Assistant Management Accountant - Sittingbourne

Xeinadin Group; Sittingbourne; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job description

Assistant Management Accountant - Sittingbourne

Vacancy Name: Assistant Management Accountant - Sittingbourne

Vacancy No: VN1061

Employment Type: Permanent

Location: Sittingbourne, United Kingdom

Company Description: Xeinadin was established in 2019 when more than 100 successful, independent, business advisory and accountancy practices across the UK and Ireland came together to re-imagine the future of accountancy. Our collective mission to provide locally forged, trusted business advice to SMEs through forward-thinking, close-knit relationships remains pivotal to our growth. It is our people who help drive our business forward, and we offer them future-focused career opportunities whilst supporting the individual specialisms.

Description: As an Assistant Management Accountant, you will be working closely with the Management Accountant. You will play a key role in delivering timely and accurate financial information against an agreed Group monthly timetable, as well as assisting with the development of accounting practices within the Hub and helping with Hub level projects.

Key Responsibilities:

1. Support the Management Accountant with Management Accounts, Statutory Audit, Working Capital and other functions.
2. Continue to develop the internal reporting framework to deliver the business needs.
3. Actively enhance and develop new working methods and processes for Management accounts reporting.
4. Liaise with the existing administrative and support team to ensure finance tasks are run at optimum level whilst meeting monthly deadlines.
5. Undertake VAT returns for all assigned offices in accordance with statutory deadlines.
6. Provide and confirm monthly intercompany balances for confirmation with other intercompany partners.
7. Timely production and maintenance of regional offices working paper reconciliations for month end.
8. Prepare monthly journal entries including accruals and prepayments.
9. Ownership of the fixed assets register.
10. Review P&L to ensure compliance with group finance policy including variance commentary.
11. Review balance sheets to ensure compliance with group finance policies, including regular review of key balance sheet reconciliations as set out by Group finance.
12. Upload all supporting documentation to Xero Working Paper Pack within Group deadline.
13. Ensure all statutory payments (Corporation Tax, PAYE & VAT) are made in a timely manner.
14. Prepare audit information in line with auditor's deliverable list as directed by the Management Accountant.
15. Provide all ad-hoc analysis required by the external auditors.
16. Support the Financial Controller in chasing and reviewing audit deliverables.
17. Update bank reconciliation on a weekly basis where required.
18. Prepare weekly cash forecast to identify spare cash to be remitted to Group as cash pool arrangement.
19. Support the credit controller with the preparation of weekly debtor receipts listing.
20. Provide monthly receivables and payables ledger summaries for each office you act for.
21. Act as the finance contact for dealing with internal and external finance queries relating to the offices you oversee.
22. Ensure all National Statistics reports are completed and filed on time.
23. Conduct ad-hoc reviews of Overheads.
24. Work with the Hub Finance Controller to design and implement appropriate controls and systems to ensure firms' financial reporting is in line with Group requirements.
25. Assist with Hub quarterly forecasting and budgeting when required.
26. Support completion of Expected Credit loss calculations.

Key Requirements:

• AAT qualified and working towards a CIMA/ ACCA qualification.

Additional Requirements:

• Strong attention to detail.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Ability to train, develop, and support the management accounts team.
• Intermediate Excel user.
• Good analytical skills.
• Knowledge of IFRS desirable.
• Experience of using Xero desirable.

Model: Hybrid

Salary: Competitive

Benefits:

• Company Pension Scheme.
• 25 days of annual leave + bank holidays.
• Additional annual leave days from certain levels of seniority.
• Ability to buy up to 5 days of annual leave to reach a maximum of 30 days per annum.
• Business closure over Christmas*.
• Life Assurance x4 annual salary.
• Enhanced family leave policies.
• Enhanced Company Sick Pay.
• Employee Assistance Programme - 24/7 support, free and confidential.
• Corporate Discounts Platform.
• Flexible Benefits platform with ability to opt-in to various insurances (level of seniority dependent & self-funded at corporate rates) such as PMI single or family, Critical Illness Cover, Cash plan, Cycle to work, Eye care, Dental. *subject to exceptions and business needs.