Interim Management Accountant / Finance Business Partner

A leading manufacturer in Leeds needs an experienced Management Accountant to initially cover a period of sickness but this opportunity could roll into a longer term opportunity.

The key purpose is to support the Head of Finance with financial management and act as a business partner to the operational and sales teams.

Headline tasks include:

• Prepare accurate and timely monthly management accounts, including P&L, Balance sheet and cashflow with variance analysis and commentary against budget, forecast and prior year
• Produce and distribute weekly sales and margin reports
• Prepare and distribute monthly sales commission reports by sales representative
• Develop and produce monthly cost centre P&L reporting, including variance analysis and performance commentary.
• Support Finance Director in maintaining and improving standard costing model
• Assist the Finance Director in the preparation of annual budgets and quarterly forecasts
• Assist the Finance Director with cashflow forecasting, including the preparation, analysis, and ongoing monitoring of short and medium-term cashflow projections
• Reconcile physical stock count results to the inventory ledger, investigate variances, and communicate required corrective actions and associated risks (including potential write-offs)
• Work closely with operations, sales, and marketing teams to provide financial insight and challenge to support strategic and operational decisions
• Maintain Fixed Asset register including capital additions, disposals and depreciation; escalating risks or issues to the Finance Director.

To be considered for this varied and interesting role, you will likely be ACA, ACCA, or CIMA qualified although someone who is Qualified by Experience may be considered if you can offer a good mix of management accounting and finance business partnering experience.

You must have Advanced Excel skills, be a highly effective communicator and be capable of supporting commercial decisions.

This is a great opportunity to join a business and show them what you can do. The HoF has created a wonderful team environment so you must be a team player.

It's to start ASAP, initially for a few months but could then lead to a longer term opportunity for the right person.

Sharp Consultancy is a finance and accountancy recruitment specialist assisting accounting and finance divisions of businesses in the Yorkshire and Derbyshire area. With over 30 years' experience we pride ourselves on sourcing excellent finance professionals across all divisions of an accounts function.

Candidates must be eligible to work in the UK full time without restriction. To apply please send your CV to the e-mail address stated, quoting our reference and specifying which website you saw this position advertised on. Due to the high volume of applications, we receive it is not always possible to respond to unsuccessful applicants. Therefore, if we have not responded to your application within seven days, please note that on this occasion your application has not been successful.