Assistant Management Accountant

Medlock Partners; Salford; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking proactive individuals for Assistant Management Accountant roles in Salford. This position offers immediate exposure to all aspects of preparing monthly Management Accounts within a market-leading global business. Ideal candidates will possess a part-qualified AAT or CIMA/ACCA background and demonstrate a strong problem-solving nature. You'll have the opportunity to build relationships with stakeholders and contribute to improving financial processes. Enjoy a friendly culture that prioritizes work-life balance, with benefits like hybrid working and a healthcare plan. This role is perfect for those eager to grow in a supportive environment.

Benefits

25 days holiday plus Bank Holidays

On-site parking

Public transport close by

Hybrid working (2 days wfh)

Healthcare plan

DIS Life Insurance

Qualifications

• Part-qualified AAT or CIMA/ACCA studier with knowledge of double-entry.
• Strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail are critical.

Responsibilities

• Assist Management Accountants in preparing monthly accounting packs.
• Liaise with clients and contribute to coding and posting invoices.

Skills

AAT or CIMA/ACCA studier

Knowledge of double-entry

Problem-solving

Attention to detail

Transactional finance experience

Communication skills

Education

Part-qualified AAT or CIMA/ACCA

Job description

This range is provided by Medlock Partners. Your actual pay will be based on your skills and experience — talk with your recruiter to learn more.

Base pay range

Direct message the job poster from Medlock Partners

Senior Accountancy and Finance Recruiter

We are exclusively partnering with our Salford-based client to recruit two Assistant Management Accountants for their market-leading and long-established global business.

These roles will report directly into divisional Management Accountants and will provide immediate exposure to all aspects of preparing the monthly Management Accounts.

The roles will suit proactive, inquisitive individuals with the confidence to share observations, insights and ideas. You will be keen to build strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders and be comfortable having involvement with presenting to the board.

There is potentially the opportunity to flex the hours to meet a candidate's personal circumstances e.g reduced hours 4 days per week

Duties:

• Assisting the Management Accountants to prepare the monthly accounting pack - with the opportunity to prepare all aspects and build the pack, ready for review.
• Balance sheet reconciliations
• Bank reconciliations and balancing the cashbook
• Accruals and prepayments
• Check, verify and analyse large data sets from multiple sites to facilitate the monthly sales invoicing process.
• Liaise with clients direct regarding sales invoice details and queries
• Liaise with AP team and contribute to coding and posting of overhead invoices including detailed carriage invoices
• Payment runs
• Reconcile and post client cost of sales invoices against system values COS
• Assist in reviewing profitability of client contracts and work with the Commercial team in order to identify potential missing revenue
• Improving current financial processes and procedures, and constantly seeking efficiencies
• Assist in ensuring smooth new finance system implementation
• Involvement with budget setting and forecasting /re-forecasting

Skills and experience:

• Part-qualified AAT or CIMA/ACCA studier
• Knowledge of double-entry, exposure to transactional finance and some previous experience assisting with aspects of Management Accounts preparation
• An inquisitive, pro-active, problem-solving nature is critical for this role
• Strong systems skills and attention to detail
• A focused, diligent and methodical approach to managing workload
• Comfortable consulting with all levels of the business both inside and outside Finance, and also external stakeholders
• A desire to see and understand the bigger picture of the department and business beyond that is offered by this role

25 days holiday plus Bank Holidays, increasing after 2 years, on-site parking/ public transport close by, Hybrid working (2 days wfh), 9-5 with poss flex to hours, Healthcare plan , DIS Life Insurance.

Friendly, relaxed culture with a focus on good work life balance.

Seniority level

Associate

Employment type

Full-time

Job function

Finance

Industries

Staffing and Recruiting