Description
As a Management Accountant at Howden, you'll provide accurate and timely accounting services for business unit and operating entity reporting, alongside financial analysis that supports business planning.
Your responsibilities will include:
- Producing monthly management accounts and reporting information accurately and to agreed deadlines
- Preparing general ledger and month-end journals, including intercompany, recurring charge and international payroll entries
- Delivering monthly revenue reporting, including technical ledger postings and reconciliations
- Owning balance sheet reconciliations, investigating discrepancies and driving issues through to resolution
- Supporting the preparation of financial information for VAT and tax returns, including overseas companies and branches where required
- Providing ad hoc management reporting and financial analysis to support business planning and decision-making
- Improving reporting solutions and accounting processes to strengthen the quality and efficiency of financial information
- Maintaining accurate financial records, process documentation and procedures across relevant company systems
- Monitoring relevant accounting, legal and regulatory developments and reflecting changes appropriately in day-to-day activity
- Sharing technical knowledge with colleagues, providing supervision or mentoring where required
To be successful in this role, you'll need:
- Proven experience working as an accountant, with hands-on responsibility for management accounting and month-end activity
- Strong experience preparing journals, balance sheet reconciliations and management reporting
- Advanced Excel capability, including nested XLOOKUPs, pivot tables and data manipulation
- Sound technical knowledge of financial reporting under UK accounting standards
- Demonstrable experience producing accurate financial information to demanding reporting deadlines
- Experience investigating accounting discrepancies and resolving issues accurately and efficiently
- Exposure to payroll reporting and payroll postings is desirable but not essential
- Experience within financial services or another regulated environment is desirable
In terms of qualifications, you'll need:
- A professional accountancy qualification, passed finalist status with a recognised body such as ACCA or CIMA, or equivalent qualification through experience
- Strong A levels or equivalent
- Strong written and verbal English, with the numeracy skills required to interpret, reconcile and analyse financial information
This is a full-time, fixed-term contract role based in our Milton Keynes office, running until March 2028. The role follows a hybrid working pattern, with an expectation of three days per week in the office.
In return, Howden offers a career that you define, with a focus on diversity and supporting employees in their roles.