Assistant Management Accountant

Hays Business Support; Cullompton; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading logistics and transport services organization as a key player in their finance team. This role offers the opportunity to prepare monthly management accounts, monitor budgets, and contribute to strategic planning. You will be responsible for preparing journals for accruals and prepayments, conducting balance sheet reconciliations, and generating insightful management reports. The ideal candidate will be AAT qualified or studying towards CIMA, with a strong background in management accounting. This position promises competitive salary, study support, and career growth through professional development in a dynamic environment.

Benefits

Study support

Career growth opportunities

Professional development

Qualifications

• AAT qualified or studying towards CIMA with management accounting experience.
• Strong background in costing, budgeting, and variance analysis.

Responsibilities

• Prepare monthly management accounts and financial projections.
• Create dynamic reports highlighting revenues and operational KPIs.

Skills

Management Accounting

Costing

Budgeting

Variance Analysis

Financial Reporting

Education

AAT Level 3

CIMA (studying towards)

Job description

Your new company
Working for a leading logistics and transport services organisation based in Cullompton. Working within a sizeable finance team, you will play a key role in producing accurate monthly management accounts, monitoring financial budgets across multiple business areas.

Your new role
You will contribute to the team and prepare a weekly forecast for cost centres across multiple business areas. With responsibility for preparing and posting journals for accruals, prepayments and expenditure.

Ensure timely financial projections to support strategic planning and operational efficiency.
Prepare and post journals for accruals, prepayments and ad-hoc expenses.
Monthly balance sheet reconciliations.
Work closely with staff across the whole business.
Create dynamic management reports that highlight revenues, costs, profitability and operational KPIs.
Provide insights that drive strategic decisions.
Generate sales invoices, ensuring timely and accurate billings.

What you'll need to succeed
The ideal candidate will be AAT qualified (minimum level 3) but could already be studying towards CIMA, with previous management accounting experience with costing, budgeting and variance analysis.

What you'll get in return
A competitive salary, study support and career growth through professional development.

What you need to do now
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