Assistant Management Accountant

Description:

We have an excellent opportunity for an experienced Assistant Management Accountant to join a market leading manufacturing company based in Torbay.
The Assistant Management Accountant role will provide support in the preparation and reporting of the management accounts to the group. Also supporting audit requests, reconciling and supervising transactional activities in conjunction with group shared service centre in Middle East including purchase/sales ledger, reconciliations, payroll and other finance related duties.
The ideal candidate should have 3 plus years’ experience in a similar role, and be ACA/ACCA/CIMA/AAT qualified or part-qualified.
As their Assistant Management Accountant you will receive
* A competitive salary
* Incentive bonus scheme – 10% of annual salary
* Hybrid working – 2 days per week to maintain a healthy work/life balance
* 25 days holiday plus all bank holidays a year, and a long service additional holiday scheme
* Life Insurance
* Company Pension
* Ongoing support and training opportunities
* Other benefits include cycle scheme, work socials, paid sick leave, free refreshments, and free on-site parking
What you’ll be doing as their Assistant Management Accountant
* Ensure all finance transactional activities are processed by group Finance Shared Service Centre
* Support the Head of Finance with preparation of the monthly management accounts and group reporting
* Manage accruals and prepayments
* Weekly Cash flow forecasting
* Prepare and submit quarterly VAT returns and managing the Deferred VAT account as well as any other queries with HMRC
* Prepare Balance Sheet reconciliations monthly, including a thorough review of the GRNI, down payments and key account for specific suppliers as well as payroll/pension accounts
* Provide support on all audit requests, collating and retrieving as required
* Supervise daily reconciliation of bank accounts and allocations to customer accounts and being main point of contact locally for finance related queries
* Supervise the preparation of the weekly/monthly BACS run in line with cash flow
* Make payments as required using the banking portal
* Supervise all credit control processes including allocating cash to customer accounts and chasing debt as required
* Process monthly payroll and all associated activities including pension etc.
Could you be part of this fantastic team?
As their Assistant Management Accountant you will need:
* Excellent communication and organizational skills
* Strong team player
* The ability to analyse and solve problems
* MS Office including excel pivot tables, VLOOKUPs, Sum ifs
* Attention to detail
* Experience working with ERP Finance packages e.g. SAP S4/HANA and Cognos BI
Hours
40 hours per week – Monday – Friday 8am – 5pm.
Location
The Assistant Management Accountant role is based in Paignton, Devon, with an option to work from home 2 days per week