Job Description

Experienced with Financial Accounting?
Management Accountant
Caerphilly
Good starting salary and excellent benefits
Great hours Monday to Friday
Full Time position, office-based
Do you enjoy working with Accounts and Finance? Have you experience with preparing management accounts and balance sheets? If so, and you want a finance career with a successful market leading company, we would love to hear from you. This is your chance to join our friendly, supportive team here at phs Group.
You will be joining us as a valued member of our Finance Team. As Management Accountant, you will report to our Financial Controller and work extensively with the wider Finance Team. It's a busy, diverse role so you'll need to be organised and enjoy working in a fast-paced business. Experience is essential as well as a positive attitude and great communication and numeracy skills. You'll join a supportive friendly team in a secure company with excellent benefits.
Your role as Management Accountant at phs Group will involve:

• Preparation of periodic / monthly management accounts and reconciliation of all balance sheet accounts.
• Reviewing controls and processes, making improvements where necessary.
• Providing support to the senior management team and finance business partners.
• Liaising with internal and external auditors.
• Coordinating variable elements of pay runs.
• Arranging payment of pay runs and company taxes.
• Overseeing sales ledger and purchase ledger functions.
• Preparing and submitting VAT returns.
• Preparing and distributing daily, weekly and periodic reports, developing and providing timely, accurate reports as required.

The ideal candidate for a Management Accountant with phs Group:

• A broad financial management background with the ability to provide incisive, user-friendly management information and meaningful financial analysis.
• Experience of carrying out external and internal audits, and preparing management accounts.
• Positive communication skills, providing advice and information to senior colleagues.
• A high attention to detail, providing accurate, timely reporting.
• Excellent numeric, verbal and written communication and presentation skills.
• Experience using Microsoft packages, especially Word and Excel (look-ups, pivot tables).
• Able to effectively prioritise in a busy environment to successfully meet deadlines.
• A recognised accountancy qualification (ACA, ACCA, ACMA) is preferred for this position.
• We're looking for a self-starter, methodical, structured, open and honest, with a positive attitude to change and a "completer / finisher" mentality.

In return for your commitment and expertise, you will benefit from:

• A good starting salary in a full-time position.
• Great hours Monday to Friday (36.25 hours a week).
• You'll be in Head Office with excellent opportunities to develop your career here.
• Training opportunities to expand your skills. We offer accredited ILM training through external and in-house training.
• 23 days holiday, increasing with length of service, plus bank holidays (31 days in total).
• Buy / Sell holiday scheme.
• Amazing employee discounts with major supermarkets and retailers with phsPerks.com.
• Hybrid working following probationary period.
• Free Parking onsite so no parking costs.
• Other benefits such as improved parental and paternity leave, a 24-hour wellbeing helpline, cycle to work scheme, tech purchase scheme, pension scheme, life assurance and more...

If you're looking for a career with a successful company, and have excellent numerical skills, we want to speak with you! Apply now.
About phs:
phs Group was founded in 1963 and we are the leading provider for Hygiene Services in the UK, Spain and Ireland. We have over 120,000 customers across 300,000 locations incorporating numerous businesses during our 62 years of business.
Our businesses include: Washrooms, Healthcare, Floorcare, phs Direct and Direct 365, phs Greenleaf, Teacrate, Besafe, Wastekit and Compliance.
At phs, we pride ourselves on our diverse workforce, and ensuring we have an inclusive environment for all our staff. We remain committed to ensuring our teams can bring their true selves to work without risk or fear of discrimination.