Management Accountant

at  Bonnier Books

GENERAL SUMMARY

To provide effective support to the Financial Controller and Finance Director and to be responsible for managing the day-to-day activities of the finance department.
To help lead and coordinate on the preparation of monthly management accounts and various reporting throughout the business

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE

• Financial Qualifications such as ACA/ACCA/CIMA/AAT or QBE not essential but would be beneficial. Part-qualified candidate more than welcome to apply.
• Experience working within a finance team would be beneficial.
• Very proficient with MS Excel and MS Office.
• Must be a good communicator across all levels of the business.
• Willing to liaise with senior management throughout the business and at Group level.
• Excellent time management and planning skills.
• Strong teamwork skills essential.
• Positive “can do” attitude.
  If you are interested in this role, please apply via our website. We look forward in hearing from you.
  Competitive Salary
  Working with a team of passionate, talented people
  Internal learning and development programmes
  Career Development opportunities
  Fun social events
  At Bonnier Books UK, we believe that every book matters. We love to publish stories and content that open our eyes to new perspectives and bring us closer together. We offer a nurturing home for our authors, illustrators and brand partners, publishing bestselling books for readers and listeners everywhere. We know that fantastic stories can come from anywhere and our purpose is to bring them to as wide an audience as possible, a simple ethos that has led to us becoming one of the country’s leading publishers.
  The offspring of Bonnier Books, a family-owned top-15 world publisher headquartered in Sweden, we are inspired by a rich literary heritage but not bound by convention. We think in generations rather than quarters, and strive always to operate in an open, curious way that contributes to the future of the planet and its people. As a climate-neutral publisher we are an active participant in the Science Based Target initiative, committed to a strategy to limit global warming to 1.5 °C.

• Assist with the preparation of monthly management accounts to agreed timescales, including various balance sheet reconciliations, and maintaining accruals and prepayments schedules
• Responsibility for Igloo USA management accounts and the subsequent consolidation
• Provide accurate and timely financial reporting to all areas of the business
• Sales and gross margin analysis (at customer, territory and product level)
• Help assist with budgeting and forecasting
• Liaising with the warehouse on certain stock transactions and the financial impact resulting from them
• Detailed stock accounting and analysis of any resulting variances
• Regular profit & loss and balance sheet analysis with any subsequent reporting
• Various Group reporting
• Assistance with year-end and interim audits
• Monthly VAT returns to Group
• Inter-company reconciliations
• Weekly sales reporting and analysis for the business
• Work with both the Financial Controller and Finance Director on any finance initiatives and process improvements
• Any other tasks required by the Financial Controller/Finance Director.