Assistant Management Accountant

We are looking for an experienced Assistant Management Accountant. In this 24-month fixed term contract role, you will support a directorate focussed Finance Business Partner team to provide accurate and timely management information, budget monitoring, analysis and advice to budget holders and key stakeholders, to ensure financial accountability and visibility.

As an Assistant Management Accountant, you are responsible for accurate and timely recording of financial transactions, supporting the production of management accounts, and undertaking initial analysis as part of the monthly reporting processes.

You will be responsible for ensuring the integrity and reliability of financial information and enabling timely and informed financial decision-making by budget holders and other stakeholders.

Your key responsibilities will include:

• Provide support for the Finance Business Partnering team in the production of monthly management reports
• Producing monthly management accounts / budget holder reports for designated departments
• Performing variance analysis between budgets, forecasts and actuals and drafting commentary
• Production of regular monthly journals, including intercompany recharges, accruals, and prepayments
• Uploading journals into the finance system for approval in compliance with the journals policy and month end deadlines
• Resolving issues and queries from departments and other stakeholders, liaising with other members of the Finance Operations team as appropriate

The successful candidate will be an assistant accountant, who is keen and committed to studying and keen to progress your career within the field of management accounting. You must have experience and a good understanding of double entry bookkeeping including accounting processes such as accruals and prepayments and fixed assets.

It is imperative that you have strong IT skills are essential including advanced Excel including vlook-ups, pivot tables and data manipulation skills. You must possess first-class oral and written communication skills and being adept with communicating to senior management to explain key financial issues to non-finance staff.