Management Accountant – Shaftesbury

Management Accountant, commercial role in highly successful family business, Shaftsbury, to £50,000

Working for a successful manufacturing company, the Management Accountant will play a key part in  budget setting and monitoring, driving improvements and building relationships around the business. Seeking qualified or part qualified account ACCA CIMA AAT.

The role provides excellent career prospects for an ambitious progressive accountant. As the Management Accountant, you will lead the financial planning, forecasting, and support the Finance Manager in reporting and analysis across the group, identifying trends, risks and opportunities and where necessary provide variance analysis and recommend corrective actions.  Your other day to day responsibilities will include:

• To prepare designated month-end and year-end journal adjustments to agreed deadlines, including accruals and prepayments.
• To manage the collation, interpretation, of accurate weekly and monthly Management accounts & reports according to time schedules agreed.
• Together with the Finance Manager ensure the accuracy of P&L, Balance Sheet reconciliation and cash flow reporting for the group’s businesses including cashflow forecasting.
• To identify key trends in income and expenditure by department / activity program and significant variances from budget. To investigate unusual or unexpected departmental and activity results or variances and to bring these to the attention of the FC.
• Ensure integrity of financial data supplied to the board and external compliance organisations along providing information for audits.
• Provide support to the Finance Director, the co-ordination and production of the annual budget and periodic forecasts as required.

Credit Controller – Welwyn Garden City

Credit Controller, 3 months+ Temporary Assignment, £13.00 per hour+ Holiday, Welwyn Garden City

Our client based in Welwyn Garden City is keen to secure a number of interim Credit Control Clerks to work as part of their team on an ongoing interim contract.

As one of the Credit Controllers, you will be responsible for your own ledger, which will entail high volume calling, chasing differing values of money.

Ideally you would have gained previous credit control experience in a shared service centre or head office environment, working to KPIs and targets, and be able to work using your own initiative. However, training will be provided.

In return for your expertise in dealing effectively with workloads in a busy, and sometimes pressurised team, our client offers an excellent working environment, on-site parking and career development with the possibility of a longer term contract

If you would like to be considered for this role, please contact us today.

Purchasing Assistant – Milton Keynes

Purchasing Assistant, friendly office team, Milton Keynes/Hybrid, £28,000    

Our client an established and efficient service provider are seeking an Purchasing Assistant to work in their busy finance team.

As the Purchasing Assistant, your responsibilities will include:

• Responding to customer requests for goods and/or services
• Collaborate with suppliers to source equipment/services as required
• Raise quotations
• Process purchase orders
• Support the sales team by providing necessary product information if required
• Process supplier invoices ready for payment
• Process and issue customer invoices 

This role is varied and best suited to a candidate who is organised in their work, holds confident communication skills and the ability to work to deadlines and on their own initiative.
Previous accounting or purchasing experience is required.

Finance Business Partner – Northampton

Finance Business Partner, Qualified or Part Qualified Accountant, Northampton, £45,000 – £50,000 + benefits

Our client, a well-established, leading organisation in their sector in East Northamptonshire providing solutions to a huge client base nationwide are seeking an experienced Finance Business Partner to to join their finance team in their Northamptonshire office. The role is responsible for financial accounting and business partnering processes, as well as being a financial expert to non-finance colleagues within the organisation.

As the Finance Business Partner your responsibilities will include:

• Identifying future financial risk and opportunities
• Influencing Managers to ensure understanding of margin and central income
• Financial Analysis of major drivers – pricing, promotions
• Supporting budgeting, forecasting and month end processes
• Business partnering with key contacts and stakeholders across the organisation

For this position we are looking for someone who has strong business partnering skills, with a commercial mindset. Ideally someone who has had prior experience of working with stakeholders in a business partnering role, or in a commercially focused/client facing role. This person will be highly IT literate with confident communication skills as you will be tasked with working alongside senior stakeholders in the organisation, as well as the clients you provide a service to. Someone who has the ability to influence others and can break down complex financial terms to non-finance personnel.

This individual will also be self-motivated and pro-active, with the ability to work towards business deadlines. Someone who will be able to demonstrate how they can maintain and nurture relationships across the organisation. We are ideally looking for someone who is ACA, ACCA or CIMA qualified, however we may look at part qualified/highly experienced individuals as well. This role also comes with excellent benefits within a well-established organisation.

This positions sit within a key team in a highly successful, well-established and well regarded organisation who operate to strict deadlines and timeframes as set by their clients and stakeholders. If you are a confident financial accountant or finance business partner who can work from their own initiative, communicate effectively and has a passion for business success, please send your CV for consideration at the earliest opportunity.

Group Financial Accountant – Milton Keynes

Group Financial Accountant, ACA or ACCA qualified, Central Milton Keynes/Hybrid, c 60-70k

Working for an established professional services company with excellent career progression. the Group Accountant will form part of the Group Finance team.  Your role will involve supporting a broad range of financial reporting, accounting, budgeting, tax, analysis, and treasury tasks.  The role will have interaction across the group and is an ideally positioned for progression up to division FC and onto FD.

Initial responsibilities in your role as the Group Financial Accountant will include:

• Help with the preparation of Group full-year and interim financial statements
• Help coordinate and manage the annual budgeting process for central companies, with the preparation of the consolidated budget
• Review of all central management accounts
• Support the preparation of central and consolidated forecasts
• Co-ordinate the preparation of Group board presentations
• Administration of the treasury of the Group
• Review of balance sheet reconciliations
• Assist in the payroll of the Group
• Interaction with subsidiary Finance Directors and their teams within the overall group finance department, all based in MK
• Continually review systems and processes to ensure that they are robust and operate to the highest practical levels of efficiency and effectiveness.
• Group wide initiatives – Project work

As you would expect, this role requires effective people and communication skills in person, online and written. Confidence at an intermediate level or above in Excel, with strong Word, PowerPoint, and other applications. Knowledge of Power Bi and its application would be an advantage.

