Assistant Management Accountant

Assistant Management Accountant 

Excellent scope to develop into a Management Accountant

Bordon - East Hampshire [near Guilford]

£35k + Benefits + Full support

Strive Supply chain are working with an international supplier of non-food FMCG items to the retail sector.

The Assistant Management Accountant will join the Finance Team based with the opportunity for development into a Management Accountant role whilst gaining appropriate experience and full Accounting qualification (e.g. AAT, CIMA, ACCA, ACA).

This is a varied accounting role, supporting the Head of Accounting and Management Accountants with the monthly reporting process for several varied business units. This is a hands-on role, enabling the jobholder to get involved with many aspects of accounting and forecasting.

SUMMARY:

• Supporting the Head of Accounting and Management Accountants with the monthly reporting process for various business units

• Ensuring all reporting is of a high quality, accurate, and produced to agreed timescales.

• General ledger postings to SAP ensuring allocation to correct GL codes, cost centres and projects

• Ensuring income and costs are accounted for in the correct accounting period, including identifying prepayments and accruals.

• Preparing reconciliations of general ledger and intercompany accounts, proactively identifying and resolving accounting issues, following up exceptions and ensuring accurate and up to date SAP ledgers.

• Conducting expenditure analysis and control, including supporting Management Accountants with feedback to cost centre managers, as required.

• Supporting cash and treasury reporting to Group

• Assisting with and developing improvements to process efficiency, proactively automating activities.

• Gaining an understanding of main profit drivers in each business

• Preparing VAT returns

• Preparing corporations tax analysis for external advisors

• Supporting external and internal audit processes

• Ad hoc other projects as required

Experience required:

• Part Qualified Accountant

• Positive “can do” attitude and hunger for knowledge/experience

• Ability to work though new accounting scenarios referring back to first principles of double entry

• Strong reconciliation skills

• Strong excel, data manipulation and reporting skills

• Good communication

• Able to juggle tasks and priorities within a fast-paced environment

• Ability to be proactive and use initiative

• Good time management and organisational skills

• Applies an analytical approach to problem solving

This is a fantastic opportunity - we look forward to your application.