Hands-On Assistant Management Accountant | Flex Hours

Confidential; Kingston upon Thames; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 45,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stunning offices

Flexi hours

Bonus

Study support

Discounts

Job summary

Confidential is recruiting an Assistant Management Accountant for a fast-growing SME retail business in SW London (Kingston upon Thames). The role offers a hands-on, detail-focused finance position with exposure to the full month-end cycle and cross-functional collaboration.

You will work with the Commercial Finance Manager and operational stakeholders to ensure accurate numbers, robust processes and timely month-end close.

Qualifications

• Hands-on role with strong month-end responsibility, posting journals, accruals and prepayments.
• Experience with balance sheet reconciliations and resolving outstanding items.
• SME or lean finance environment experience is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Taking ownership of key areas of the month-end process from start to finish.
• Preparing and posting journals, accruals and prepayments.
• Completing balance sheet reconciliations and investigating outstanding items.
• Taking responsibility for regular bank reconciliations, ensuring discrepancies are identified and resolved.
• Supporting the preparation of monthly management accounts.
• Investigating variances and financial queries, getting to the root cause and following through to resolution.
• Supporting cashbook and control account activities.
• Ensuring financial information is accurate, complete and delivered within agreed deadlines.
• Working closely with colleagues across Finance and the wider business to resolve queries.
• Helping to improve processes, controls and ways of working as the business continues to grow.
• Providing support across the wider Finance function and getting involved wherever needed.

Skills

Month-end ownership

Journal postings

Bank reconciliations

Attention to detail

Commercial awareness

Ownership

Team collaboration

Education

AAT/ACCA/CIMA studies beneficial

Job description

Confidential is recruiting an Assistant Management Accountant for a fast-growing SME retail business in SW London (Kingston upon Thames). The role offers a hands-on, detail-focused finance position with exposure to the full month-end cycle and cross-functional collaboration.

You will work with the Commercial Finance Manager and operational stakeholders to ensure accurate numbers, robust processes and timely month-end close.