Management Accountant (part time)

Trial Balance; Truro; Hybrid; GBP 20,000 - 30,000; Part time

Job summary

A well-established consulting firm within the leisure and hospitality sector is looking for a part-time Assistant Accountant or Management Accountant. You'll join a dynamic finance team focused on producing detailed management accounts, providing insightful financial intelligence, and mentoring junior staff. The position offers a hybrid working model, ensuring flexibility alongside professional development in a supportive environment.

Qualifications

• Experience in management accounting or assistant accounting required.
• Excellent understanding of MS Excel essential.
• Communication skills critical as role liaises across departments.

Responsibilities

• Production of monthly and quarterly management accounts.
• Provide financial intelligence for ongoing projects.
• Lead role in control account reconciliations and budgets.

Skills

MS Excel

Financial Analysis

Data Interpretation

Communication

Education

AAT qualified or equivalent experience

Job description

Trial Balance Consulting have been exclusively reengaged by a long standing client operating in the leisure and hospitality sector. The company have tasked us with sourcing an experienced AssistantAccountant or Managemnent Accountantto join their finance team in a newly created role. The position is offered on a permanent contract and with part time working hours circa 30 hours per week, to be split between the company headquarters in Truro and with a hybrid working option if required.

Reporting the company’s CFO and working as part of a friendly finance team, this will be an interesting role which focuses on producing high quality management accounts by extracting data from MS Excel spreadsheets and a Xero based digital accounting system. Whilst it’s an analytical opportunity, it’s also one that works closely with colleagues throughout the business and has a highly commercial nature to it. Key responsibilities to include:

- Production of monthly and quarterly management accounts with accompanying commentary for the senior management team

- Provide senior management team with key financial intelligence to assist in ongoing projects, financial analysis, and budget/target reporting

- Commentating monthly financial reporting pack data to financial and non-financial department leaders

- Take a lead role in control account reconciliations, prepayments, accruals and recharges

- Provide assistance and support for quarterly reviews and annual budgets

- Identify areas for improving financial performance of specific divisions of the business

- Assisting budgeting and business planning

- Assist in preparing for annual audit

- Mentor and develop junior members of the team

- Assist the CFO with ongoing and ad-hoc business projects and costings

This role calls for an experienced candidate, either operating in a management accounting capacity or as an Assistant Accountant. The position is likely to be data driven so an excellent understanding of MS Excel (V Lookups, Pivot Tables etc.), will be an essential requirement. Previous experience gained in a multi-income-stream services environment would be advantageous though not essential. Candidates may be part/fully professionally or AAT qualified, or qualified by experience, but must possess excellent all round IT aptitude (particularly MS Excel). This is a role that regularly liaises with colleagues in all departments and communication skills a must.

For further details including a detailed role specification, please contact Steve Roach quoting reference SR10407 ASAP.