Management Accountant Job Description
Management accountant
provides comparative analysis of READ-E, MCI, and INSURV results between TCSIT and non-TSCIT ships using Microsoft Excel Charts, Graphs, and Pivot Tables.
Management Accountant Duties & Responsibilities
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Have a working knowledge of Microsoft Office including Excel and Sage Line 50
Preparation of period end accounts including posting period end journals
Running periodic accounts meetings with the business heads, talking through key variance analysis and other commentary
Become the first port of call for any finance queries from the business
Period end reconciliation'ssuitable for audit standard review
Supervise and work closely with the assistant management accountant who will be responsible for preparing department accounts
Responsible for the headcount reporting across the business for salary costs and physical headcount variance analysis
Support the business and FP&A team with the preparation of annual budgets and adhoc re-forecasts
Assist in preparation of the audit files for both interim and annual audits
Coordinate Divisional financial planning and budget management functions
Management Accountant Qualifications
Qualifications for a job description may include education, certification, and experience.
Licensing or Certifications for Management Accountant
List any licenses or certifications required by the position: CIMA, ACCA, CPA, CFA, CMA, CA, MOD
Education for Management Accountant
Typically a job would require a certain level of education.
Employers hiring for the management accountant job most commonly would prefer for their future employee to have a relevant degree such as Bachelor's and University Degree in Accounting, Finance, Business, Economics, Management, Professional Accounting, Education, Accountancy, Business/Administration, Graduate
Skills for Management Accountant
Desired skills for management accountant include:
Excel
SAP
Microsoft Office Tools
IFRS
At least one major ERP
Integrated accounting package
Microsoft Excel
ERP systems and proficient use of MS Excel
Applicable legislation and the statutory and regulatory framework
Microsoft Office
Desired experience for management accountant includes:
Interpret margin analysis for under or over performance
Provide analysis and report on the redemption and costing of past promotions
Prepare adhoc reports for senior management
Oracle R12 experience would be a bonus
Systems experience also an advantage
Recommend benchmarks for measuring the financial and operating performance of the division
Management Accountant Examples
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Management Accountant Job Description
Job Description Example
Our innovative and growing company is hiring for a management accountant. To join our growing team, please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications.
Responsibilities for management accountant
- To input accounting data into the accounting system with speed and accuracy
- Raising IFS Division client invoices and reporting spend against key internal and client measures
- Ensure compliance with Company reporting requirements
- Assist FC and work with Divisional and company Contract managers to develop a comprehensive reporting process for the Division
- Establish and implement short- and long-range Divisional goals, objectives, policies, and operating procedures
- To investigate and answer routine queries arising from Budget Holders, Management and other Finance staff
- F Reporting
- Title revenue and cost accruals
- Allocations of shared costs
- Undertake budgeting and forecasting
Qualifications for management accountant
- Solid commercial finance experience
- Meticulous attention to detail / accuracy with numbers
- Experience of month end / accruals
- Control, process and system driven
- A good team player with the confidence to develop good relationships with a range of people across the business
- Newly qualified to 2 years PQE experience in industry/practice
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Our growing company is hiring for a management accountant. We appreciate you taking the time to review the list of qualifications and to apply for the position. If you don’t fill all of the qualifications, you may still be considered depending on your level of experience.
Responsibilities for management accountant
- Coaching, mentor and develop team
- Drive Controllership and MI Policy across Willis
- Develop driver based revenue and expense analysis (new business, retained business ) to provide greater insight into company performance
- Key member of Willis FP&A Management team in driving change projects across the Group
- Act as a business partner supporting the business with detailed analysis of department spend for management review
- Experience of costings work, particular job costings
- Qualified accountant (ACCA or ACA)
- Experienced accountant, 1-2 years post qualification
- Being familiar working in a deadline and demanding yet rewarding environment
- Weekly visiting and auditing the hotels to ensure the control of all sales revenue streams and expenditure
Qualifications for management accountant
- Be able to work on your own initiative within part of a team environment
- Part-qualified accountant (ACCA / CIMA)
- Good understanding of SOX controls or other control frameworks would be beneficial
- Experience of working with Oracle or Essbase would be beneficial
- Qualified accountant - CIMA, ACA, ACCA, CPA
- Excellent Financial ERP system knowledge
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Management Accountant Job Description
Job Description Example
Our growing company is hiring for a management accountant. We appreciate you taking the time to review the list of qualifications and to apply for the position. If you don’t fill all of the qualifications, you may still be considered depending on your level of experience.
