Assistant Management Accountant

Make an impact beyond the numbers!

I'm partnered with a logistics organisation who are looking for a proactive and commercially minded Assistant Management Accountant, taking responsibility for the management accounts and financial reporting.

This is a hands-on role where you'll work closely with operational teams and site managers, using your financial expertise to understand performance, investigate variances and provide meaningful insight to the business.

This role will suit an academic graduate who's completed a placement year or a finance professional with 1-2 years' experience.

Responsibilities:

• Preparing accurate monthly management accounts.
• Preparing annual budgets and bi-annual forecasts.
• Reviewing flash reports, reconciling turnover and labour costs, and investigating variances.
• Maintaining stock valuations and KPI data.
• Processing and reconciling supplier invoices and statements.
• Managing weekly BACS payment runs and supplier account reconciliations.
• Preparing accruals, prepayments and balance sheet reconciliations.
• Supporting statutory reporting and internal and external audits.
• Reconciling inter-company balances and maintaining schedules for legal fees and lease commitments.
• Working closely with site managers to ensure operational developments are accurately reflected in the accounts.
• Supporting the Finance team with ad-hoc projects and occasional site visits.

About You:

You'll be an organised, analytical finance professional with experience in management accounting and month-end processes. You'll have:

• Studying CIMA/ACCA or a desire to do so.
• Strong attention to detail and excellent organisational skills.
• Experience with management accounts, reconciliations, accruals and prepayments.
• Purchase ledger and supplier reconciliation experience.
• Strong Excel skills
• Strong communication skills and the confidence to work with operational and senior colleagues.
• A proactive, commercially focused approach and the ability to investigate and challenge variances.
• The ability to manage deadlines and competing priorities effectively.

If you enjoy understanding the story behind the numbers and want a role where your work genuinely makes a difference, please apply direct.