Assistant Management Accountant

Knowledge and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, or related discipline.
• Member of one of the professional accounting bodies.
• 2+ years of progressive controlling / planning / finance / accounting preferably in an operational environment.
• Knowledge / understanding and applicability of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS).
• Working knowledge / familiarity with international regulations on accounting and taxation.
• Previous working experience of SAP considered an asset and intermediate / advanced Excel skills required.

Responsibilities

Metals Trading Accounting and Reporting

• Prepare and analyze daily trading profit/loss reports.
• Prepare daily broker reconciliations.

Month-End Reporting

• Prepare and post journal entries using SAP.
• Complete monthly journals reclassifying trade debtors and creditors, finance changes and committed inventory and bank balances.
• Reconcile all balance sheet accounts at month end.
• Prepare the overall monthly management accounts package in a timely and accurate manner, which includes trading analysis of the trading profit/loss, reconciliation of earnings before tax and review of expenses including travel and entertaining analysis.
• Prepare fixed assets schedule and agree back to general ledger at month-end.
• Prepare debtors and creditors analyses.
• Support digitalisation of processes to improve efficiency and enhance analytical performance.

Year-End Reporting

• Prepare and submit year-end notes for consolidation purposes in a timely manner.
• Liaise with the external auditors during the year-end group reporting process.
• Involvement in preparation of the statutory accounts.

Tax Management

• Prepare tax returns, analyse VAT (UK and foreign equivalents) and provide cost summary analysis for corporation tax purposes.
• Assist in tax-related inquiries.

Treasury

• Assist in cash management, e.g. management of foreign exposures, in accordance with Corporate policies and procedures.
• Respond to inquiries from Treasury department regarding cash flow and liquidity.

Forecasts and Budgets

• Assist with preparation of the monthly forecasting for the revenue streams and expenses.
• Assist with the annual budget.
• Preparation of weekly cash flow forecasting.

Compliance

• Ensure that a robust system of internal controls exists to satisfy internal, year-end, Financial Reporting Compliance (FRS) audits and FCA regulations in a timely manner, including an update of Process Controls as and when required.

Ad-hoc Projects

• Provide project support, assistance, and cover for other team members when and as needed.