Assistant Management Accountant

SRM Recruitment; Bury St Edmunds; Hybrid; GBP 28,000 - 34,000; Full time

Job summary

SRM Recruitment are working with an established and growing organisation in the Bury St Edmunds area to recruit an Assistant Management Accountant on a fixed-term contract of up to 15 months.

This position would suit an AAT qualified accountant or someone studying ACCA/CIMA, offering exposure across management accounts, balance sheet reconciliations, payroll analysis, stock accounting and business partnering.

Qualifications

• AAT qualified or studying ACCA/CIMA
• Strong Excel skills with attention to detail
• Experience in management accounts and reconciliations
• Payroll-related accounting or process improvement advantageous

Responsibilities

• Support the monthly management accounts process
• Prepare and post month-end journals
• Complete and analyse balance sheet reconciliations
• Investigate and resolve queries from the management accounts
• Assist with monthly management information and reporting packs
• Own monthly overtime and bonus calculations and reconcile control accounts
• Work with payroll teams to resolve payment queries
• Maintain payroll-related financial controls
• Prepare monthly stock schedules and reconcile movements
• Process warehouse and vehicle stock-count information
• Post journals to allocate materials and costs to projects
• Coordinate year-end stock counts
• Provide analysis to finance and operational stakeholders
• Identify opportunities to improve finance processes and controls

Skills

Excel

Attention to detail

Communication

Education

AAT qualification

ACCA/CIMA study in progress

Tools

Microsoft Dynamics 365

Job description

Bury St Edmunds | Hybrid – 3 days office / 2 days home

SRM Recruitment are working with an established and growing organisation in the Bury St Edmunds area to recruit an Assistant Management Accountant on a fixed-term contract of up to 15 months.

This is a varied role within a busy finance team and would suit an AAT qualified accountant or someone currently studying towards ACCA/CIMA who is looking to build on their management accounting experience.

Working closely with the Management Accountant, you’ll support the month-end process for a key operational area of the business, with exposure across management accounts, balance sheet reconciliations, payroll analysis, stock accounting and business partnering.

Key responsibilities will include:

• Supporting the preparation of monthly management accounts
• Preparing and posting month-end journals
• Completing and analysing balance sheet reconciliations
• Investigating and resolving queries arising from the management accounts
• Assisting with monthly management information and reporting packs
• Taking ownership of monthly overtime and bonus calculations, including reconciliation of relevant control accounts
• Working closely with operational and payroll teams to investigate and resolve payment queries
• Maintaining appropriate financial controls around payroll-related submissions
• Preparing monthly stock schedules and reconciling movements against physical stock counts
• Processing warehouse and vehicle stock-count information
• Posting journals to allocate materials and costs to the appropriate projects
• Supporting the coordination of year-end stock counts
• Providing analysis to finance and operational stakeholders
• Identifying opportunities to improve existing finance processes and controls
• Supporting the wider finance team with ad hoc analysis as required

About you:

You’ll ideally be AAT qualified or studying towards ACCA/CIMA, with previous experience working within a finance or accounting environment.

You’ll need strong Excel skills, good attention to detail and the confidence to communicate with colleagues outside of finance. Experience of management accounts, reconciliations, payroll-related accounting or process improvement would all be advantageous.

Part-qualified ACCA/CIMA candidates are also encouraged to apply.

Experience using Microsoft Dynamics 365 would be useful but is not essential.

The opportunity:

This is a great opportunity to gain broad management accounting experience within a sizeable and supportive finance function, working closely with both finance and operational teams.

The role is based in the Bury St Edmunds area, with hybrid working of 3 days in the office and 2 days from home, and is offered on a fixed-term basis for up to 15 months.