Assistant Management Accountant

Burton Recruitment Limited; Lytham St Annes; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days holiday

Full study support

Progression opportunities

Job summary

Burton Recruitment Limited is working with a multi-discipline group of companies to appoint an Assistant Management Accountant who will own the monthly reporting cycle across several group companies. This hands-on role covers the full month end process and links numbers to trading activity.

The ideal candidate has at least three years of accounting experience, solid VAT/bookkeeping knowledge and strong Excel skills, with the ability to manage multiple deadlines and work collaboratively with the

Qualifications

• At least three years of accounting experience in a fast paced corporate environment.
• Solid bookkeeping experience and a good working understanding of VAT.
• Confident with MS Office, particularly Excel.
• Accurate and timely, with the ability to hold multiple deadlines at once.
• Strong planning and record keeping.
• A confident, friendly telephone manner and genuinely good with people.
• Sage 50 or Intacct experience would be useful, though not essential.
• Energetic, proactive and collaborative, with a professional approach.

Responsibilities

• Supporting the team with transactional processing and the weekly supplier runs when needed
• Preparing prepayments, accruals and journals for the monthly reporting cycle
• Processing and reconciling intercompany charges
• Calculating and reconciling the VAT returns
• Calculating fixed asset depreciation and maintaining the fixed asset register
• Preparing P&L, balance sheet and management reports for the smaller companies within the group
• Completing balance sheet reconciliations and investigating discrepancies in the general ledger
• Producing routine and ad hoc financial reporting as the business needs it
• Supporting the Finance Manager with year end accounts preparation
• Liaising with external auditors where required
• Keeping office records and information accurate and well organised

Skills

Accounting

VAT understanding

Excel

Attention to detail

Communication

Tools

Sage 50

Intacct

MS Excel

Job description

Our client, a multi discipline group of companies is actively looking to strengthen their finance department by appointing an Assistant Management Accountant to work alongside their Finance Manager, taking real ownership of the monthly reporting cycle across a number of the group companies.

This is a hands-on role. You will get exposure to the full month end process rather than one narrow slice of it, and you will see how the numbers connect to businesses that are actually trading.

Key responsibilities will include:

• Supporting the team with transactional processing and the weekly supplier runs when needed
• Preparing prepayments, accruals and journals for the monthly reporting cycle
• Processing and reconciling intercompany charges
• Calculating and reconciling the VAT returns
• Calculating fixed asset depreciation and maintaining the fixed asset register
• Preparing P&L, balance sheet and management reports for the smaller companies within the group
• Completing balance sheet reconciliations and investigating discrepancies in the general ledger
• Producing routine and ad hoc financial reporting as the business needs it
• Supporting the Finance Manager with year end accounts preparation
• Liaising with external auditors where required
• Keeping office records and information accurate and well organised

The ideal candidate:

• At least three years of accounting experience in a fast paced corporate environment
• Solid bookkeeping experience and a good working understanding of VAT
• Confident with MS Office, particularly Excel
• Accurate and timely, with the ability to hold multiple deadlines at once
• Strong planning and record keeping
• A confident, friendly telephone manner and genuinely good with people
• Sage 50 or Intacct experience would be useful, though not essential
• Energetic, proactive and collaborative, with a professional approach

In return:

• 25 days holiday
• Full study support plus the opportunity for progression