Assistant Management Accountant

EasyWebRecruitment.com; Selby; Hybrid; GBP 32,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

A financial services company is seeking an Assistant Management Accountant to enhance financial reporting processes. The role involves collaborating with overhead departments and ensuring accurate monthly reporting of financial performance. Key responsibilities include preparing financial statements, conducting reconciliations, and managing audits. The ideal candidate will have at least an AAT qualification, previous accounting experience, and strong Excel skills. This hybrid position is based in Selby, providing flexibility in working arrangements.

Qualifications

• Minimum AAT qualification or equivalent experience.
• Experience in an accounting environment is crucial.
• Proven experience in financial reporting.

Responsibilities

• Prepare Core reporting of P&L, Balance Sheet, and Cashflow.
• Reconcile accounts for monthly departmental reporting.
• Business partner overhead departments in budget meetings.
• Post payroll journals and prepare reconciliations.
• Gather and analyze time sheet data for project costs.
• Post accruals and prepayments.
• Analyze expenditures with Purchase Ledger.
• Support financial aspects of projects.
• Prepare financials for bids and tender submissions.
• Manage balance sheet reconciliations.
• Serve as key contact for the Annual Statutory Audit.
• Assist in budget preparation and ad-hoc reporting.

Skills

Financial Reporting

Excellent Excel skills

Communication

Organizational skills

Methodical approach

Ability to meet deadlines

AAT qualification

Education

AAT qualification or qualified by experience

Tools

NetSuite

Oracle

Job description

Location: Selby / Hybrid

Department: Finance

Salary: £32,000 - £36,000

Hours: 37.5

Contract Type: Permanent

Purpose of the role

The Assistant Management Accountant will support in all aspects of financial reporting within the Finance Function. Business partnering Overhead departments to provide clear and insightful information to aid business decisions. Driving cost savings across the business by challenging spend and alternative ways of working/delivering.

Key Responsibilities

• Preparation of Core reporting of P&L, Balance Sheet and Cashflow as part of the monthly management accounts process, ensuring timely and accurate reporting of business performance.
• Reconciling monthly accounts to Power BI for publishing of monthly departmental reporting
• Business partnering overhead departments through monthly budget meetings, to understand any variances and be able to provide insightful analysis and suggestions
• Post monthly payroll journal and prepare reconciliation/analysis
• Time sheet collation and analysis, including reporting on cost of projects in progress to expected revenue
• Posting of accruals & prepayments, including maintaining a schedule
• Analysis of expenditure with Purchase Ledger, challenging spend and alternative ways of working/delivering
• Support with financials on projects
• Preparation of financials for Bids & Tenders submissions
• Preparation and submission of Office for National Statistics reporting
• Balance sheet reconciliations
• Key contact for the Annual Statutory Audit
• Assisting with annual budget preparation and re-forecasting, along with any other ad-hoc reporting

Process improvement of all aspects of reporting

Skills and Experience (essential)

• Qualification: AAT minimum (would consider qualified by experience)
• Previous experience in Accounting environment
• Experience of Financial Reporting
• Excellent excel skills and report writing skills
• Well organised and able to demonstrate a high level of accuracy
• Excellent communication
• Methodical approach to work.
• Ability to work to tight deadlines
• Willingness to adapt and respond to the changing and varied needs of the business

Skills and Experience (desirable)

• NetSuite/Oracle