Assistant Management Accountant

APCOA PARKING UK; Uxbridge; Hybrid; GBP 26,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

APCOA PARKING UK is seeking an Assistant Management Accountant to join its Finance team in Uxbridge. You will support monthly management accounts, budgeting, and reporting, with a focus on accuracy and timeliness, while developing your ACCA/ACA journey.

This role suits someone with basic accounts experience, strong Excel skills, and good communication. You will interact with internal and external stakeholders, contribute to audits, and help set up new sites as the business grows.

Qualifications

• Keen to study and learn and grow within the role.
• Good IT systems knowledge and the ability to pick up systems quickly.
• Excellent interpersonal skills to gain trust of colleagues and clients.
• Highly organised with the ability to manage multiple tasks under pressure.
• Be a self-starter with the ability to prioritise and meet deadlines.
• Performance-driven and able to deliver results as part of a team.

Responsibilities

• Assist in the preparation of monthly management accounts and financial reports.
• Support budgeting and forecasting with accurate data analysis.
• Reconcile balance sheet accounts and investigate discrepancies.
• Process accruals, prepayments, and journal entries.
• Assist with setup of new sites.
• Review forecasted performance against budgets.
• Calculate client revenue shares.
• Raise self-bill invoices and initiate client payments.
• Liaise with Management Accountants for revenue-based queries.
• Prepare audit files for half and full year.

Skills

Study and learn

Excel

Interpersonal skills

Organised

Self-starter

Team player

Education

ACCA/ACA candidate

Tools

Excel

Job description

The Role

Assistant Management Accountant - Uxbridge - Full-time - £30,000 per annum

Do you have previous experience in Accounts? Are you looking to build on this? Are you looking for a role you can learn and grow in?

Perhaps you are working towards an ACCA or ACA qualification?

If you answered yes, then read on!

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an Assistant Management Accountant working within the Finance team. You will need a passion for numbers and be eager to learn with a small amount of Accounts experience for this role. Tenacity and resilience are key! You will need good basic Excel skills for this role.

This team looks at forecasted performance against budgets, as well as provide accurate and meaningful analysis on variances. As an Assistant Management Accountant, you will support the team in various reporting and support the delivery of deadlines. The role requires a significant amount of interaction with internal and external stakeholders, therefore good communication skills are an essential.

Do you think this could be you? Keep reading to see what you will be doing...

What you’ll do:

• Assist in the preparation of monthly management accounts and financial reports.
• Support the budgeting and forecasting processes with accurate data analysis.
• Reconcile balance sheet accounts and investigate discrepancies where necessary.
• Contribute to the processing of accruals, prepayments, and journal entries.
• Assist with the set up of new sites
• Review forecasted performance against budgets
• Calculate client revenue shares
• Raise selfbill invoices and initiate client payments
• Liaise with Management Accountants for any revenue-based queries from Ops / Clients
• Deal with the preparation of half and full year audit files

What you’ll bring:

• Someone keen to study and learn.
• Good IT systems knowledge and skills, the ability to pick up systems quickly.
• Excellent interpersonal skills with an ability to win the respect and trust of colleagues and customers
• Highly organised with an excellent ability to manage multiple tasks under pressure
• Be a self-starter with the ability to prioritise tasks and meet deadlines
• A performance driven individual with enthusiasm to succeed as part of a team and deliver outstanding results

We are focused on ensuring APCOA is a fair place to workregardless of age, race, gender, sexuality or level in the organisation.

We offer a motivating work environment where successes are shared. With challenging projects and an atmosphere of fostering and support, staff have the development opportunities to fulfil their potential while aiming for excellence in their work.