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What does a Senior Management Accountant do at Hogarth?
The role will involve being part of the Management Reporting team, taking responsibility for the reporting of monthly results for Hogarth and its Joint Ventures, financial reporting and assisting in the smooth running of the finance function within the company.
Requirements
Strategic Planning & Management
- Management reporting & supporting the Head of Management Accounts in day to day activities
- Production of monthly management accounts and consolidated balance sheet
- Work with the management accounting team to meet WPP reporting timetables
- Prepare month-end adjustment journals, balance sheet reconciliations, review of prepayments and accruals
- Assist management accounts from the shared service centre when required
- Comparison of actual to budget information, with analysis as required
- Comprehensive commentary for management review, covering variances and arising trends
- Participate in the annual, quarterly and monthly budgeting and forecasting process
- Partner with the business to drive understanding and ownership of departmental spend
- Ad hoc commercial / financial tasks as required
Reporting lines and key stakeholders
This role reports to the Head of Management Accounts.
You will work closely with the other Senior Management Accountants and Revenue team to help deliver month end.
Accounting & Controls
- As required, work with management to establish and monitor internal controls to safeguard the company assets and operations
- Ensure accurate and up to date entry of all transactions
- Reconciliations and review of balance sheet accounts for accuracy, with commentary / explanations where necessary
- Understand SOX compliance across the control matrix and work to bridge any inefficiencies
- Assist in the preparation of financial statutory year end accounts
- Manage the FA register
Relationship Management
- Year-end liaison with Auditors, Accountants and Tax Advisors
- Work closely with Colleagues across the business and in particular other Finance teams
Desirable Experience:
- Finalist/Qualified Accountant (CIMA, ACCA, or equivalent)
- Minimum 3 years’ experience in a similar role
- A background in media or service related industries would be beneficial (though not essential)
- Experience working within project / time based organizations and high volume service businesses
- Strong Excel and Word skills
- Previous SOX experience
- Previous experience of Maconomy and Cartesis reporting would be beneficial, though
not essential
Personal Skills & Attributes
- Accuracy and attention to detail
- A practical thinker who works efficiently and who consistently delivers within given deadlines
- Well organised and able to manage a busy reporting timetable
- A good communicator approachable and builds effective working relationships with colleagues
- A ‘can do’, proactive attitude with a willingness to take on new tasks and challenges as they arise
- Ability to identify improvements in ways of working and improvement to process
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