Senior Assistant Accountant

Scrivens-Opticians-; Birmingham; Hybrid; GBP 35,000 - 48,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Staff discounts on optical products

28 days annual leave

Full training and support

Job summary

Scrivens-Opticians- is seeking a capable Management Accountant to join the group’s accounting team in a fast-paced environment. You will support monthly management accounts for multiple group companies, maintain the chart of accounts, and provide year-end support to ensure a smooth close.

You will generate profitability and variance analyses, assist in budgeting, and ensure timely period closes with accurate accruals, depreciation, and VAT reconciliations.

Qualifications

• Qualified Accountant or Finalist (CIMA/ACCA or equivalent)
• Minimum of 2 years Management Accounts experience in a high volume environment
• Advanced Excel skills
• Ability to communicate complex financial information clearly to non-financial stakeholders
• Keen attention to detail with excellent time management and organisational skills
• Strong data analysis experience
• Self-starter with an aptitude to take on new challenges

Responsibilities

• Assist in preparing periodic management accounts for group companies and maintain chart of accounts.
• Generate periodic financial reports, including profitability and variance analysis and product margins.
• Support budgeting process to produce accurate budgets on time.
• Record accruals, prepayments, depreciation and ensure timely period close.
• Reconcile VAT and balance sheet accounts; periodic bank reconciliations.
• Assist in audit and statutory accounts reporting process.
• Track inventory, costs, postings of journals and quarterly stock takes.
• Reconcile intercompany transactions and perform frequent reconciliations within the group.
• Support continuous improvement of the management accounting department and ensure compliance.
• Assist Management Accountant and Senior Finance in ad hoc tasks.

Skills

Advanced Excel

Data analysis

Communication skills

Time management

Education

CIMA/ACCA or equivalent

Job description

About the role

Reporting to the Management Accountant, you will be supporting the Management Accounting team to produce the monthly management accounts for a number of companies within the group. The ideal candidate brings strong technical accounting knowledge with the experience to analyse complex financial data in a precise manner and is a natural mentor who thrives in a fast-paced environment where prioritising tasks to meet deadlines is crucial.

Responsibilities

• Assist the Management Accountant in the preparation of the periodic management accounts for the group companies, the maintenance of the chart of accounts within the accounting software, provide yearend support to ensure seamless yearend process, and to ensure KPIs and deadlines are met

• Generate periodic financial reports, including profitability and variance analysis as well as analysing product margins

• Support the budgeting process for the group companies to ensure accurate budgets are produced in a timely manner

• Ensure that accruals, prepayments, depreciation are recorded in a timely manner within each period close

• Reconciliation of VAT and other assigned balance sheet accounts on a regular basis, and periodic reconciliation of the group bank accounts

• Work with the management accounting team during the audit and support the yearly statutory accounts reporting process

• Tracking and monitoring of inventory levels, costs, analysis and posting of inventory journals and oversee the quarterly stock take process

• Ensure agreement of intercompany transactions and conduct periodic reconciliations with other businesses within the Group

• Support the continuous improvement of the management accounting department to ensure efficiency, accuracy and best practice, and ensure adherence to the Company’s procedures and financial compliance

• Assist the Management Accountant and the Senior Finance Management in other ad hoc responsibilities as required

What we’re looking for

• Qualified Accountant or a Finalist (CIMA, ACCA or equivalent)

• Minimum of 2 years Management Accounts experience within a high volume environment

• Advanced Excel skills

• Ability to communicate complex financial information clearly and concisely to non-financial stakeholders

• Keen attention to detail with excellent time management and organisational skills

• Strong data analysis experience

• Self-starter with an aptitude to take on new challenges

What we offer

• Competitive salary with opportunities to progress

• Hybrid Working (One Day WFH)

• Full training and support from day one

• Staff discounts on optical and hearing products

• 28 days annual leave including bank holidays (pro-rata)