Management Accountant

Role

Our client is looking for an immediate, temporary, Management Accountant to assist them for 6 months. You be will be responsible for following duties:

Perform a magnitude of different tasks for month-end and year-end closing

Lead the month-end close process, ensuring accuracy and timeliness for assigned areas

Maintain complete documentation and support for all accounting entries and balance sheet accounts

Perform monthly balance sheet account reconciliations and subsequent analytical reviews of any discrepancies;

Manage and review inter-company journal entries and their reconciliations

Maintain and update accounting policies and procedures, ensuring alignment with GAAP and company growth

Maintain fixed asset master data, ensuring accuracy across asset class, cost centre, useful life, depreciation areas, and accounting assignments

Oversee CIP internal orders from setup through close out, ensuring correct settlement rules, classifications, and capitalisation

Maintain strong SOX controls, documentation standards, approval workflows, and audit trails across fixed assets and internal orders

Review and document asset impairment reviews, providing evidence and support for internal and external audit requirements

Identify opportunities to streamline processes, improve controls, and drive efficiencies within the finance function

Tracking and managing trade spend, allocating invoices to promotions, monitoring invoice/accrual balances, and supporting actions to reduce aged or unallocated items

Coach and develop team members to strengthen technical capability and process discipline, implement consistent review, feedback, and knowledge-sharing routines

Working with stakeholders to investigate variances and resolve root causes, using data to explain what's happened and what it means

Support ad hoc reporting, projects, and continuous improvement initiatives as required

Profile

The successful, temporary Management Accountant will be qualified (Eg. ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent qualification) and you will have experience using SAP. You will have experience within a US Business and ideally have experience with SOX.

You must be immediate or 1 weeks notice to be considered for this role.

Client

Our client are a leading Retail Company based in London. You will have the opportunity to work in a fast paced, dynamic environment.

Salary & Benefits

The temporary Management Accountant role will be paying circa £350 - £400 per day, dependant on experience.

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