Commercial Accountant

Main responsibilities:

• Preparing insightful reporting and analysis to support management decision making, and identify significant trends/issues, e.g., monitor performance against forecast and pipeline
• Produce monthly reporting including performance and analysis, providing variance analysis and value-adding commentary to explain movements
• Manage the process of creation of statutory audited accounts and other financial returns, to ensure that Met group is compliant with statutory and OFS requirements.
• Fulfil tax and compliance requirements - such as review of UK and German VAT returns to ensure information supplied to HMRC is accurate
• Support the Finance Director in the set up and implementation of systems to drive business efficiency and deliver value
• Strive to implement and improve processes in line with best practice, in order to create a strong financial control environment
• Using modelling skills to assist with budget preparation and monitor performance, so that senior stakeholders gain accurate insight