Assistant Accountant

Mitchell Adam Ltd; West Midlands; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 36,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Food discount

Career development

Job summary

Mitchell Adam are delighted to be partnering with a well-established business in the hospitality sector. The Assistant Accountant role offers broad exposure to month-end reporting, balance sheet reconciliations, budgeting and forecasting across multiple sites in the West Midlands.

You will work closely with operational managers to support performance and decision-making, gaining insight into site performance and contributing to wider business reports.

Qualifications

• Previous experience within an Assistant Accountant or similar finance position, with exposure to month-end and management accounting processes.
• Good understanding of journals, balance sheet reconciliations, bank reconciliations and reviewing income and expenditure.
• Strong Excel skills, with the ability to work with large datasets, analyse financial information and produce accurate reports.
• Good communication and organisational skills, with the confidence to work with colleagues across different departments. Experience within hospitality or a multi-site environment would be beneficial.

Responsibilities

• Involvement across month-end reporting, balance sheet reconciliations, budgeting and forecasting.
• Gain exposure to operational performance, analysing financial information and producing reports to support the business across its sites.
• Work with the wider finance team and operational managers to contribute to wider business decisions.

Skills

Month-end

Management accounting

Journals

Balance sheet reconciliations

Bank reconciliations

Excel skills

Communication

Organisation

Hospitality/multi-site experience

Tools

Excel

Job description

Mitchell Adam are delighted to be partnering with a well-established business operating within the hospitality sector. With a portfolio of sites across the business, the organisation offers an interesting and varied finance environment, where the finance team works closely with operational managers to support performance and decision-making.

They are now looking to appoint an Assistant Accountant to join their finance team. This is a broad opportunity for someone looking to develop their management accounting experience, with involvement across month-end reporting, balance sheet reconciliations, budgeting and forecasting. Working alongside the wider finance team, you'll also gain exposure to operational performance, helping analyse financial information and produce reports that support the business across its different sites.

Skills Needed

• Previous experience within an Assistant Accountant or similar finance position, with exposure to month-end and management accounting processes.
• Good understanding of journals, balance sheet reconciliations, bank reconciliations and reviewing income and expenditure.
• Strong Excel skills, with the ability to work with large datasets, analyse financial information and produce accurate reports.
• Good communication and organisational skills, with the confidence to work with colleagues across different departments. Experience within hospitality or a multi-site environment would be beneficial.

What You Will Receive

• Broad exposure to management accounts, budgeting, forecasting and financial analysis, with opportunities to develop your accounting skills.
• The chance to work closely with operational managers, gaining insight into how different sites perform and contribute to wider business decisions.
• Opportunities for professional development and career progression, with the chance to build your experience across a varied finance function.
• A generous benefits package including 50% discount on food across the hotels.

This is an excellent opportunity for an Assistant Accountant looking to broaden their experience beyond transactional finance and develop within management accounting. With exposure to reporting, forecasting and operational finance, you'll gain a strong understanding of the wider business while playing an important role in supporting financial performance across multiple sites.