Management Accountant

Location: BGC, Taguig
Shift pattern: Mid-shift 4pm MNL to 1am MNL
Working Model: Hybrid, 3 days in the office and 2 days working from home.

Working in our dynamic, successful Finance team there has never been a better time to join Pepper Money, a specialist mortgage lender backed by a global financial institution offering first and second charge loans.

We really do believe that its our people who are our main competitive advantage the thing that sets us apart from our competitors.

Our passion is to Help People Succeed. This is at the heart of everything we do and includes our valued customers, intermediary brokers and partners as well as all of our fantastic colleagues.

We operate a hybrid working model, with a split of days being in the office and days being worked at home. Pepper Money has three offices across the UK and one office in Manila, where this role will be based.

What you will be doing

This role will be reporting into and supporting the Assistant Financial Controller supporting across many aspects of the finance remit not limited to but including the month end close process, cost analysis, balance sheet reconciliations, process improvement and controls.

Beyond this, you will collaborate with the AP Team Leader to ensure timely accruals, work with the FP&A team for budgeting and forecasting, as well as providing support to Senior Finance Managers to answer cost queries from the business.

• Work to month end timetable to ensure all responsibilities are met in a timely manner
• Prepare and post cost journals for month end
• Support preparation of management accounts
• Investigate and explain any variances
• Perform and maintain reconciliation for key-cost related balance sheet accounts
• Identify new ways to automate or streamline cost accounting processes

What we are looking for

We are looking for a strong Management Accountant who has a depth of experience across financial control with a wealth of knowledge in month end processes specifically, it is vital that you are confident in your ability to do the first stage review independently. It would be advantageous to have experience in a specialist lending or mortgage background.

This role will be suitable to somebody who is CMA qualified or QBE with many years of being hands on and in the thick of the doing in a similar role.

• Desire to collaborate, support others, and add to team culture
• Ability to work efficiently under tight deadlines
• Strong IT skills, specific to complex formulas in excel
• Able to juggle shifting priorities
• High level of attention to detail, analytical and investigation skills
• Stakeholder management skills
• Knowledge of IFRS 16 is advantageous but not essential.

Some of the benefits we provide are:

• Competitive salaries and bonus schemes
• Hybrid home/office working arrangements
• Regular training and opportunities to learn and grow
• Holiday leave plus bank holidays
• Medical insurance cover
• Life insurance
• Health and wellbeing support