About This Role
Working closely with the Citygate team, the Accountant takes primary responsibility for preparing monthly financial reporting and budgets for four businesses. This role suits a detail-oriented professional capable of managing financial data across multiple sites and contributing to system optimization.
Responsibilities
- Produce accurate monthly management accounts for the four businesses within agreed formats and timescales
- Prepare and submit manufacturer composite data within timescales
- Review and resolve reconciling items in manufacturer bonus accounts
- Ensure accruals and prepayments are regularly reviewed for all sites
- Ensure monthly other balance sheet accounts reconciliations are completed on a rolling basis to aid year-end procedure
- Produce daily cash flow forecasts and identify peak cash requirements
- Review and control working capital for the sites
- Ensure files of a confidential nature are held securely and updated accordingly
- Ensure compliance with PAYE, National Insurance, and Value Added Tax (VAT) regulations
- Prepare annual PSA return
- Assist in preparing annual budgets and upload them onto ASE Projector
- Contribute to the planning and control of resources
- Strive to improve system optimization
- Analyze financial data and make appropriate recommendations to senior management
- Compile and compare Key Performance Indicators for all departments
- Work closely with managerial colleagues
- Aid Monthly Performance Review Meetings
- Provide guidance on all financial and accounts issues
- Help Retailer to achieve industry-leading standards of process efficiency
- Operate at all times within the law and ensure Health & Safety and all company policies and procedures are adhered to
- Work together with the team as required to facilitate the smooth running of the Accounts department
Requirements
- CIMA/ACCA/ACA qualifications preferred but not essential
- Ability to work under pressure
- Ability to work across multiple sites
Benefits
- Access to our in-house training academy
- Internal career progression opportunities across various brands and locations
- High street discounts
- Wellbeing portal
- Employee assistance program
- Purchase, service, and parts discounts
- Employee referral scheme
- Pension
- Life assurance cover
- Competitive holidays
- Cycle to work scheme
About the Company
Citygate is a highly successful, privately owned business that has grown significantly over the past twenty years to 650 employees across multiple locations including London, Berkshire, Hertfordshire, and Buckinghamshire. They work with global brands such as Volkswagen Passenger Cars, Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles, SEAT, CUPRA, ŠKODA, and Kia.
