Assistant Management Accountant

Job Title: Assistant Management Accountant

Location: Bath, (office moving to the Keynsham before the end of the year)

Salary: £25,000 – £30,000 – plus benefits

Job Ref: VLL/19039

Purpose of the role:

Assistant Management Accountant role, working within the Acquisitions finance team and supporting the financial integration for the new acquisitions who join the group.

Main tasks will be month-end processes including reconciliations, P&L reviews and Balance sheet recs.

Specific duties to include:

• Completion of month-end takings reconciliations, and posting of sales and cash
• Payroll review and summary review points to the Senior MA as per the month-end timetable
• Reconciliation of the SW pension file to the Trace file, and liaison with the Pension Administrator to resolve any queries / corrections required
• Owning specific P&Ls and producing their monthly management accounts to a high level of accuracy
• Delivering P&L Reviews at month end
• Providing clear and actionable P&L explanation and Commentary to the business support managers each month
• Dealing with queries regarding results, clearing their reconciliation differences each month, and ensuring any process issues are picked up and resolved and any process issues are identified and fixed
• Reconciling the net sales figures at month-end
• Delivering the monthly fixed asset uploads as required
• Raising sales invoices and credits to clear intercompany balances as required by the Intercompany
• Reconciliation of the Balance sheets, and ownership of resolution of any queries coming from them
• Loading the PL OB once completion accounts have been reviewed
• Loading the opening fixed asset registers once completion accounts have been reviewed
• Liaising with the business regarding DD cancellation / transfers and notifications, and dealing with any queries which arise from suppliers regarding this process
• Sending downloads of the pre-completion debtors account, and supporting documentation as required in the apportionment / completion accounts timetable
• Calculation of the pre and post-completion payroll splits, gaining agreement and posting the necessary journals
• Production of the apportionment journal and vendor adjustment journals, and tidy up of the balance sheet
• Re-reconciliation of the balance sheet following completion accounts jnl postings
• Any other tasks as required

Skills and experience required:

Essential

• Strong academically
• Experienced in assistant management accounting roles
• Must have sufficient commercial experience i.e. not someone looking to move from practice
• Thrives in a fast-paced, constantly changing environment – flexibility is key
• Excellent IT skills including excel, and confident on various management reporting systems
• Strong attention to detail, and able to deliver right-first-time results quickly
• Deadline focussed, and willing to put in the effort required to ensure they always meet them
• Understanding of small companies and how they work
• Excellent interpersonal skills, able to work well within the team, and communicate effectively.