This is an excellent opportunity for an ACA or ACCA finalist/qualified professional seeking to progress their career. Working closely with the Group Subsidiary Finance Directors and their teams

Ideally suited to a first time mover from leading Public Practice 

Compliance Manager – St Albans

Compliance Manager, successful privately owned FCA regulated business, St Albans, to £65,000

Working for a dynamic and expanding financial services provider, offering excellent career development. The role of the Compliance Manager is to provide compliance and risk service, ensuring all requirements and regulations are met including FCA obligations, Data Protection, Fraud Prevention and measures, Consumer Duty Basic Principals and anti-money laundering.

As the Compliance Manager, you will be responsible for one other team member and the following remit:

• Ensure the Compliance function has appropriate regulatory engagement, procedures and monitoring activity adequately support the mandatory requirements
• Provide Compliance and AML oversight and Data Protection  advice and guidance
• Contribute to regulatory returns being completed accurately and in a timely manner
• Review and communicate relevant regulatory developments to ensure the business is prepared for and able to comply with any new requirements.
• Ensure all day to day business as usual compliance breaches and complaints handling support is provided in a timely manner.
• Contribute to the Compliance Monitoring Plan in order to analyse the company’s compliance with regulatory requirements including FCA obligations, Data Protection, Fraud Prevention and measures, Consumer Duty Basic Principals and anti-money laundering.
• Contribute to and maintain the company’s Breach Register, ensuring Breaches are reported and completed to a high standard and within the agreed SLAs.

Experience Required

• Minimum of 5 years’ experience in Financial Services, preferably in the Investment and Life Protection sectors, with least 3 years in the Compliance sector
• Appropriate qualifications in financial services
• Good interpersonal and communication skills and able to identify and build important strategic relationships internally and externally
• Display sound and proportionate judgement, as well as a commercial outlook
• Awareness of the FCA handbook and data protection

Billing Team Leader – Luton

Billing Team Leader, supervising sizeable head office finance team, Luton, to £35,000 

My client has a need for a Billing Team Leader to join the team at their offices in Luton. This is a permanent full-time role,100% office based.

As the Billing Team Leader your duties will include:

• Managing a team of Billing Administrators  
• Ensuring that adequate training and ongoing support is given to the team
• Aged debt reporting and analysis
• Take ownership of billing queries 
• Working closely with internal colleagues to ensure best possible billing support is given to clients at all times 
• Right hand support to Billing Manager 

Must have billings and supervisory experience in billings. High volume experience would be an advantage. Must be confident Excel user and have strong IT skills.

Payroller – Daventry

Payroll Administrator, strong communication skills, Daventry, up to £35,000

Our locally based client have an exciting opportunity for a Payroll Administrator to join the team, due to company growth. Responsibilities will include:

• Delivering client payroll with accuracy and to agreed timetables
• Developing, maintaining, optimising and deploying suitable payroll processes and controls.
• Collation of monthly & weekly payroll data within required timeframes and authorisation guidelines.
• Reconciliation of costings
• Supporting the transfer of payroll for new clients
• Supporting ad-hoc payroll projects
• Assist in P11ds and PSA
• Developing and maintaining client relationships
• Troubleshooting and handling internal and external queries
• Client specific duties including European payroll data management

The best suited candidate will hold strong communication skills and good attention to detail, with a professional, approachable and flexible manner.   Previous payroll knowledge is required.  One day a week working at home after training.

Knowledge of Iris, QBO and Xero payroll is preferable.

Part Time Audit Manager – Hitchin

Part-time Audit Manager, Hitchin, 22.5hrs per week, Small SME, to £60,000 (FTE)

Abacus are pleased to be working with this local friendly practice. This is a new role due to expanded workload. The role is ideally suited to fit around school hours.

Part Time Audit Manager to plan, manage and conduct SME audits mainly in the Herts and mid Beds area.

Must be ACA OR ACCA qualified and experienced as an Auditor for SME businesses within a practice. 22.5 hours per week.

To manage, operate and grow a successful and profitable Portfolio of clients:

• Plan, manage and maximise recoverability across the Audit Portfolios
• Lead, manage and develop the team
• Schedule, plan and complete audits
• Maintain high standards of compliance throughout the practice
• Identify risk matters to the business
• Report monthly on Turnover, Profitability, Chargeable time and recoverability

Key Competencies:

• ACA/ ACCA qualified with extensive experience within practice
• Technically efficient in both audit and accounting
• Provide professional communication skills, both verbally and written
• Confident communicating with all levels of an organisation

Semi-Senior – St Albans

Semi Senior, AAT Qualified/ACCA studier, well respected Accountancy firm, St Albans, £depending on experience and qualifications + Study

Abacus Consulting are delighted to be the recruitment partner of a leading Accountancy Practice in St Albans.

As the Semi Senior/Senior your duties will include:

• Accounts preparation
• VAT Returns
• Bookkeeping
• Provide support to colleagues as needed 

Must be ACCA or ACA studier with at least 2 years accountancy practice experience.

Excellent benefits, including study support and hybrid working.  Active social scene with regular events. No onsite parking, but within walking distance of Thameslink station and city centre.