Financial and management accountant - united kingdom, central london, london

reporting to the finance director, the financial and management accountant is responsible for the production and analysis of monthly managagement accounts and statutory accounts for eight charities and three companies. the successful candidate will have good oral and written communication skils, an in depth knowledge of uk charity and fund accounting, excellent data manipulation skills and an ability to work independently, to carry out assignments without supervision

the financial and management accountant will be responsible for:

preparing management accounts for the company (10 sets per annum)

managing and maintaining the ledgers, balance sheet, and control accounts for three small companies, four charitable foundations and three school charities (including consolidated accounts)

preparing financial forecasts and cashflow forecasts for the finance committee

assisting with the preparation of agenda and minutes for the finance committee (four meetings per annum)

preparation of statutory financial statements for three commercial companies, four linked charitable foundations, one pooled investment charity and three school charities

liaising with the auditor for annual year-end audits and preparation of year-end tax pack

review quarterly vat reports from the property managers prepared by the accounts assistant

maintain and review investments register and cash accounts, liaising with the investment managers where necessary, to prepare quarterly reconciliations

review and reconciliation of corporate event income prepared by the external caterer

review of monthly debtors and creditors schedules prepared by the accounts assistant

review monthly bank reconciliations prepared by the accounts assistant

approve supplier invoices posted by the accounts assistant for accuracy and validity

generate bacs payment runs for the companies and charities

billing of company events and membership fees

agree annual budgets with the director of charities, for charitable grant spending across multiple historic funds

preparation of vat returns, and reconciling vat ledgers (including partial exemption)

review fixed asset registers

maintenance of wine stock, quarterly reconciliation of wine stock reports and production of usage and bond reports for the wine committee.

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