Assistant Systems Accountant

The Part-Qualified Accountancy division of SF Group is currently recruiting for a permanent Assistant Management Accountant in Nottingham City Centre. The job will report to and support the Senior Management Accountant in the completion of management accounts, budgeting, forecasting and streamlining systems and processes. Due to the firms location the role is easily commutable from all areas of Nottingham via road or public transport. You will be an excellent problem solver; applying strong Excel skills, confidence, and a logical approach. You will need to be ambitious for this business, and looking to progress and gain increased management accounts exposure and get involved with adhoc project work.

The Culture:
The business operates a laid back culture without long hours and boasts some amazing benefits. This role is perfectly suited to active, ambitious studiers who wish to benefit from brilliant study packages and ongoing developments in an ever-changing business.

Tasks and Duties:
As the successful Assistant Management Accountant you will be responsible for:

• Project work to streamline and improve the use of Sage 200
• Monthly P&L input
• Posting transactions to get to a completed Trial balance
• Analysis beyond Trial balance
• Budget & forecasting preparation

Person Specification:

A driven individual; aiming to progress their own skills, and to improve the output and efficiency of the wider Finance team. You must be able to work to tight deadlines; learning quickly, prioritising your workload, communicating any issues to the wider team in a timely fashion, and show the commitment and ownership to do what is required in busy periods.

• A Part-Qualified Accountant within ACCA/ACA/CIMA or AAT Qualified
• Experience of assisting with management accounts
• Strong Excel skills (comfortable in manipulating and presenting large amounts of data)
• Extremely IT Literate
• Dynamic, professional and commercially aware
• Sage 200 experience
• Previous exposure to foreign exchange transactions
• Experience in improving processes and communicating this to the wider team
• Transactional experience (cash, invoice posting etc.)

If you are looking for your next finance move within practice or industry, Ellen McGrath has an abundance of clients that may have the perfect role for you in 2017.