Management Accountant (Treasury)

We’re the UK's largest ports operator with a network of 21 ports around Britain. We handle around one quarter of the UK's seaborne trade and contribute £7.5 billion to our economy every year.

It’s a story we’re proud of but it doesn’t end there. We’re transforming our business and embracing the future.

We offer a vast range of roles spanning the UK, all rooted in a culture that welcomes diversity, fosters talent, encourages internal movement and progression, and places safety as our number one priority.

The Role:  Management Accountant - Treasury

Purpose:
To provide a management accounting service for the Group Financing Companies and Treasury related activities, with indirect accountability towards ABP turnover of £542 million revenue and £291 million EBITDA.  

Accountabilities:

•    Liaise with Treasury Operations Manager to ensure the accurate and timely confirmation, documentation and accounting of all treasury transactions (investments, debt, swaps and FX).
•    Review and post derivative valuations and SAP to treasury system reconciliations.
•    Production of monthly management accounts and annual statutory accounting returns for the Financing Companies in line with agreed time frames

•    Review of intercompany balances to ensure there are no imbalances. Calculation and posting of the fair value consolidation adjustments for PPE.
•    Liaison with Taxation Manager to obtain and subsequent posting of monthly tax charges.
•    Monthly production of the sections of the Board Report relating to Balance Sheet, Cashflow and Capital Expenditure in line with the agreed timetable.

•    Calculation, review and posting of half-year and year-end intercompany eliminations at all consolidation levels.
•    Preparation and posting of half-year and year-end tax journals.
•    Prepare all half-year and year-end treasury disclosures for the statutory reporting processes and all year-end treasury matters with auditors.

About you:

A qualified accountant with a strong technical capability, you will be a real team player, someone who is keen to get stuck in to this exciting and fast-paced industry.  By nature, you will be proactive, able to work independently and be focussed on performance, accuracy and ability to identify and operate in a continuous improvement environment. 

Experience

•    Results focussed attitude and the ability to manage their own time to ensure that deadlines are met while maintaining the necessary quality of output.
•    Experience of the preparation of management reports to provide useful management information and commentary.
•    Ability to solve problems with pragmatic solutions.

•    An understanding of simple derivative financial instruments and accounting for them.
•    Experience of the review and analysis of complex balance sheets and cash flow statements and an understanding of the drivers of the variances.

•    An understanding of capital expenditure reporting and the key drivers of the variances
•    An understanding of consolidation adjustments, how they arise and what their impact is.
•    Project management skills and the ability to deliver on time and to budget

Ideal

•    SAP experience
•    Able to demonstrate a detailed understanding of how to value financial instruments and derivatives and the balance sheet impact and accounting
•    Experience of using a treasury management system

Additional Information:

When joining ABP you will find an environment that is both welcoming and challenging. We reward our employees well and offer a generous remuneration package, employer pension, private health insurance and a range of other benefits.

Please note that ABP undertake random screening for substance abuse and operate a zero-tolerance policy. A medical will be required before starting this position also.

We are an equal opportunities employer and we welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their background, which helps us to provide a diverse and inclusive working environment.

As part of our recruitment process, all successful candidates will be subject to pre-employment screening to Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS). Please note your consent will be required and further information on this check can be found using the following link: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/united-kingdom-security-vetting-clearance-levels/national-security-vetting-clearance-levels