Assistant Management Accountant – SGS/12401

This entrepreneurial group of companies has a number of divisions spanning a variety of sectors. Offering a friendly and dynamic work environment they have a reputation for staff development and empowering their people to achieve full potential. New projects and recent growth has created the requirement to strengthen the finance team with the addition of an Assistant Management Accountant to work primarily on two divisions. The role will be responsible for the month end process and preparing the management accounting packs that will be used in the monthly financial and operational reviews. In addition to this you will assist the Head of Finance with a variety of ad hoc tasks across the group companies. The main responsibilities for this position will be:

• Assisting with the preparation of the management accounts
• Preparing KPI reports and trading summaries
• Analysis of the P&L explaining variances to budget
• Balance sheet reconciliations
• Liaising with operations to understand financial performance
• Reconciling quarterly VAT returns
• Intercompany balance reconciliation
• Liaising with external accountants

The role would be well suited to someone looking to get more exposure to management accounts and reporting in a larger company. You must be able to work as part of a team, meeting reporting deadlines and multi-tasking to ensure the finance department meets the needs of the business. The ideal candidate would be at least AAT qualified or early stage CIMA / ACCA studier.