Job Title: Management Accountant
Reporting to: Financial Controller – UK & Norway
Nature of the Position: Permanent Full-Time
Location: Portlethen, Aberdeen

Role Overview:
The job holder is responsible for the management accounting for the assigned entities through the provision of financial and operational reporting, guidance and a sound system of internal control.
Key Responsibilities:

• Ensuring the provision of high quality financial and management information and reports that allow for improved decision-making and performance tracking, and which comply with local, Group and statutory reporting needs and accounting policies
• Preparation and submission of forecasts, management accounts and narrative for assigned business entities, for review by the Financial Controller, to tight deadlines
• Preparation and submission of the quarterly forecast and annual budget submission
• Responsible for the integrity of the entities nominal ledger
• Cash management, reporting and forecasting for entities assigned
• Assisting in completion of corporation tax packs which are submitted to the Group Tax Department
• Completing quarterly/bi-monthly VAT return
• Enhancing management information to reflect changing needs of management and to drive the business forward
• Reconciling and reporting of intercompany balances
• Reconciling Fixed assets including the preparation of capital sanctions for Senior Management
• Preparing Statutory accounts
• Assisting in improving, developing and monitoring controls
• Producing and/or analysing detailed product costing and margin analysis within entities
• Calculation and setting of cost rates, labour analysis
• Analysing, monitoring and controlling of R&D spend (when applicable)
• Continual improvement of current accounting system to support the finance function
• Providing cover and supporting the department as and when needed, e.g. assisting with the completion month end duties for team members.
• Analysing and reporting on trend, variances and performance issues.
• Reporting information to both local management and PLC group as required

Qualifications/Skills and Experience:
Essential:

• Qualified Accountant or willingness to work towards a Professional Accountancy qualification
• Educated to degree level in relevant subject area (e.g. Accountancy)
• Demonstrating continuing professional development relevant to the accounting qualification and the role
• Proven post qualifying experience and demonstrable experience in a similar role
• Experience of working in a similar role (preferred) or other relevant working experience
• Excellent working knowledge of Microsoft Office applications, in particular Excel
• Highly proficient in spoken and written English

Desirable:

• Knowledge and experience of an ERP system, ideally Microsoft D365
• Full Driving Licence

Personal Qualities

• Excellent communication (both written and oral), influencing and interpersonal skills
• High degree of commercial acumen
• Highly professional conduct
• High level of accuracy and strong organisation skills
• Ability to prioritise workload
• Systematic and methodical approach to problem solving
• Ability to challenge
• Enthusiastic
• Ambitious

Closing Date: 14 November 2024