Assistant Management Accountant

CMA Recruitment Group is supporting a successful, growing consumer-focused business in Poole, Dorset to recruit an Assistant Management Accountant on a permanent basis.

This is an ideal step-up opportunity for someone currently working as an Accounts Assistant who enjoys the day-to-day detail of purchase ledger and sales ledger but is keen to build broader month-end experience and progress into management accounting. You'll join a friendly, dog-loving team in a welcoming, modern office, with genuine organic development and progression as the business continues to expand.

Alongside a collaborative culture, you can expect a flexible approach to working, with hybrid working available (two days per week from home after probation), plus a strong benefits package including free parking, company events, wellness perks and a generous holiday allowance.

What will the Assistant Management Accountant role involve?

• Preparing and posting journals, including accruals and prepayments
• Assisting with the production of monthly management accounts and reporting packs
• Completing monthly balance sheet reconciliations, investigating discrepancies and supporting review
• Maintaining the fixed asset register and calculating depreciation
• Daily bank reconciliations and supporting cash flow visibility
• Purchase ledger duties including supplier statement reconciliations, accurate coding and adherence to approval processes
• Sales ledger support, helping to keep customer accounts accurate and up to date

Suitable Candidate for the Assistant Management Accountant vacancy:

• AAT studier, or qualified or qualified by experience.
• Experience in a transactional finance role (purchase ledger and/or sales ledger), with confidence in reconciliations
• An understanding of month-end basics (journals, accruals, prepayments) or the ambition to build this exposure
• Comfortable balance sheet reconciliation and exposure to accruals and prepayments, or the appetite to learn this quickly
• Strong Excel skills and a naturally organised approach
• A collaborative team player who enjoys being part of a supportive, growing local business

Additional benefits and information for the role of Assistant Management Accountant:

• Salary up to £35K depending on experience.
• Dog-friendly office environment
• Free parking
• Company pension
• hybrid working after probation
• 25 days holiday + BH
• A clear pathway for progression as the finance function develops and the business grows

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