Management Accountant

The salary for this role is £40,000 – £45,000.

Are you someone who prides themselves on exceptional attention to detail and accuracy?

Have you successfully managed payroll in a small to medium-sized organization?

Do you excel in extracting data from systems and spreadsheets to create insightful reports for analysis?

Would you like the opportunity to influence the future of the finance function?

If so, we’d love to hear from you!

At Livestock Information Ltd, our mission is to be an outstanding service provider of livestock data, empowering government, industry, and farmers to effectively manage disease and infection control, whilst enhancing productivity and innovation in agriculture. To achieve this, we need great people, who share in our values.

As a Management Accountant at LI, you will be responsible for providing accurate financial information, conducting financial analysis enabling senior management in decision-making and reporting to internal and external stakeholders. This service will collaborate closely with cross-functional teams and senior management to ensure the company's financial health and contribute to its overall success.

The day-to-day activities of this role will involve looking over the business’s accounts, invoices, working on payroll and accounts payables, giving the successful candidate a well-rounded accountancy exposure.

 At LI Ltd, we have implemented the best cloud-based systems to enable and ease oversight and reporting across different functions, giving you the opportunity to work with systems implemented and integrated.

Your responsibilities

Your responsibilities will include:

• Working in collaboration with LI’s People Services to deliver business payroll function, using LI payroll system Xero Payroll
• Ensuring timely and accurate submission of PAYE and pension contribution returns
• Responding to employee queries and payroll related issues in a timely manner
• Keeping up to date with changes, and ensuring compliance with financial regulations and legislation
• Preparation of VAT returns 
• Using the Xero bookkeeping system to analyse and report on business financial progress enabling senior management decision making
• Balance sheet reconciliations
• Supporting month-end and year-end close process
• Liaising with auditors to ensure annual monitoring is carried out
• Performing other financial duties as assigned by management

You may be required to undertake other duties assigned by your line manager as appropriate

Requirements

We are looking for someone with:

• Proficient experience of using finance and payroll software i.e. Xero
• Experience of using MS Office Products
• Previous experience in delivering payroll for small/medium size business
• Strong knowledge and experience in bookkeeping and supporting non-finance colleagues
• Good database management skills with experience of drawing data from systems and excel to generate reports.
• Strong analytical skills to review and assess business financial needs
• Brilliant attention to detail
• Ability to pull data from various sources and present financial analysis allowing the team to review real-time financial insights
• Confidence in analysing key financial information to provide feedback to aid managerial planning and commercial decision making that will ensure future growth and value for money for LI Ltd.  

 Qualifications

• Professional qualification such as AAT, CIPP, CIMA or similar is required.  

Reporting structure 

This role reports into the Finance Manager.

Benefits

As an LI employee, you will be entitled to our company benefits which include:

• A fully remote and flexible working set up
• 33 days annual leave, inclusive of Bank Holidays
• 4 x annual salary Life Assurance
• Market leading pension scheme through Legal & General
• Enhanced Family Friendly Policies
• Excellent learning, training, and career development opportunities
• 24/7 access to our Employee Assistance Programme
• A diverse and inclusive culture where everyone is respected and valued

Application and Interview Process

To apply for this role, you will need to submit a CV and answer some pre-screening questions.

The interview and assessment process for this role will involve a telephone interview with our Talent Team, followed by a first stage and a final stage interview. Interviews will be conducted either remotely via MS Teams or face to face.

If we need to make a reasonable adjustment so that you can complete your application, please contact us as soon as possible by emailing talent@livestockinformation.org.uk before the closing date to discuss your needs.

The closing date for this role is 12.00pm (Midday) on 24th March. Applications received after the closing date will not be considered.

Values

We approach our work with TACT; we are Transparent, Accountable, Committed and we work as a Team.

We are transparent together, embracing honesty and building trust. We are accountable to the industry and strive for the best possible solutions for the communities we serve. We drive change with passion, commitment and enthusiasm to deliver a great service to the livestock industry. We work kindly and cohesively which allows us to support each other in our personal and strategic goals.

Diversity statement

At Livestock Information, we value diversity and believe that every individual brings different strengths. We understand that not everyone may possess every single skill outlined in this job description, but if you believe you have a solid skill set that enables you to excel in this position then we really encourage you to apply.

Disclaimer

 Livestock Information Ltd. cannot sponsor work visas at this time.

Livestock Information Ltd. Does not discriminate based on race, sex, colour, religion, age, national origin, marital status, disability, veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity or any other reason prohibited by law in provision of employment opportunities and benefits.

 Livestock Information Ltd. Does not accept unsolicited CVs from any source other than directly from a candidate. Any unsolicited CV’s not originating directly from a candidate and sent to Livestock Information Ltd or any Livestock Information Ltd employees, including unsolicited CVs sent to a Livestock Information Ltd mailing address or email address, are rejected. Livestock Information Ltd will NOT pay a fee for any placement resulting from the receipt of an unsolicited CV. Livestock Information Ltd considers any candidate for whom the recruiter has submitted an unsolicited CV referred by the company free of any fees.