Trainee Management Accountant

**YOU MUST BE RESIDING IN THE UK CURRENTLY, HAVE UK BASED EXPERIENCE AND NOT REQUIRE A SPONSORSHIP TO APPLY FOR THIS POSITION, PLEASE OTHERWISE DO NOT APPLY AS YOUR APPLICATION WON’T BE PROCESSED**You must meet all the ‘essential criteria’ also for your application to be considered. Company details and job overview:Kenton Black Finance are currently recruiting on behalf of a business that is based in the Carlisle area. This company is well established and has a turnover in excess of 195 million pounds. The company are now recruiting for a Trainee Management Accountant on a full-time and permanent basis. Ideally you'll have some finance / accounts experience, but full training will be given. If you would like to be part of a forward-thinking business and have a job with excellent career prospects, then please get in touch.Your new role as the Trainee Management Accountant:• Assist with the production of monthly management accounts, within the agreed timetable, with responsibility for specified cost lines in the retail profit and loss accounts for each store• Analyse variances to budget and prior years• Provide support and answer queries on store accounts from store managers, area managers and the Retail and Finance Directors• Produce information for and attend Finance Review meetings to review store performance. Take minutes of the meeting and follow up action points arising• Prepare and post regular monthly journals• Reconcile control accounts and post any correcting journals required• Assist with the production of budgets and forecasts for specified cost lines• Ad hoc duties as requiredExperience, Skills and Qualifications required to apply:- Either an AAT qualification or a finance based degree (preferable, not essential) - Some experience in a finance/accounts based job would be preferable- Excellent attention to detail- Capable of working to deadlines- At least a basic knowledge of Microsoft Excel- A good communicator- An aptitude for working with different software packages, including spreadsheets, database applications and specialised budget packages- The ability to work under pressure and to deadlines- The ability to work as part of a team- Effective time management and organisational skills- Strong analytical skillsKenton Black Finance operate across the UK as a market leading recruitment partner, specialising in the attraction of finance talent across both permanent and interim requirements. With a team of dedicated experts, each with longevity operating in the finance arena, we maintain a proven track record and have established partnerships with businesses both large, small and those in their infancy. Market leaders, we provide recruitment solutions from entry level finance to directorship professionals. Operating from local offices in Manchester, Leeds, Liverpool, Birmingham, London, Aberdeen and Glasgow, Kenton Black Finance remain a dynamic and effective recruitment partner who represent and attract only the finest finance talent in the local area and across the UK.