Assistant Management Accountant

CMA Recruitment Group; Hurn; Hybrid; GBP 32,000 - 36,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Career development programmes

Training and development opportunities

Supportive team environment

Job summary

CMA Recruitment Group is helping a hospitality business in Bournemouth recruit an Assistant Management Accountant. The role focuses on forecasting, monthly management accounts, and budgeting within a collaborative finance team.

You will work closely with department heads, analyse performance, and contribute to VAT returns while developing in a fast-moving environment with hybrid working arrangements.

Qualifications

• Experience in management accounting, with month-end reporting, budgeting and forecasting.
• Strong Excel skills with ability to analyse financial data and produce insights.

Responsibilities

• Work closely with operational management and department heads, supporting regular revenue and cost forecasting
• Produce and analyse monthly management accounts, ensuring reporting is completed accurately and within agreed deadlines
• Review financial performance, identifying revenue opportunities and areas where costs can be better controlled
• Support the preparation and analysis of annual budgets
• Complete balance sheet reconciliations across the group, investigating and resolving discrepancies
• Reconcile intercompany balances and prepare the associated accounting journals
• Prepare quarterly VAT returns

Skills

Forecasting

Budgeting

Financial analysis

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Job description

Join a growing and dynamic business in the hospitality sector as a Assistant Management Accountant. Based in Bournemouth, this organisation has experienced steady growth and values driven, forward-thinking professionals. With a collaborative culture and a focus on development, the company offers a supportive environment for ambitious finance professionals seeking to make an impact.

What will the Assistant Management Accountant role involve?

• Work closely with operational management and department heads, supporting regular revenue and cost forecasting
• Produce and analyse monthly management accounts, ensuring reporting is completed accurately and within agreed deadlines
• Review financial performance, identifying revenue opportunities and areas where costs can be better controlled
• Support the preparation and analysis of annual budgets
• Complete balance sheet reconciliations across the group, investigating and resolving discrepancies
• Reconcile intercompany balances and prepare the associated accounting journals
• Prepare quarterly VAT returns

Suitable Candidate for the Assistant Management Accountant vacancy:

• Previous management accounting experience, with confidence across month-end reporting, budgeting and forecasting
• Strong Microsoft Excel skills with the ability to analyse financial data and produce useful management information
• Commercially minded, with the ability to understand the drivers behind revenue, cost and profitability
• A proactive and hands-on approach, comfortable taking ownership and working in a fast-moving environment
• Passionate about career development within a supportive team

Additional benefits and information for the role of Assistant Management Accountant:

• Opportunity for career progression within a growing organisation
• Flexibility around working hours and location hybrid model
• Development programmes and ongoing training
• Supportive and collaborative team environment
• Salary dependent on experience