Assistant Management Accountant

United Infrastructure; Warrington; On-site; Confidential; Full time

Job summary

A dynamic infrastructure company based in Warrington is seeking an Assistant Management Accountant to maintain financial records, ensuring accuracy and compliance. The ideal candidate will have strong attention to detail, technical skills, and the ability to communicate effectively across various levels. This role offers excellent benefits including a bike to work scheme, 26 days holidays, and the option for remote work one day a week.

Benefits

Bike to work scheme

26 days holidays plus bank holidays

Company pension

Life insurance

Private medical insurance

Wellness programmes

Choice of 1 day per week WFH / Additional leave allowance

Qualifications

• Strong attention to detail and accuracy with sound organisation skills.
• Ability to communicate clearly across diverse customer contacts.
• Good understanding of controls and process; focus on compliance.
• Strong computer literacy; good/advanced user of Excel.
• Willingness to be hands-on and take ownership of tasks.
• Looks to take the initiative and challenge the status quo.
• Pride in work with attention to detail in outputs.

Responsibilities

• Maintain accuracy of financial records through diligent reconciliation.
• Process and review accounts, ensuring balance sheet accuracy.
• Complete daily and monthly bank reconciliations.
• Prepare and enter journals into the system.
• Support the preparation of management accounts and month-end duties.
• Conduct timely balance sheet reconciliations as needed.

Skills

Attention to detail

Communication skills

Technical background

Computer literacy

Initiative

Education

Part qualified or QBE

Tools

Excel

Job description

United Infrastructure is a dynamic and rapidly expanding business, focused on delivering critical infrastructure projects, across the utility and social infrastructure sectors.

Our team of highly skilled and hardworking specialists deliver innovative solutions to the complex challenges our clients face.Our company is split into two business areas:

Utility Infrastructure – Our team of Utility Infrastructure specialists design, build and maintain critical water, energy (gas), power and telecoms infrastructure, for the UK’s largest network owners and operators.

Social Infrastructure - Our team of Social Infrastructure specialists revitalise homes and communities by carrying out a wide range of work, from retrofit to refurbishment, and maintenance.

Tasks

As an Assistant Management Accountant, you will be responsible for maintaining the accuracy of financial records through diligent reconciliation activities.
Working as a key member of the Record to Report team, this role is responsible for processing and reviewing accounts, including balance sheet accuracy and management, across multiple Business Units within UI.
Adherence and implementation of a strong control environment. Working collaboratively across the Finance community to deliver results on time, this is a varied role within a busy general accounting shared service function.

Completing daily and monthly bank reconciliations

Preparing and entering journals into the system

Supporting the preparation of management accounts and month-end duties

Conduct timely balance sheet reconciliations at company-wide level as well as Legal Entity or Business Area level when required.

Requirements

• Strong attention to detail and accuracy with sound organisation skills to achieve deadlines.
• Successful relationship builder. Ability to communicate clearly across a range of customer contacts, from Site Finance Assistants to Group-level Directors.
• Strong technical background. Good understanding of controls and process. Focus on compliance and understanding the importance of internal (Period End) and external deadlines.
• Strong computer literacy, good/advanced user of Excel.
• Part qualified or QBE
• Willing to get involved – this is a hands‑on role; needs to balance leadership with technical knowledge and ensuring that tasks get done on time in full.
• Looks to take the initiative, to take ownership of their area. Happy to challenge the status quo in pursuit of greater efficiency.
• Pride in their work. Outputs from the Record to Report team are representative of the wider team. Attention to detail and excellent presentation are key

Benefits

• Bike to work scheme
• 26 days holidays plus bank holidays
• Company pension
• Life insurance
• Private medical insurance
• Wellness programmes
• Choice of 1 day per week WFH / Additional leave allowance