Management Accountant

About Us
We are Lightfoot, a high-growth technology company based just outside Exeter that is focused on making a difference worldwide, one driver at a time. We help businesses and private motorists improve efficiency and safety.
Our technology has been proven to reduce fuel use and emissions rates by 10-20%, and at-fault accidents and wear and tear by 40-50%. It connects to your vehicle’s on-board computer and uses all the live data it produces to analyse how efficiently you are driving. It’s similar to how performance is analysed in Formula 1. Lightfoot turns that data into simple feedback for you – the driver – so you know when you’re pushing your vehicle too far and can bring it back to maximum efficiency. Beyond the vehicle, our proprietary gamification platform engages users via our app, giving our driver community the opportunity to engage in their performance and to win weekly cash prizes and rewards for achieving Elite Driver standard. Our solutions are highly differentiated from the competition which has helped us secure circa 300 of the UK’s largest fleet customers including Tesco, Asda, Southwest Water, Iceland and Virgin Media to name a few.
More recently, we’ve started leveraging our gamification IP to expand our product offering to beyond drivers. With our new app-only solution we can now incentivise and reward all sorts of measurable behaviours for our customers, from physical activity to online order picking. We’ve now given away nearly £1m is prize money incentivising and rewarding desirable behaviours and are excited about the value this can bring to our customer and to our growth prospects.
We’re a fun-loving bunch who are growing at an astonishing rate. We’ve moved into a brand-new, state-of-the-art office near Exeter in the beautiful Southwest (which was voted Exeter’s ‘Best Workspace’). We are excited to keep growing the Lightfoot family with like-minded, passionate individuals who share our values.
We care deeply.
We are innovative.
We deliver excellence.
We are customer first.
We are friendly and celebrate individuality.
About the role
Reporting to the Head of Finance, we are now seeking a commercially minded Management Accountant who can support our finance function and also work across the business to drive performance improvements, helping to define the direction of the business. The role will suit a candidate directly from practice or from a commercial background; the key attributes will be a willingness to challenge, innovate and integrate in a fast-changing environment.
Key duties and responsibilities
Preparation of management accountsand supporting information
Preparation of Statutory Accounts schedulesand manage audit process
Prepare budgets and forecasts
Cash flow management
Design and review Policies and Procedures
Support other members of the team with day-to-day finance operations
Preparation and submission of VAT returns
Ad hoc project work as directed by the Head of Finance
Key skills, experience and qualifications
Fully qualified CIMA, ACCA or ACA is essential
Advanced Excel skills essential
Experience in International trading is desirable
Key skills, experience and qualifications
Strong attention to detail
Questioning nature
Self-motivated
Enthusiastic
Concise
Engaging
Personable and outgoing, with a good sense of humour
Salary and benefits
£38,000 - £40,000 annually
Annual bonus scheme
24 days of annual leave (plus bank holidays)
Birthday leave – an extra day off to celebrate
End-of-year company closure between Christmas and New Year
Holiday buy-back scheme – the opportunity to buy up to an extra week’s leave per annum
Company sick pay
Bravo benefits including :
cycle-to-work scheme
financial wellbeing resources
gym discounts
MyMindPal app
retail discount scheme
tech benefits
Simplyhealth Optimise health plan
Simplyhealth Denplan dental plan
Group life insurance (death-in-service)
Company pension
Long service awards
Refer-A-Friend scheme
Hybrid working
On-site parking
Casual dress
Company social events and activities
A personal Lightfoot device
Job Type: Full-time
Salary: Up to £40,000.00 per year
Schedule:
Monday to Friday
Supplemental pay types:
Bonus scheme
Education:
Bachelor's (preferred)
Experience:
accounting: 1 year (preferred)
Work Location: Hybrid remote in Exeter
Reference ID: Management Accountant
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