Assistant Management Accountant 1

AMEY; Leyland; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading engineering company in the UK is seeking an Assistant Management Accountant to join their finance team. This role offers hybrid working and involves responsibilities such as producing management accounts, ensuring data integrity, and supporting commercial management with financial information. The ideal candidate will have experience in a similar role, strong IT skills including SAP, and excellent communication abilities. Competitive salary and comprehensive benefits package offered.

Benefits

Competitive annual salary

Career advancement opportunities

Comprehensive training programs

24 days of holiday plus bank holidays

Generous pension scheme

Flexible benefits options

Exclusive discounts from leading retailers

Social Impact Days for volunteering

Family friendly policies

Membership of Affinity Networks

Qualifications

• Strong financial knowledge and awareness.
• Experience with data manipulation and financial reporting.
• Ability to communicate financial terms to non-finance backgrounds.

Responsibilities

• Communicate with contract-based staff to resolve queries.
• Develop management reporting and understand financial trends.
• Assist in producing monthly management accounts.
• Raise and issue client invoices and manage cash receipts.

Skills

Experience in a similar role with managing accounts

Excellent IT Skills including SAP and Excel

Ability to work towards strict deadlines

Excellent communication and organisational skills

High level of attention to detail

Education

A degree in Maths or Finance

Tools

SAP

Excel

Job description

Your New Role

We have a fantastic opportunity for an Assistant Management Accountant to join the MOJ Finance Team on a full time, permanent basis. This role will be based at Westmarch House, 42 Eaton Avenue Buckshaw Village, PR7 7NA and will offer hybrid working with occasional travel.

Covering 63 sites with a contract worth circa £175m, you will be responsible to assisting with the producing and reporting of the management accounts. You will work closely with the finance team, focusing specifically on P&L robustness and supporting project where applicable.

The standard hours of work are based on 37.5 hours per week, Monday-Friday.

The salary will be dependent on experience

What you will do

• Communicating with contract-based staff to resolve queries as they arise.
• Producing and developing management reporting, understanding trends and providing meaningful information to enable management action to be taken to address areas requiring improvement.
• Providing assistance and support to commercial management through expert data organisation skills utilising pivot tables, lookup formulas, sumifs formulas, data sort and file links.
• Building effective relationships with functional areas and site-based teams to provide a reliable point of contact for all aspects of data integrity and financial reporting.
• Ensuring the integrity of financial transaction information held within SAP.
• Utilising SAP transaction detail and data manipulation skills to produce quality information to non-financial operational management.
• Assisting with the production of the monthly management accounts.
• Assisting with the production of the monthly site profit and loss accounts by ensuring the robustness of cost allocations.
• Preparing and posting month end journals including WIP, Revenue, provisions, accruals and prepayments.
• Ensuring contract cost are controlled with robust procedures in place.
• Pro-actively addressing issues and anomalies with finance, commercial and operations colleagues, explaining financial terminology to those with non-finance backgrounds.
• Ensuring balance sheet reconciliations are completed and key variances are understood and resolved, including appropriate audit trail and support
• Raising and issuing client invoices, utilising the client AFP data. Including chasing of cash receipts and provide updates to the senior management and treasury teams.

What you will bring

• Experience in a similar role with managing accounts
• A degree in either Maths or Finance is desirable or working towards finance qualifications
• Excellent IT Skills including SAP and Excel
• Ability to work towards strict deadlines
• Ability to work comfortably with numbers, with commercial awareness
• Excellent communication and organisational skills
• High level of attention to detail

Why join Amey?

At Amey, we work on long-term stable contracts so you can plan a long-term career with us. We have been awarded Platinum status by Investors in People which underscores our commitment to supporting our people across every part of our organisation, enabling them to shine. Whether you are starting your career, returning to the workplace or can bring your professional expertise and skills, there is a place for you here.

Our benefits

• Remuneration - Enjoy a competitive annual salary with the potential for yearly reviews to ensure you’re rewarded for your contributions
• Career Growth: Shine in your career with advancement opportunities to roles like Management Accountant, Finance Manager
• Training Opportunities : Unlock your potential with comprehensive training, including fully funded leadership programs tailored to your personal growth.
• Holidays - Enjoy at least 24 days of holiday plus bank holidays, and the opportunity to buy further days.
• Pension - Generous pension scheme, with extra contributions from Amey
• Flexible benefits – Customise your benefits with options such as insurance benefits, Cycle2Work scheme and access to discounted gym membership.
• Exclusive Discounts - Access our online portal filled with discounts from leading retailers, healthcare services, and more, helping you save on the things that matter.
• Give Back to community - Two Social Impact Days each year, for volunteering and fundraising opportunities
• Family friendly policies for new parents or if you provide care for a dependant
• Membership of our Affinity Networks who connect, support and inspire diverse communities within Amey

About Amey

We are a leading provider of full life-cycle engineering, operations, and decarbonisation solutions, for transport infrastructure and complex facilities.

Our purpose is to deliver sustainable infrastructure solutions that enhance life and protect our shared future.

Every day our teams across the UK and internationally do truly important work shaping some of the most complex environments that impact generations to come.

To find out more visit our website

amey.co.uk/careers

Application Guidance and Diversity & Inclusion

At Amey we constantly evolve how we work to reflect the different needs and backgrounds of our employees. We welcome applications from all suitably qualified candidates, regardless of their race, gender, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation, or age. We believe everyone deserves an opportunity to shine.

As a disability confident leader, we’re proud to guarantee applicants with a disability an interview if they meet the minimum requirements for the role.

Please contact our recruitment team at [e-mail] to discuss any access needs, reasonable adjustments or additional support that you may require at any point during the recruitment process.

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