Assistant Management Accountant

My client is looking for a Assistant Management Accountant to support the growth of the organisation by working closely with business teams in the planning, reporting and accounting. Working in a growing and inclusive finance team, the role plays a key part in preparation of monthly financial reports and assisting with understanding and explaining performance.

Client Details

My client is a not-for-profit organisation based in Abingdon.

Description

The key responsibilities of the Assistant Management Accountant are:

• Responsible for all period end accounting entries, ensuring accurate recognition of revenue and expenditure in accordance with the organisation financial policy.
• Responsible for ensuring that any sales invoices are raised correctly in a timely manner.
• Prepare balance sheet reconciliation files for the area supported, and review with the Head of Financial Accounts
• Work with Programme Finance Managers to review periodic results and follow up and investigate any variances as requested
• Prepare and issue monthly reports to Programme Finance Managers for their areas, as well as creating the tables for the monthly Finance Paper.
• Support Programme Finance Managers with the budget and forecast process
• Liaise with the Capital Project Accountant over the classification and reporting of capital expenditure to ensure that items are capitalised correctly and provide clarity as to reasons for variances
• Prepare financial reports for Project Board meetings/committees for review by the Programme Finance Managers
• Assist with the any audits that relate to the area supported
• Assist with other Administrative work e.g. raising Help Desk tickets etc.
• Provide support to the Management Accounts team as required, including ad-hoc journals, timesheet amendments, and any other tasks as determined by your Line Manager
• Support finance wide initiatives, such as testing of new reports & upgrades.

Profile

The successful Assistant Management Accountant will:

• Be part-qualified accountant e.g. AAT, ACCA, CIMA, CIPFA or equivalent experience
• Have experience of using an accounting ERP system (Oracle, SAP, U4BW, Sage)
• Possess strong time management skills including the ability to prioritise the workload
• Good written and oral communication skill
• Good attention to detail
• Ability to work as a team player & under their own initiative
• Proficient in Excel (intermediate level - basic formulas, vlookups, pivot tables etc.)
• Ability to handle and manipulate numeric data accurately to produce reports
• Able to interpret & present financial information to non-financial stakeholders

Job Offer

The benefits of this Assistant Management Accountant position include:

• A competitive salary
• A culture committed to being fully inclusive, supported by a Being Inclusive Strategy and Inclusion Ambassadors
• An Employee Assistance Programme and trained Mental Health First Aiders, with a full calendar of health and wellbeing initiatives
• Flexible working options including family friendly policies
• Emergency leave (paid)
• 30.5 days annual leave (including privilege days and 3 days between Christmas and New Year) increased with length of service
• Wide range of career development opportunities (e.g professional registration, internal promotions, coaching and mentoring programme)
• Outstanding defined benefit pension scheme
• Annual corporate bonus scheme