Location – fully remote
About Data Leaders
Data Leaders is a community platform for data & analytics leaders and their teams. We accelerate performance, reduce complexity, and provide a stage for teams to shine. Our peer-advisory community is a trusted, vendor-free environment for people leading change with data at the world’s biggest organisations.
About the role
The Management Accountant role is flexible and there to provide day to day and month end finance support for Data Leaders Limited.
Key responsibilities
Ongoing:
- Complete any supplier procurement documentation/set up on winning new work.
- Raise sales invoices on a timely basis in accordance with terms of sales contract and complying with appropriate tax regimes.
- Post purchase invoices to correct expense codes, completing checks to ensure all expenses are pre-authorized and valid and VAT is correctly accounted for
- Carry out timetabled debt collection and escalate any debts that are at risk
- Ensure all Employee contract and payroll documentation is completed and maintained on a timely basis and that appropriate distinctions are made between employees and contractors.
- Set up bi-monthly PL runs ensuring all payments are valid
- Ensure employee expenses comply with expenses policy/HMRC rules, are fully authorized, paid on a timely basis.
- Carry out weekly reconciliation of bank accounts escalating any anomalies.
- Ad hoc analysis as requested by CFO
- Escalate any concerns to CFO.
Other ad hoc tasks as required by Directors or CFO.
Monthly basis
Carry out monthly reconciliations of:
- Salesforce and Xero
- HMRC PAYE/NI
- HMRC VAT
- Bank accounts
Payroll – Set up new employees and ensure leavers processes are followed
Perform Commission calculation – calculate amounts due for payment through payroll and amounts to be accrued each month
Run payroll and ensure payments are set up in good time to employees and HMRC
Ensure holidays are tracked
Post FAs to FA ledger and ensure disposals are removed from ledger
Calculate and post
- salaries journal including commissions accrued
- accruals and prepayments
- fixed asset depreciation and amortization
- deferred income
- bad debt provision
Review BS and P&L and identify any mispostings
Post other ad hoc/monthly journals as directed by CFO
Quarterly
Calculate, and submit quarterly VAT return. Liaise with HMRC as required.
Annual
Support year end process and preparation of YE stat accounts
Support CFO with calculation of budget
Submit annual HMRC and Co House returns.
Uploading budgets into ledgers
Processes
Work with CFO to set up and run appropriate financial processes to ensure compliance with country tax and corporate regimes
Knowledge/Experience required
- Prior bookkeeping experience including liaising with HMRC
- Excellent attention to detail with strong numerical and communication skills
- Strong Excel knowledge
- CIMA part qualified or equivalent
- Understanding of VAT and HMRC expenses rules
- Detailed knowledge of Xero (or similar) and supporting Apps
- Prior experience working with large multinational customers
Email richard@dataleaders.net with your CV.