Assistant Management Accountant

BIG Partnership; Glasgow; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a dynamic finance team as an Assistant Management Accountant at a leading marketing agency in Glasgow. In this role, you will support the Finance Manager in producing management accounts, conducting detailed analysis, and collaborating closely with other departments. This opportunity offers strong career development in a supportive environment with great perks.

Benefits

Brilliant holiday allowance

Career development investment

Coaching and mentoring programmes

Free fruit and social events

Life assurance

Qualifications

• Experienced in Accounts Payable and Receivable.
• Organised and able to prioritise workload.
• Proactive in improving processes and systems.

Responsibilities

• Assisting in the production of monthly management accounts.
• Conducting variance analysis on P&L and Balance Sheet.
• Supporting finance colleagues with complex invoices.

Skills

Attention to detail

Excel

Analysis

Tools

Microsoft Office

Accounting systems

Time management software

Job description

This is an exciting opportunity for an Assistant Management Accountant with Accounts Payable and Receivable experience to join our fabulous finance team, who play a pivotal role in supporting our creative colleagues in understanding and improving their numbers.

We're on the lookout for a team player, excel whizz, who loves producing accurate accounts and analysis, from which important data driven decisions are made.

The Job

Supporting our Finance Manager in producing the monthly management accounts, forecasts, budgets, sales and other business critical analysis. You will be a team player, supporting finance colleagues in processing complex sales and purchase invoices across our multiple marketing services. You will also love helping our client facing teams to be more commercial, assisting them in their forecasts, invoicing and queries.

You will be responsible for managing your workload, organising and prioritising work to meet financial deadlines.

On a day-to-day basis you will be responsible for the following;

• Assisting in the production of the Monthly Management Accounts
• Variance analysis of P&L and Balance Sheet
• Assisting with the production of annual Budgets
• Balance sheet reconciliations
• Processing month end Journals
• Supporting the forecasting preparation
• Reviewing cash allocation and bank reconciliations
• Ensuring all AR & AP tasks are completed on time
• Performing analysis on sales, utilisation, client profit and other KPIs
• Assisting with tax and VAT returns
• Contributing to the team's drive to automate & improve processes, implement new systems and enhance existing systems to simplify and speed up processing

The Person

The role requires someone with attention to detail, deadline oriented, who will hold colleagues to account on the completion of their tasks to facilitate timely invoicing and management accounts preparation. We're a busy and productive team, who support one and other, so it's important we find someone who will take ownership of tasks, work proactively and shares our passion for improving processes & systems.

We're looking for someone who will develop great working relationships with our lovely PR, Digital, Creative, Design and Marketing colleagues and support them in achieving their KPIs. Also, someone who is super accurate and able to investigate financial variances and anomalies.

You should be an excel whiz, experienced in using accounting systems and other Microsoft Office products such as SharePoint, Word, and PowerPoint. Experience of time management software and implementing new systems would also be a bonus.

The Perks

We are a fast-paced independent agency, with a collaborative and supportive culture and a real emphasis on helping every member of our team achieve their potential. We value energy and commitment highly. If you're the right person for this opportunity, you can count on:

• A brilliant holiday allowance, including a day off for your birthday, a day off for charity work of your choice and a half day for Christmas shopping.
• Senior investment and time into your career development.
• Coaching, training, and mentoring programmes, with support for professional memberships and study.
• Free fruit every day, free bar every Friday and free pizza every month.
• Life assurance.
• Lots of social events throughout the year and a company-wide Summer and Christmas party.
• An open, dynamic, and collaborative working environment.
• The opportunity to work alongside and learn from some of the best in the business.
• The best colleagues you could hope for!

But enough about us. How about you? Interested? Of course you are! Click apply now to tell us why you should be the newest member of our team...

About BIG
Established over two decades ago, BIG Partnership has grown to become one of the UK's largest and most successful independent marketing agencies, with more than 80 people working on over 300 clients across offices in Glasgow, Edinburgh, Aberdeen and Manchester.

We specialise in offering a fully integrated service to our clients, with core services that cover PR, design, digital and marketing. We work with businesses ranging from start-ups to some of the world's biggest brands. Household brands, including Aldi, BP, Deloitte, Asda, Loch Lomond Whisky and Loganair, have entrusted their marketing and communication needs to us. This trust is reflected in our recent ranking for client satisfaction, where specialist consultancy, Relationship Matters, placed BIG among the top 20% of agencies globally for client satisfaction.

We are BIG on our people and culture. You'll be working alongside colleagues who will happily go the extra mile for you, because they know you would do the same for them. Independently conducted staff surveys show BIG boasts a supportive and positive work environment, with more than 90% of its staff viewing BIG as an employer of choice. This is probably why The Herald newspaper named BIG as having the Best Employee Culture in Scotland.

We're truly a values-driven organisation. A hallmark of our ethos is our focus on staff development and an open, supportive culture.

If you're interested in working with us, you can find our open vacancies on our website, and you can hear directly from our teams about our award-winning culture and what they love most about working at BIG.

BIG Partnership is committed to being an equal opportunities employer and we welcome applicants from all backgrounds.

Closing date: 26th June 2025*

*The position may close earlier depending on applicant volume.