Assistant Management Accountant in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire

SF Partners are recruiting for an Assistant Management Accountant to join a growing finance team in North Nottingham. This is a temp-to-perm opportunity with genuine long-term potential, offering the successful candidate the chance to develop their management accounting experience and progress into a Management Accountant position as the role and business continue to grow.

Assistant Management Accountant
North Nottingham - Full Time - Office Based
c£40,000
Temp-to-Perm

Initially, you'll provide hands-on support across the finance function, working closely with the existing team on month-end, management accounts and day-to-day accounting activities. You'll also be involved in the introduction of a new finance system, providing an opportunity to develop your systems knowledge and contribute to improving processes.
The longer-term vision is for this position to become a permanent Management Accountant role, with increasing responsibility as you build your knowledge of the business and develop your skills.

The role will include:
- Supporting the preparation of monthly management accounts.
- Preparing and posting journals, accruals, prepayments and other month-end adjustments.
- Completing balance sheet reconciliations and investigating discrepancies.
- Supporting month-end processes and ensuring financial information is accurate and up to date.
- Assisting with the transition to Sage 200, including reconciliations, data accuracy and new processes.
- Supporting purchase ledger, sales ledger and bank reconciliation activities.
- Monitoring costs and ensuring transactions are accurately recorded and allocated.
- Supporting WIP calculations and providing information for financial reporting.
- Working with colleagues across the business to resolve queries and improve financial processes.
- Developing your understanding of the wider business and taking on additional management accounting responsibilities over time.

About you:
- Previous experience in an Assistant Management Accountant, Assistant Accountant or similar finance role.
- Good understanding of month-end processes, including journals, accruals, prepayments and balance sheet reconciliations.
- Confident working across both management accounting and transactional finance.
- Good Excel skills and strong attention to detail.
- Experience using Sage 200 would be advantageous, although experience with other accounting systems will be considered.
- Someone keen to develop their management accounting experience and progress into a broader role.
- Organised, proactive and comfortable taking ownership of their workload.

This is an excellent opportunity for someone looking to take the next step in their finance career. You'll be joining a business where there is a clear intention to invest in the role, develop your responsibilities and support your progression towards becoming a Management Accountant on a permanent basis.