Assistant Management Accountant (hybrid)

You will be supporting two Management Accountants within the business, and our client would like you to progress to Management Accountant in the future. This would be an incredible opportunity for a finance professional at the early stages of his/her career who is seeking a varied role that offers progression, training and support to becoming qualified.

Client Details

Our client is a dynamic, forward thinking and employee centric group of companies, with state of the art office in the Leeds, Manchester, London and overseas. You will be based from the head office in Leeds (walking distance from the train station), which has incredible facilities, including a purpose built cafe with full barista facilities, an array of refreshments and a beer tap, plus an al fresco terrace to enjoy on your lunch or after work.

Description

Your duties will include, but will not be limited to:

• Assist the management accountants during the monthly period end close and production of information for the monthly management accounts of all all group companies.
• Assist with ad-hoc financial analyses and reports when requested
• Analysis of monthly cost of sales, preparation accruals and variances to forecast
• Journal Preparation and Reconciliation
• Assist in preparing the regular month end journals and balance sheet reconciliations.
• Assist with maintaining accurate prebill records and investigation of sales deferral items and historic cost of sales accruals and prepayments.
• Responsible for reconciling all bank accounts on a weekly basis.
• Assist with quarterly VAT returns
• Assist with reconciling company Pleo, Cledara and credit card accounts and preparing monthly accruals.
• Assist with the year end audit and production of company statutory financial statements.
• Communicate and collaborate with the audit team in order to provide the relevant information within strict group timelines.
• Assist in driving account-handling teams to supply accurate billing and cost information according to preset deadlines.

Profile

To apply for this position you:

• Must have some recent experience of working in finance (minimum 1 year)
• Will have an understanding of what a P&L is, and be competent with double entry bookkeeping (be that through experience or studies)
• Will be seeking a training opportunity that provides progression, support and a path to become qualified
• Will ideally have an accounting qualified i.e. be studying AAT, ACCA or CIMA or be an Accounting and Finance graduate
• Will have excellent communication skills (oral and written)
• Must have the right to work in the UK and live in a commutable distance to Leeds

Job Offer

• A competitive salary
• 2 days per week home working
• Study support for CIMA or ACCA
• Flexible working hours - you can start between 8 and 10 and finish between 4 and 6
• 26 days holiday plus bank holidays, which increases with service and there is the option to buy 5 extra days
• Discounted onsite parking
• Healthcare cash plan
• Interest free loans up to £1,000
• Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption leave
• Death in service provision
• Cycle to work scheme