Job Title: Senior Accounting Manager
Department: Finance
Reports to: Senior Financial Accounting Director
Location: London
The Healthcare Consultancy Group (HCG) is a Global Leader in the provision of scientific strategy and medical communications services for pharmaceutical and biotech companies.
The HCG Finance Team provides world class support services to the several entities and 350+ employees that comprise the group. If you are driven, work with high self-expectations, have exceptional communication skills and are inherently orientated towards a customer service mentality, than you may be a candidate to join the Team.
Job Summary
As a Senior Accounting Manager, you will be responsible for partnering with Client Services teams in managing and ensuring the financial integrity of, costs and billings for client projects. The Senior Accounting Manager will help guide the business in supporting leadership with key decisions based on the monthly financial reports and provide informative analysis and recommendations to support business growth.
EXPECTATIONS
Financial Analysis
- Review and Approve POs in D365
- PO management and updating / closing POs on a timely basis
- Approval of house supplier invoices and T&E, ensuring expenses adhere to Company policy
- Overview of Airplus and Credit Card accounts ensuring team have allocated expenses by end of month. Overhead spend trend
- Overview of aged creditors reporting
- Overview of Pay When Paid overide from Network, as per Omnicom Group requirements, when client funds have not been received
- Overview AR reporting (per SSC weekly submission) and chase for commentary on any aged balance with CFD. Ensure any uncollectable amounts are properly provided for
- Review of weekly WIP report and chase for commentary on any aged balance with CFD. Ensure any uncollectable amounts are properly provided for
- Oversee intercompany adminstration for re-charging costs to group agencies
- Resolution of unallocated cash with SSC and CF team
- Oversight of bank balances and suggest FC recommendations
- Cash forecast overview (prepared by SMA SSC)
- Hedging Responsibilities as needed
- Review and advise on month end accruals with SMA SSC, ensuring all known expenses are properly accrued for at end of month
- Payroll Reconciliation Overview (Journal and reconciliation prepared by SSC) ensuring correct allocation of employee and journal correctly posted
- P&L Overview and review with SVP Finance & SMA (SSC) to forecast, ensuring all material variances are explained
- BS Overview and review with SVP Finance & SMP (SSC) ensuring all balances are properly reconciled and substantiated
- Salary forecast and overseeing of monthly tru-up
- Monthly P&L forecasting and submission to group
- Quarterly commentary submission
- Support of statutory accounts (prepared by SMA SSC)
- Support of tax return computation (prepared by SMA SSC)
- Primary contact for internal and external audit
- Overview on ONS in conjunction with SSC team
Team and Client Relations
- Serve as liaison between Client Services team and the finance department
- Participate and lead in regular finance and client team meetings. Ensure they are scheduled timely
- Follow up with Client Services teams on, develop and implement remedial solutions
- Review vendor invoices for proper project coding
- Prepare client invoices and answer client questions regarding projects
- Prepare client requested reports with accuracy and adherence to client guidelines
- Demonstrates an understanding of the agency’s goals and initiatives through regular attendance of organization-wide meetings.
Fiscal Responsibility
- Identify risks associated with projects, contract approvals, budget to actual spending variances and other client accounting related issues. Understand nature of projects to manage risk. Review with finance director/cfo/controller
- Prepare and analyze monthly revenue report for Finance Director/CFO/Controller
- Review unbilled balances and ensure billings are managed with cash flow and review monthly with Finance Director
- Assist with month end close procedures, project close out entries
- Assist and support senior Finance team members in special projects, monthly reports, and/or ad-hoc reports as needed,
- Other duties as assigned-
Key Skill Sets
- Proactive fiscal acumen
- Must have a high degree of accuracy and be detail oriented
- Ability to communicate with all levels of management and clients
- Excellent organizational skills
- The ability to multi-task and work on many projects simultaneously
- Ability to prioritize and meet deadlines
- Ability to work independently with minimal supervision and ensure reports are accurate, timely, and meet deadlines
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills a must
- Computer proficiency in Excel (pivot tables, formulas), Word and Outlook a must
- Education: Bachelor’s Degree
- 4-7 years’ experience in an equivalent role
The companies within the Healthcare Consultancy Group are Equal Opportunity Employers. All applicants will be considered without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, age, national origin, citizenship status, sexual orientation, disability, veteran status or any category or class of person protected by law.
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