAT returns on a quarterly basis, maintaining cashflow forecast weekly, reconciling and monitoring balance sheet accounts, assisting in the budgeting process and additional reporting tasks as required.

Skills:

ACA, ACCA, CIMA Qualified would be beneficial
Experience in a similar role
A team player with the ability to work individually

Duties & Responsibilities

Management Accountant
Location: Newport
Salary: £35,000

Our Client, an industrial Energy provider is looking for a Management Accountant to join their busy Newport office.

Your role will be to support the Financial Director and provide a core function within the Finance team.

Responsibilities:

Production of monthly Management Accounts and cash flow forecasts for submission to group
Management of the detailed project budget and re-forecasting where appropriate
Day to day management of the project funds
Drawing funds from project facilities as appropriate
Day to day management of project bank accounts and authorisation of payments
Production of reporting as required under the project facilities and by the management team and investors
Development of systems to analyse project expenditure to aid management reporting
Responsibility for submission of the monthly VAT return and timely recovery of VAT, including liaison with HMRC where appropriate

Skills:

Qualified Accountant ACCA, CIMA or equivalent preferred
Experience in the energy sector beneficial
Strong analytical and interpersonal skills

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Senior Management Accountant
Location: Bath
Salary: circa £25,000

Our Client is seeking a Senior Management Accountant to join their supportive in the centre of Bath

You will provide the Deputy Director of Finance with meaningful, accurate and timely management information, oversee the production of the monthly management accounts and support the other areas of the business in respect of financial matters

Responsibilities:

Review month end reconciliations and control accounts prepared by the management accountant, sales and purchase ledger managers
Review all fee income and ensure that it is correctly analysed between the appropriate ledger codes and that it relates to the correct period
Prepare, with the assistance of the management accountant, and review the monthly management accounts
Prepare capital project statements and monitor against budget
Investigate variances identified in the management accounts
Analyse and report on income and expenditure at course level
Prepare quarterly VAT returns
Liaise with, make enquiries of and assist with financial queries raised by academic department budget managers
Present financial information to academic budget managers
Assist in the preparation of the annual budget and upload to the ledger

Skills:

CCAB/CIMA or ACCA qualified/part qualified or equivalent
Strong knowledge of Accountancy software preferred
Past experience in a previous Accounts role beneficial

We look forward to receiving your application should this role be of interest to you. At Heat Recruitment our vacancies are constantly changing! Therefore, please contact us to discuss further positions that may be of interest and suit your skills and experience. Furthermore, please do not hesitate to pass the Heat Recruitment details, or this vacancy, onto a friend or colleague who may benefit from this information.

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Management Accounts Senior
Salary: £30,000 - £40,000
Location: Northampton

This nationally based Accountancy Practice is looking for an experienced Senior Management Accountant to join their operation in Northampton to provide a comprehensive service to a portfolio of mixed business clients.

Responsibilities:

The preparation of Management Accounts from information and documentation received from clients, ensuring that all relevant deadlines are met
Monitor the progress of all VAT assignments carried out by the department
Oversee the progress of all in-house bookkeeping assignments, ensuring that all relevant deadlines are met
Provided technical advice and support to clients and staff in the use of the Sage Line 50
Accounting software
All in-house book-keeping PAYE and VAT assignments, the preparation of all analysis schedules as required

Skills:

Qualified by experience ACA/ACCA preferred
Excellent accounts preparation experience, preferably gained within the profession
Experienced in overseeing assignments, and in the delegation and supervision of staff
Conversant in the use of Sage Line 50, Word and Excel beneficial
Working knowledge of PAYE and VAT
Communication good written, verbal and active listening skills

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Management Accounts Supervisor
Salary: £23,000 - £30,000
Location: Bristol

This is a great opportunity for a Management Accountant to become part of an expending and developing consultancy environment based in their Bristol Head Office. This role is ideally suited to a Management Accountant who would like more diversity and variety in their work then is offered in a standard Management Accounting position.

Responsibilities:

Manage a portfolio of clients and approximately 5 management accountants with the respective teams
Ensure accuracy and quality of service delivered to clients
Assist with service function for the clients
Cash Management, Payroll and reporting, Monthly reporting and Accounts
Conference calls and meetings with local and international clients
Ensure all work is timetabled and controlled to ensure timely delivery within prescribed deadlines
Quarterly review of management accounts on a rolling basis
To ensure compliance with SAS70 procedures
Ensure open communication channels with team members through individual meetings and involvement within the team structure
Assist with internal audit programs to ensure management account operate effectively and with technical quality and competence

Skills

ACCA/CIMA part Qualified or Finalist or equivalent
Previous experience in a management Accounts role preferred
Good organisational and multi-tasking skills
Supervisory experience

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