Responsibilities for management accountant
- To assist the group purchasing manager in the effective control of all purchasing systems and stock control (nominated suppliers are being used
- To travel to hotels as the need arises
- To produce the monthly management accounts
- To produce the monthly commission statements
- To produce budget and forecast information
- To business partner with managers and directors by providing analysis and reports and advice as required
- Exposure to multi-currencies/legal entities
- To complete the month end files
- To produce monthly balance sheet reconciliations
- To support the Annual Statutory accounts and returns for European entities
Qualifications for management accountant
- Recently Qualified Accountant ACA, ACCA or CIMA ideally from a large practice background
- Newly qualified / Part qualified CIMA
- Qualified Accountant - preferably CIMA
- 5 years experience within a busy manufacturing environment
- An understanding of lean principles
- Start up experience desirable
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Management Accountant Job Description
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Our growing company is looking to fill the role of management accountant. We appreciate you taking the time to review the list of qualifications and to apply for the position. If you don’t fill all of the qualifications, you may still be considered depending on your level of experience.
Responsibilities for management accountant
- Provide ad hoc financial analysis on projects for which they are responsible, recommending systems and reporting solutions as required
- Provide cover for other team members as required
- Other such duties as requested by the Head of Planning and Analysis and the Head of Financial Operations which are commensurate with the post
- Work with Business Analysis team producing project information to be used to assess the commercial health of the organisation
- Assist in complete production of the Revenue Reporting and Analysis process
- Preparation of Management Accounts - including commentary for board - explaining variances to budget and forecasts
- Ensuring a detailed P&L are available within company deadlines
- Handling relation ship with business unit management and ensuring the understanding of their needs
- Improving systems and processes - for month end, budgets and forecast presentation
- Business partnering with management and bringing solutions to challenges faced
Qualifications for management accountant
- Weekly trading reports on detailed sales analysis, budgets and performance
- Monthly management accounts for both front margin and back margin
- Possess a natural questioning mentality with an ability to think on the spot
- A driven personality with clear ambition
- ACCA/CIMA part qualified or AAT fully qualified
- Someone who has progressed to Assistant Accountant level now looking for that next step
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Our company is growing rapidly and is hiring for a management accountant. Thank you in advance for taking a look at the list of responsibilities and qualifications. We look forward to reviewing your resume.
Responsibilities for management accountant
- Producing the monthly management accounts and providing key stakeholders commentary
- Monthly budgeting & forecasting process
- Proactively helping improve procedures, systems and reporting processes
- Business partnering with non-finance in order to extract financial information to help deliver commercial insight into the rest of the business
- Prepare accurate monthly management accounts for review by the FC
- Co-ordination of the periodic financial reporting, investigating & understanding variances with relevant parties Payroll & department and ensure that variances match those reported in the BSC, reconciliation of designated balance sheet accounts
- Accountable for the calculation and analysis of sales and margins for the stores and restaurants
- Provide information required for the year-end audit both internally and to the external auditors
- Capital expenditure appraisal
- Production of management accounts, including commentary and board packs
Qualifications for management accountant
- Experience in reviewing financial models and business cases
- Experience in financial management and the financial services industry
- The ideal candidate will want to progress throughout the company
- Support for a wide range of Decision Support activities such as analysis, the fulfilment of ad hoc requests, and special project activities
- Performs moderately complex accruals and actual fee sharing
- Experience at preparing and reviewing monthly financial reports