Assistant Management Accountant

Matchtech; Farnborough; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

Matchtech Group is seeking an Assistant Management Accountant to join the Farnborough finance team on a 6-month contract with potential extension. The role requires flexibility across finance activities and supporting during busy periods, leaves and training.

You will handle journals, month-end tasks, balance sheet packs, and reporting, while engaging with project and cost centre managers and ensuring compliance with procedures.

Qualifications

• Experience in management accounting, project accounting or cost centre accounting.
• Actively studying towards ACA, ACCA, CIMA or AAT, or relevant accounting experience.
• Project or cost centre accounting experience is essential.
• Knowledge of management information services and key financial outputs.
• Experience using SAP and Microsoft Excel would be advantageous.
• Strong numerical, analytical and problem-solving skills, with excellent attention to detail.
• Ability to work effectively within a large finance team and meet tight month-end deadlines.
• Flexible, proactive and willing to learn new skills, tools and processes.

Responsibilities

• Preparing and posting journals, including accruals, prepayments, provisions and cost corrections, to support accurate month-end accounts
• Producing, reviewing and analysing transactional finance data in line with accounting standards and company procedures
• Preparing balance sheet packs, monthly management packs and statutory reporting packs
• Monitoring and reporting on capital expenditure
• Attending project, cost centre and bid reviews, providing financial feedback and challenging figures where appropriate
• Acting as a point of contact for cost centre managers, integrated delivery teams and project managers
• Providing ad hoc reporting and supporting contractual reporting obligations, audit queries, forecasting and budget rounds
• Identifying process improvement opportunities while maintaining compliance with standard finance procedures

Skills

Management accounting

Project accounting

Cost centre accounting

Excel

Numerical abilities

Education

ACCA/ACCA/CIMA/AAT student

Tools

SAP

Microsoft Office

Job description

Our client is seeking an Assistant Management Accountant to support its finance team in Farnborough on a contract basis for 6 months, with potential for an extension subject to business workload. This role will suit someone who can work flexibly across different finance activities, providing short-term support during periods of leave, training and increased demand.

Key Responsibilities:

• Preparing and posting journals, including accruals, prepayments, provisions and cost corrections, to support accurate month-end accounts
• Producing, reviewing and analysing transactional finance data in line with accounting standards and company procedures
• Preparing balance sheet packs, monthly management packs and statutory reporting packs
• Monitoring and reporting on capital expenditure
• Attending project, cost centre and bid reviews, providing financial feedback and challenging figures where appropriate
• Acting as a point of contact for cost centre managers, integrated delivery teams and project managers
• Providing ad hoc reporting and supporting contractual reporting obligations, audit queries, forecasting and budget rounds
• Identifying process improvement opportunities while maintaining compliance with standard finance procedures

Job Requirements:

• Experience in management accounting, project accounting or cost centre accounting
• Actively studying towards ACA, ACCA, CIMA or AAT, or relevant accounting experience
• Project or cost centre accounting experience is essential
• Knowledge of management information services and key financial outputs
• Experience using SAP and Microsoft Office, particularly Microsoft Excel, would be advantageous
• Strong numerical, analytical and problem-solving skills, with excellent attention to detail
• Ability to work effectively within a large finance team and meet tight month-end deadlines
• Flexible, proactive and willing to learn new skills, tools and processes

Additional Information:

• Contract position based in Farnborough
• Contract duration until 24 December 2026
• Active SC security clearance is required
• Work may begin under BPSS while the required clearance arrangements are confirmed

This is an excellent opportunity for an Assistant Management Accountant to broaden their experience across a varied finance function while developing their management accounting career. If you have the required finance experience and active SC clearance,