Assistant Management Accountant

SF Partners; East Midlands; On-site; GBP 36,000 - 44,000; Full time

Job summary

SF Partners in North Nottingham is recruiting an Assistant Management Accountant to join a growing finance team on a temp-to-perm basis. The role offers a clear path to a permanent Management Accountant position as the business grows, with development opportunities as responsibilities increase.

You'll support month-end, journal postings, reconciliations and transfer to Sage 200 while contributing to process improvements and system implementations.

Qualifications

• Experience in an Assistant Management Accountant or similar finance role.
• Strong Excel skills and attention to detail.
• Good understanding of month-end processes and reconciliations.

Responsibilities

• Supporting the preparation of monthly management accounts.
• Preparing and posting journals, accruals, prepayments and other month-end adjustments.
• Completing balance sheet reconciliations and investigating discrepancies.
• Supporting month-end processes and ensuring financial information is accurate and up to date.
• Assisting with the transition to Sage 200, including reconciliations, data accuracy and new processes.
• Supporting purchase ledger, sales ledger and bank reconciliation activities.
• Monitoring costs and ensuring transactions are accurately recorded and allocated.
• Supporting WIP calculations and providing information for financial reporting.
• Working with colleagues across the business to resolve queries and improve financial processes.
• Developing your understanding of the wider business and taking on additional management accounting responsibilities over time.

Skills

Excel

Attention to detail

Tools

Sage 200

Job description

SF Partners are recruiting for an Assistant Management Accountant to join a growing finance team in North Nottingham. This is a temp-to-perm opportunity with genuine long-term potential, offering the successful candidate the chance to develop their management accounting experience and progress into a Management Accountant position as the role and business continue to grow.

Assistant Management Accountant

North Nottingham - Full Time - Office Based

c£40,000

Temp-to-Perm

Initially, you'll provide hands-on support across the finance function, working closely with the existing team on month-end, management accounts and day-to-day accounting activities. You'll also be involved in the introduction of a new finance system, providing an opportunity to develop your systems knowledge and contribute to improving processes.

The longer-term vision is for this position to become a permanent Management Accountant role, with increasing responsibility as you build your knowledge of the business and develop your skills.

The role will include:

• Supporting the preparation of monthly management accounts.
• Preparing and posting journals, accruals, prepayments and other month-end adjustments.
• Completing balance sheet reconciliations and investigating discrepancies.
• Supporting month-end processes and ensuring financial information is accurate and up to date.
• Assisting with the transition to Sage 200, including reconciliations, data accuracy and new processes.
• Supporting purchase ledger, sales ledger and bank reconciliation activities.
• Monitoring costs and ensuring transactions are accurately recorded and allocated.
• Supporting WIP calculations and providing information for financial reporting.
• Working with colleagues across the business to resolve queries and improve financial processes.
• Developing your understanding of the wider business and taking on additional management accounting responsibilities over time.

About you:

• Previous experience in an Assistant Management Accountant, Assistant Accountant or similar finance role.
• Good understanding of month-end processes, including journals, accruals, prepayments and balance sheet reconciliations.
• Confident working across both management accounting and transactional finance.
• Good Excel skills and strong attention to detail.
• Experience using Sage 200 would be advantageous, although experience with other accounting systems will be considered.
• Someone keen to develop their management accounting experience and progress into a broader role.
• Organised, proactive and comfortable taking ownership of their workload.

This is an excellent opportunity for someone looking to take the next step in their finance career. You'll be joining a business where there is a clear intention to invest in the role, develop your responsibilities and support your progression towards becoming a Management Accountant on a permanent basis.