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Vacancy Name

Vacancy Name Senior Management Accountant - Ballygawley

Vacancy No

Vacancy No VN1337

Employment Type

Employment Type Permanent

Duration

Duration N/A

Location City

Location City Ballygawley

Location Country

Location Country United Kingdom

Company Description

Company Description Xeinadin was established in 2019 when a number of leading business advisory and accountancy practices across the UK and Ireland came together to re-imagine the future of accountancy. Our collective mission to provide locally forged, trusted business advice to SMEs through forward-thinking, close-knit relationships remains pivotal to our growth. It's our people who drive our business forward, and we offer them future-focused career opportunities whilst supporting individual specialisms. Our regional offices of over 2500 colleagues operate collaboratively, combining collective expertise to maximise potential.

Description

Description We are seeking a proactive and detail-oriented Management Accountant to join our team. Reporting to the Financial Controller, you will play a critical role in preparing accurate and timely financial information, developing internal reporting frameworks, and supporting business projects. This position is instrumental in ensuring the financial integrity of the organisation while driving improvements in processes and controls.

Key Responsibilities

Key Responsibilities • Oversee activities of Finance Assistant – assist them and provide holiday cover for transaction processing, payments and month end tasks.
• Approve inter-company sales invoices raised (check VAT, currency, support) and reconcile invoiced amounts to budget HO recharges schedules
• Monthly reconciliation of certain group costs to annual policy costs e.g. professional indemnity, life assurance.
• Monthly analysis and commentary of P&L by department, region, hub and project for review by department Directors. Variance analysis to include month on month (MoM), year on year (YoY) and versus budget/forecast.
• Monthly calculation of prepayments from P&L review and reconciliation of schedule to closing balance in general ledger
• Post monthly payroll expenses and reconcile control accounts for PAYE, pension, wages and holiday pay. Ensure reconciling items identified, investigated and cleared promptly through liaison with People team. Payrolls in UK & ROI.
• Prepare invoices for flexible benefits recharges and reconcile control accounts. Liaison with Hub FCs to explain recharges and accounting and resolve any queries. Liaise with people team to ensure that invoicing detail is accurate, understood and processed across group firms correctly.
• Maintain fixed asset register (FAR), calculate and post depreciation and ensure lead schedules produced and reconciled monthly to general ledger. Liaison with IT department to ensure supplier invoices and FAR correct and complete e.g. location/employee captured.
• Accounting for leases under IFRS16 - equipment and property
• Monthly analysis and schedules for all intercompany loans in HO entities. All balances checked to counterparties with differences identified and investigated promptly.
• Prepare new group loan agreements as needed and ensure the terms are implemented monthly (i.e. interest calculations and FX revaluations)
• Production of minutes for group dividends (once to twice annually) for all group entities
• Intercompany matrices and support for group audit
• Prepare calculation of full year HO recharges ("true up") to include adjustments for "shareholder costs", head count movements, up to date assumptions around HO workforce - in line with group policy and procedures
• Reconciliation of intercompany P&L codes e.g. Group revenue, Group COS, management services, dividends and IT recharges with differences identified, investigated and resolved.
• Reconciliation of intercompany accruals with differences identified, investigated and resolved.
• Monthly logic check on gross margins made by Associates from trade with subsidiaries (XAL, XAIL)
• Preparation of intercompany elimination journal monthly and associated checks
• Other reporting tasks and projects as defined by group finance managers

Key Requirements

Key Requirements • Professional accounting qualification
• High class degree and strong academic record
• 2 years minimum post qualification experience in a large organisation
• Transaction processing and reconciliations experience e.g. AP, AR, payments, inter-company
• Strong MS Office skills (especially Excel)

Additional Requirements

Additional Requirements • Ability to coach and develop junior members of the team
• Excellent communication skills required to build relationships with internal stakeholders and resolve differences together
• Proactive with enthusiasm to learn and develop internal procedures
• Outstanding attention to detail and presentation of work
• Proven ability to meet deadlines and operate in fastmoving environment

Model

Model Hybrid

Salary Competitive

Benefits • Company Pension Scheme
• 25 days of annual leave + bank holidays
• Additional annual leave days from certain levels of seniority
• Ability to buy up to 5 days of annual leave to reach a maximum of 30 days per annum
• Business closure over Christmas*
• Life Assurance x4 annual salary
• Enhanced family leave policies
• Enhanced Company Sick Pay
• Employee Assistance Programme – 24/7 support, free and confidential
• Corporate Discounts Platform

Flexible Benefits platform with ability to opt-in to various insurances (level of seniority dependent & self-funded at corporate rates) such as:
• PMI single or family
• Critical Illness Cover
• Cash plan
• Cycle to work
• Eye care
• Dental
*subject to exceptions and business needs