Management Accountant (Client Embedded)

About the role

LedgerLine's client delivery team places qualified accountants inside businesses that need a finance brain but not a finance department. This seat is with a Kwun Tong industrial group: around 200 staff, two Dongguan plants, and a management reporting pack that currently arrives too late for anyone to act on.

You would be on their floor four days a week and in our North Point office on the fifth, with a LedgerLine manager reviewing your work and a client managing director reading it. It suits someone who wants operational finance without giving up the backing of a professional firm.

The immediate job is a standard costing model that holds up. The longer job is teaching a production manager to read a variance report, which is harder and considerably more useful.

What you'll do

• Prepare monthly management accounts including standard costing, variance analysis and gross margin by product line.
• Own the month-end close for the client entity and cut three working days off the current timetable.
• Build rolling cash flow forecasts and flag funding pressure before it becomes urgent.
• Support annual budgeting and the capital expenditure approval process.
• Reconcile intercompany balances with the Dongguan plants and finally resolve the recurring differences.
• Prepare audit schedules and act as the client's day-to-day contact with their external auditor.
• Present a monthly finance pack to the client's management team in plain language.

What we're looking for

• HKICPA, CIMA or ACCA qualified with three or more years of commercial or costing experience.
• Hands-on management reporting experience in a manufacturing or trading environment.
• Advanced Excel — comfortable rebuilding a model rather than patching one.
• Cantonese and English, with Mandarin for the plant finance teams.
• Willing to be based at the client's Kwun Tong office four days a week.

Nice to have

• Standard costing or inventory valuation experience.
• Familiarity with a mid-market ERP such as SAP Business One.
• Happy to travel to Dongguan once a quarter.

What you get

• 13th month plus a discretionary bonus
• Client-site allowance and travel reimbursed for plant visits
• CPD and professional membership fees paid
• Medical and dental cover for you and your spouse
• Rotation to a different client every 18-24 months if you want the variety