# Management Accountant

**Company**: Howden
**Experience**: mid
**Job type**: permanent
**Category**: Finance
**Industry**: Insurance

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## Description

We are seeking a Management Accountant to support the management accounting and financial control function at Howden, a global insurance group. The successful candidate will play a key role in supporting the Financial Controller in maintaining and developing a strong financial control environment.

**Key Responsibilities:**

- Support month-end and quarter-end processes to ensure accurate reporting to agreed timelines

- Support balance sheet integrity through preparation of balance sheet reconciliations and review of those prepared by the Management Accountants

- Support the Financial Controller in maintaining a robust financial control environment, including documentation and evidencing for key controls

- Prepare debt monitoring dashboards and aging analysis, including calculation of bad debt provision

- Prepare cash flow forecasts, monitor actual performance to cash assumptions, and highlight risks and opportunities

- Prepare quarterly analytical reviews of P&L and Balance Sheet for the Group Finance team

- Support the end-to-end audit process, including liaising with auditors, supporting audit queries, coordinating with non-finance teams, and evidence provision

- Prepare information required by the Group Tax team (Corporation Tax and VAT)

- Support review of work completed by the Management Accountants and Assistant Management Accountants

- Support compliance with Group accounting policies and statutory standards

- Support implementation of improvements to processes to strengthen financial control and increase efficiency

**Key Skills/Experience:**

- Recently qualified accountant

- Strong management accounting and financial control background

- Detail-oriented with a dedication to financial accuracy and integrity

- Experienced in working with external auditors

- Proactive in identifying process improvements and driving efficiencies

- Collaborative and able to build positive relationships with both financial and non-financial stakeholders

**What we offer:**

- A career that you define

- Opportunities for growth and development in a dynamic and supportive environment

- Flexible working arrangements, including flexible hours and hybrid working

- Reasonable adjustments to ensure that our positions align well with your needs

## Skills

### Required
- management accounting
- financial control
- balance sheet reconciliations
- cash flow forecasting
- analytical skills

### Nice to have
- accounting qualification
- external auditor experience

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