US Management Accountant

The Vacancy

US Management Accountant

Location: Flexible working with visits to our office in Wimbledon as and when required

Salary: Competitive

Contract Type: Permanent

As part of our ambitious global growth, we now have a fantastic opportunity for a Management Accountant to join our International Finance team here at Domestic & General. This role is designed specifically to provide management accounting and tax reporting support in relation to our growing United States market entry.  In addition, the role will also cover the management of the Australia and New Zealand month-end reporting.

Along with the core accounting and tax elements, there will be a significant focus on the development of internal reporting and cost control tools to provide insight and understanding to the senior leadership team responsible for the US performance.

The Management Accountant will be expected to liaise with the wider finance team and other business support functions to enable those functions to make informed business decisions.

Domestic & General is a company with an ambitious future.  We are expanding our horizons and entering new markets and we need your expertise to help make it happen. We are an international company who works with some of the worlds most respected and well-known brands of domestic appliances and electronic consumer goods. These opportunities don’t come around often, so this really is a position not to be missed.

Key responsibilities:

• US month-end management accounting, including external state reporting.
• US monthly sales and used tax compliance.
• US market cost control and internal reporting, including the following areas:
  • Contact centre cost analysis, cost per acquisition reporting and recruitment monitoring.
  • Travel authorisation and reporting.
  • Budget holder cost monitoring and reporting.
• Management of the annual budget and reforecasting for the US business.
• Australia and New Zealand month-end management accounting.
• Other ad-hoc tasks, projects and support as required.

Skills and experience required:

• Good knowledge of accounting principles and practices.
• Capable of making sound day to day accounting decisions, solve accounting issues and recommending solutions.
• Professional accounting qualification (ACCA, CIMA, ACA etc.), part qualified and significant relevant experience on tax reporting
• Strong analytical skills where they are comfortable using Microsoft Excel
• Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines. 
• Clear written and oral communication skills
• Close attention to detail and strong organisational skills.
• Experience of Workday is desirable but not essential.

We offer lots of great benefits! Some of which include: 

• Competitive salary and annual discretionary bonus
• 25 days annual leave plus bank/public holidays, as well as an annual option to buy up to 5 additional days of annual leave
• Training opportunities as well as clearly defined career progression
• Health cash plan – employer funded cover to enable you to claim money back on essential healthcare costs, including dental, optical, physiotherapy and many more.  Cover also includes unlimited access to a 24/7 virtual GP service
• Attractive company pension scheme
• Life assurance – employer funded cover of 4x basic salary
• Dedicated online benefit portal offering access to saving and lending facilities, financial wellbeing and support services:

• Salary Finance – access to savings and borrowing through payroll
• Car Leasing – access to a carbon neutral salary sacrifice car leasing scheme, with an all-inclusive monthly cost covering all charge, taxes, insurance, repairs and maintenance on a range of brand new vehicles
• Travel Loans – interest free loans to help spread the cost of annual travel tickets
• Cycle to Work – tax efficient bike and cycling equipment worth up to £1,000

• Health & Wellbeing – discounted gym membership, online virtual workout sessions, online culinary classes
• OnHand – Giving you the opportunity to be an Eco & Social volunteer via a handy app. Volunteer individually or in groups to get involved in Youth Mentoring, Food Poverty, Homelessness & Elderly help.
• Employee Assistance Programme – specialist advice and support on issues such as finance, relationships, illness and family issues
• Free Domestic & General protection plan – one free plan each year with access to discounted rates of up to 50% on additional plans, including referrals for family and friends
• Employee discounts – access to discounted Sky TV and broadband packages, together with a range of discounts for 100s of online and high street retailers

Domestic & General are an equal opportunities employer which means we treat people fairly. We welcome applications from all suitably skilled persons regardless of their gender, age, race, disability, ethnic background, religion/belief, sexual orientation, gender reassignment or marital/family status.

Please note that we have a thorough referencing process, which includes criminal record checks.

For over a hundred years, Domestic & General have been a trusted provider of aftercare for millions of domestic appliances. Today, we’re the UK’s leading provider of appliance breakdown protection, developing products and services to meet your needs.

We provide protection, maintenance and support for a broad range of domestic products and consumer electronics, ranging from televisions to washing machines to boilers.

We look after 23.9 million products and, through our expert service network, we repair or replace 2.9 million appliances every year*.

It’s our mission to keep your world running by delivering a service that never lets you down.