Management Accountant | London | Odgers Executive Search

Management Accountant London Odgers Executive Search

The Finance team at Odgers plays a central role in supporting the firms executive search and advisory work. They partner closely with consultants and business leaders to manage billing revenues costs and financial reporting while ensuring strong controls compliance and commercial insight across the business. The team provides clear accurate information that helps the firm operate efficiently make informed decisions and deliver an excellent service to clients.

We are looking to appoint a Management Accountant who will report to and collaborate closely with the UK Finance Director along with the Financial Controllers in the UK and Asia Pacific.

Responsibilities

• Preparation of monthly management accounts
• Liaising with overseas finance functions
• Consolidation of overseas businesses into results
• Review and analysis of variances from the budget
• Preparation and posting of monthly journals including accruals and prepayments
• Day-to-day support for other finance staff
• Bank payments review and authorisation
• Preparation of year-end files for auditors
• Support annual budget and forecasting processes
• Preparation of annual financial statements
• Preparation of accounts and financial statements for subsidiary companies
• Inter-company reconciliations
• Liaison with tax advisors on corporation tax
• Preparation of VAT return and other statutory filings
• Balance sheet reconciliations and investigation
• Support the Financial Controller and team where required

The Individual

• You dont have to have management accountant qualifications if you have substantial experience across the listed responsibilities.
• You will have good knowledge of accounting frameworks and ideally come from a small to medium-sized fast-paced professional services business where you have gained exposure across many aspects of the accounting function.
• You need to understand the regulatory framework and knowledge of Sun accounting systems would be advantageous as would experience in an international business with both UK and overseas trading entities would be advantageous.
• Advanced Excel skills are essential.

Competencies

• Effective communication and interpersonal skills - able to build relationships and credibility with a variety of professional stakeholders at partner level. Strong written verbal and numerical skills
• Proactive - takes initiative and can identify and resolve issues and do what needs to be done.
• Resolute and self-starting - can always be looked upon to complete work when required and communicate problems clearly.
• Thorough accurate and focused - high attention to detail ensuring work is produced accurately and to a high standard.
• Collaborative
• Adaptable and Flexible - can adapt to changing business needs and manage competing priorities.

Personal attributes

• Positive and energetic manner
• Reliable and trustworthy

Odgers is one of the worlds leading Global Executive Search firms. Our reputation for excellence and integrity has been established over 60 years and we are a partnership-driven by the client candidate and employee experience. We function as trusted advisors to our clients and candidates and engage with a diverse range of leaders for the most influential roles across a wide variety of industries. The service we deliver is creative insightful and most importantly in partnership; we pride ourselves on maintaining personal relationships.

At Odgers we are proud of our progressive diverse meritocratic and collaborative culture where you will find support training and career development working with colleagues striving for excellence in all they do. We are UK headquartered with colleagues across 58 Offices in 32 countries specialising in over 50 sectors and functions.

Hybrid Working

Our Hybrid working policy is based on the principles of empowerment mutual trust and flexibility recognising that we work best when we make choices about when where and how we work. At the same time we are reminded that time together is so important. We are a client-service business in which our relationships and our culture provide a significant advantage. Our offices remain critical to how we work; they are a place for collaboration learning and support and an anchor for the culture of which we are so proud.

We operate a hybrid working model which would typically see you spending a minimum of 2 days working from the office and the rest remotely. Your work pattern will be reliant on business demands and we would expect you to manage your time accordingly.

At Odgers we are committed to fostering a work environment that is safe and respectful of all individuals. We have and will always stand with and support the inclusion and equity of our colleagues candidates and clients and are committed to improving diversity in all its forms within Odgers.

Unlimited embodies this philosophy and our commitment to inclusion.

We have several initiatives that ensure equity is practised at all levels of our organisation including our Allies programme an equitable recruitment process designed to ensure opportunity our Next Generation council and a meritocratic promotion process.

Sustainability

Modern businesses have a duty to be environmentally responsible and operate sustainably. We believe this represents not only sound commercial sense but also recognises our ethical responsibility to minimise the impact of our activities on the environment and to leave a positive legacy for future generations.

We have committed to and set science-based decarbonisationtargets and have received verification of these goals from the Science Based Targets initiative(SBTi). These targets will hold us accountable to our sustainability strategy while enabling us to measure our progress. This is complemented by us continuing to provide sustainability insight to our clients and cultivating a track record within sustainable businesses and in placing sustainability leaders.

Corporate Social Responsibility

We take Charity seriously but like to have fun too. Our CSR team are always thinking up new events and activities to get involved in and raise funds for our chosen charityBritish Heart Foundation.

We also have a variety of social clubs and learning opportunities to suit everyone such as the Brunch and Learn Session Odgers choir the book club or one of the many sports clubs

Whats on offer

A competitive base salary supplemented by our benefits package and discretionary bonus

• 25 days Annual leave 3 gift days for the Christmas closure bank holidays
• Private Medical Insurance with Bupa and cash plan with Simply Health
• Group Company Pension
• Season Ticket Loan & Cycle to work scheme
• Give As You Earn
• Group Income Protection
• Group Life Assurance
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Charity Day
• Wellbeing Programmes support and speakers
• On-boarding induction training and ongoing professional development
• Corporate member discounts and benefits available through Bupa and Simply Health including Gyms Discounts

Applications

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Eligibility

You must be eligible to live and work in the UK