Assistant Management Accountant - EMEA

Onnec; City Of London; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology integration firm in London is seeking an Assistant Management Accountant to support financial reporting and compliance. The ideal candidate will have experience in transactional finance, be part-qualified in finance, and demonstrate proficiency in Excel. This role involves assisting with internal reporting, cash management, and ensuring compliance with financial regulations. A great opportunity to join a supportive team in a dynamic environment.

Qualifications

• Experience with intercompany invoices and financial reporting.
• Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines.
• Good analytical skills and attention to detail.

Responsibilities

• Assist in producing monthly management accounts for EMEA.
• Provide daily cash reporting to internal stakeholders.
• Support for compliance with VAT and other financial regulations.

Skills

Transaction finance experience

Financial qualification (ACA/ACCA/CIMA)

Excel proficiency

Organizational skills

Communication skills

Education

Part-qualified in finance

Tools

NetSuite

Job description

Location: London, Greater London, United Kingdom

Earnings: £35000.00 to £36000.00

ONNEC Group are a leading independent technology partner and global integrator, with over 30 years experience, and a 800+ team of global experts, specialising in providing end-to-end connectivity solutions that propel organisations everywhere.

From structured cabling to managed services, our end-to-end services give infrastructure that can be completely replied on. Design. Build. Deploy. Optimise. We offer a complete solution for business connectivity.

We are a rapidly growing organisation and finding and retaining the highest calibre of people is fundamental to us for the success of our business, we work hard to create a challenging, supportive and satisfying working environment for all our employees. ONNEC has successfully achieved the Investors in Diversity Foundational Award for our commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion in the workplace.

The role consists of assisting the Finance Manager in both internal and external reporting. This will include the production of the monthly management accounts in the EMEA region, in a timely manner. In addition, the candidate will be expected to be involved in tasks relating to International compliance deadlines, for example, VAT returns, production of statutory accounts and corporation tax.

This is a key role within the international branch of the Finance Department where the candidate will be expected to develop an in-depth working knowledge of the territories that they will be working in. The candidate is expected to be skilled in excel and proficient in working with ERP systems. They will have strong communication skills, be able to meet deadlines, and excellent attention to detail.

What you\'ll be doing as our Assistant Management Accountant

Internal reporting

• Providing daily cash reporting on entities within the EMEA region to key internal stakeholders
• Updating the 13-week cashflow forecasts on a monthly basis.

Cash reporting

• Raising intercompany invoices. Liaising with the UK/ International on intercompany invoices being raised correctly and in a timely manner.
• Updating cashbooks on a weekly basis to reflect all transactions, coding for cash allocations, downloading and filing bank statements as well as proof of payments.
• Liaising with third party bookkeepers regularly to review ledgers, answer queries on cashbooks, and identify any corrections to month end numbers
• Liaising with the commercial teams to ensure prompt receipting of PO\'s and fulfilling of sales orders
• Approval of invoices for payment on NetSuite
• Creating month-end journals for accruals, prepayments, and reclassifications to the third-party bookkeepers.
• Production of intercompany reconciliations, ensuring balances agree with other group companies.
• Supporting on balance sheet reconciliations and analysis such as reconciling the VAT and payroll accounts.
• Monthly analysis of overhead expenses
• Identifying and clearing up historic balances
• Assisting in the production of monthly management accounts for smaller entities where necessary (eg Belgium)
• Producing the month end P&L and Balance Sheet review Excel schedules
• Collating data for Group reporting (eg monthly movements by job number)

External reporting

• Assisting with interim and annual audits (eg Belgium)

Compliance

• Providing data for monthly VAT returns to third-party tax advisors and answering queries
• Supporting on providing TBs to third-party bookkeepers to produce financial statements in a timely manner, ensuring compliance deadlines are flagged to the Finance Manager
• Covering for US compliance tasks alongside other Assistant Management Accountants, when the US Finance Manager is absent

ERP System/Ad Hoc tasks

• Supporting on UAT testing of the ERP system for changes that made be required to the system for additional reports.

What we\'re looking for in our Assistant Management Accountant:

• Have previous work experience in transactional finance and a good working knowledge of finance processes.
• Part qualified or working towards a financial qualification(ACA / ACCA / CIMA)
• Experience of working in a long-term contract accounting business;
• Experience of working with outsourced third-party bookkeeping teams;
• Experience of working in a multi-national company or in a multi-currency environment;
• Be working towards a financial qualification
• Detailed and analytical approach
• The ability to work in a pressurised environment and to deadlines
• Sound written and verbal communication skills
• Good level of excel knowledge
• Have good organisational skills and be able to prioritise tasks to meet deadlines
• Take responsibility and ownership of tasks

If you feel you have the required skills and experience, click apply now to be considered as our Assistant Management Accountant- we\'d love to hear from you!