Senior Management Accountant - London

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Vacancy Name Senior Management Accountant - London

Vacancy No VN1159

Employment Type Permanent

Duration N/A

Location City

Location Country United Kingdom

Company Description Xeinadin was established in 2019 when a number of leading business advisory and accountancy practices across the UK and Ireland came together to re-imagine the future of accountancy. Our collective mission to provide locally forged, trusted business advice to SMEs through forward-thinking, close-knit relationships remains pivotal to our growth. It's our people who drive our business forward, and we offer them future-focused career opportunities whilst supporting individual specialisms. Our regional offices of over 2500 colleagues operate collaboratively, combining collective expertise to maximise potential.

Description We are seeking a detail-oriented and dynamic Senior Management Accountant to join our team. In this role, you will manage key financial operations, ensure the accuracy and integrity of financial data, and provide critical support to regional offices. You will contribute to the financial success of the organisation by producing insightful reports, maintaining compliance, and supporting the development of financial processes and controls

Key Responsibilities Management Accounts:
• Undertake VAT returns for all assigned offices in accord with statutory deadlines.
• Provide and confirm monthly intercompany balances for confirmation with other intercompany partners.
• Timely production and maintenance of balance sheet reconciliations for month end.
• Prepare monthly journal entries including accruals and prepayments.
• Ownership of the fixed assets register.
• Review of P&L to ensure compliance with group finance policy including variance commentary.
• Review of balance sheets to ensure compliance with group finance policies, including regular review of key balance sheet reconciliations as set out by Group finance.
• Support, where possible, staff cover arrangements for the management accounts team.
• Ensure all statutory payments (Corporation Tax, PAYE & VAT) are made in a timely manner.

Statutory Audit:
• Preparation of audit information in line with auditor’s deliverable list as required.
• To provide all ad-hoc analysis required by the external auditors.
• To support the Financial Controller in chasing and reviewing audit deliverables.
• Provide group finance with year end packs including tax packs and ECL.

Working Capital:
• Update of bank reconciliations on a daily basis.
• Reconciliation of debtors ledger between financial systems and practice management systems
• Implement and monitor robust credit control systems, such as the production of weekly debtor’s report to identify slow paying clients. Seeking for senior managers and partners’ help in chasing lagging payments.
• Preparation of weekly cash forecast to identify spare cash to be remitted to Group as cash pool arrangement.
• Preparation of weekly debtor receipts listing.

Mergers & Acquisitions:
• Onboarding new acquisitions to the hub and support full integration and ownership of financial management.
• Assist Group M&A team with completion accounts and IFRS conversion where required.

Other:
• Provide monthly receivables and payables ledger summaries for each office you act for.
• Complete bank reconciliations.
• Act as the finance contact for dealing with internal and external finance queries relating to the offices you oversee.
• Ad-hoc reviews of Overhead.
• Work with the Hub Finance Controller to design and implement appropriate controls and systems to ensure firms financial reporting is in line with Group requirements.
• Assistance with Hub quarterly forecasting and budgeting when required.
• Ad-hoc projects as required by the business.

Key Requirements
• Qualified Accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA)
• Knowledge of IFRS (desirable).
• Proficiency in Excel and accounting software such as Xero.
• Excellent communication skills to engage with internal and external stakeholders.
• Experience in credit control and financial forecasting processes.

Additional Requirements
• Ability to manage competing priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong attention to detail with excellent communication and organisational skills.
• Ability to train, develop, and support the management accounts team.
• Capacity to contribute to continuous improvement initiatives within the finance function.

Model Hybrid

Salary Competitive

Benefits
• Company Pension Scheme
• 25 days of annual leave + bank holidays
• Additional annual leave days from certain levels of seniority
• Ability to buy up to 5 days of annual leave to reach a maximum of 30 days per annum
• Business closure over Christmas*
• Life Assurance x4 annual salary
• Enhanced family leave policies
• Enhanced Company Sick Pay
• Employee Assistance Programme – 24/7 support, free and confidential
• Corporate Discounts Platform

Flexible Benefits platform with ability to opt-in to various insurances (level of seniority dependent & self-funded at corporate rates) such as:
• PMI single or family
• Critical Illness Cover
• Cash plan
• Cycle to work
• Eye care
• Dental
• subject to exceptions and business needs

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