Assistant Management Accountant

J C Bamford Excavators Ltd; Cheadle; Hybrid; GBP 28,000 - 36,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Onsite gym

In-house doctor

ULEV car scheme

Cycle to Work

Rewards Hub

Job summary

JCB seeks an Assistant Management Accountant to join the Finance team at the Rocester site, supporting timely financial information and acting as a trusted liaison for finance queries. The role offers progression into month-end reporting and reconciliations while gaining broad exposure to management accounting tasks.

Initial focus on Purchase Ledger and Accounts Payable, with opportunities to grow into more complex month-end processes and reporting as experience develops.

Qualifications

• Experience in Accounts Payable or Purchase Ledger.
• Willing to develop into Management Accounting.
• Studying towards AAT/ACCA/CIMA.
• Strong attention to detail with reconciliations.
• Ability to handle deadlines in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Manage invoice processing across a structured workflow.
• Support Accounts Payable to resolve supplier queries and discrepancies.
• Act as a key point of contact for internal stakeholders and suppliers.
• Manage weekly bank postings and month-end bank reconciliations.
• Perform monthly intercompany reconciliations and resolve discrepancies.
• Support month-end activities including accruals, prepayments, and journals.
• Raise manual sales invoices weekly with accuracy and timeliness.
• Complete supplier statement reconciliations and maintain accounts.

Skills

Accounts Payable

Purchase Ledger

Finance

Education

Finance qualification (AAT/ACCA/CIMA)

Tools

SAP

Job description

About the role

As an Assistant Management Accountant, you’ll play a key role within the Business Unit Finance team at our Rocester site, supporting the financial performance of a globally recognised brand. Acting as a trusted point of contact for finance-related queries, you’ll collaborate with a wide range of stakeholders, ensuring the smooth delivery of accurate, timely financial information in line with the Group Finance Calendar.

This is an excellent opportunity for someone who is happy to build strong foundational experience across Purchase Ledger and Accounts Payable, while also developing broader exposure to Management Accounting responsibilities.

The role offers clear progression, with the opportunity to take on more complex tasks such as month-end reporting, reconciliations, and acting up within the team as your experience grows.

What does the role involve day to day?

• Managing invoice processing across a structured workflow
• Working closely with Accounts Payable to manage supplier queries, resolve discrepancies, and support smooth processing
• Acting as a key point of contact for internal stakeholders and suppliers, building strong working relationships
• Managing weekly bank postings and completing month-end bank reconciliations, ensuring balances are accurately reported to Group Finance
• Performing monthly intercompany reconciliations, investigating and resolving discrepancies
• Supporting month-end activities, including accruals, prepayments, and journal postings
• Contributing to more complex month-end processes as experience develops, including reconciliation work and supporting reporting requirements
• Raising manual sales invoices on a weekly basis, ensuring accuracy and timeliness
• Completing external supplier statement reconciliations to ensure accounts remain accurate and up to date
• Supporting continuous process improvement, particularly within AP and transactional finance activities

This will be suited to you if…

• You have experience within Accounts Payable, Purchase Ledger, or a broader finance role, and are keen to develop into Management Accounting
• You’re comfortable working across transactional finance tasks while building your knowledge of month-end and reporting processes
• You’re studying (or planning to study) towards a relevant finance qualification (AAT, ACCA, CIMA) and looking for a role that supports progression
• You have strong attention to detail and are confident working with financial data and reconciliations
• You enjoy working in a fast-paced environment, meeting deadlines and managing multiple priorities
• You’re a strong team player who enjoys collaborating with others and building relationships across the business

Desirable

Experience with SAP would be advantageous, but not essential

What’s in it for you?

• At JCB you don’t just get a competitive salary, 33 days’ holiday and access to our company pension—you can also use our onsite gym, in-house doctor and dentist.
• We have an ULEV car scheme available for our employees too.
• Then there’s the JCB Rewards Hub, which gives you discounts with high street retailers.
• Feel like biking to work? There’s our Cycle to Work Scheme.

We value diversity and welcome applications from candidates from all backgrounds.

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