Management Accountant

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Management Accountant to join our Accounts team at our Mercedes Benz dealership in Cardiff, part of the Sinclair Group based. The successful candidate will play a key role in producing monthly management accounts to strict deadlines, along with providing our management team with vital financial analysis to help drive the profitability of the business.

• A Management Accountant prepares, develops and analyses financial information to allow the organisation to make well-informed decisions to ensure future stability, profitability and growth.
• Management Accountants establish and maintain financial policies and management information systems and are an integral function to inform management colleagues on all aspects of company finance.
• A Management Accountant's role is to look ahead, analysing business performance, advising on how to pre-empt problems and adapt to changing circumstances and developments.
• The overall aim for a Management Accountant is to improve value in all areas of the business by managing and reducing operational and production costs and implementing the most effective strategies.
• Produce financial statements including profit and loss accounts, budgets, cash flows, monthly management accounts, variance analysis and commentaries.
• Assist in the production of the annual budget and periodic forecasting.
• Provide management reporting decision-making, including project appraisal, evaluation and post-implementation analysis.
• Ongoing review of cash flow and production forecasts.
• Produce annual statutory accounts in management format.
• Calculation, presentation and payment of VAT.
• Manage capital expenditure.
• Report on company assets and liabilities including balance sheet account reconciliations and review of intangible assets.
• Ensure compliance with all financial regulations.
• Manage accounts assistants, including day-to-day communication, motivation, succession planning and performance management.
• Carry out continuous reviews of working accounting practices and processes to ensure efficient and cost-effective operations.

• Qualified Accountant with a minimum of 3 years' experience.
• Proven technical ability with analytical skills and attention to detail.
• Understanding of financial regulation and legislation.
• Understanding of modern management information systems.
• Ability to manage, delegate, motivate, monitor and control a team.
• Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate at all levels with both financial and non-financial management.
• Intellectual with a strong commercial acumen.
• We are seeking a charismatic, outgoing individual with excellent communication skills. You will be highly motivated, have excellent attention to detail and accuracy, be very competent using Word and Excel, and be highly organised with the ability to time‑manage.

• 30 days annual leave per year (including bank holidays) that will increase with length of service.
• Birthday day off.
• Contributory Pension Scheme.
• Enhanced Maternity/Paternity and Adoption payment.
• Job Specific training.
• Staff discounted parts and servicing plus a free MOT every year.
• Recognition of length of service at 5, 10, 20, 30 & 40 years anniversaries.
• Life Assurance (death in service benefit).
• Staff Car Scheme.
• Colleague Referral Scheme / Customer Referral Schemes.
• Cycle to Work Scheme.
• Employee Assistance programme with access to a 24/7 helpline and designated Mental Health First Aiders.
• Sinclair Foundation – a charitable foundation designed to support members or their close family who need financial support at times of ill‑health.
• Development opportunities within the Sinclair Group.