We have an exciting opportunity for an ambitious Assistant Management Accountant to join our client's Finance team. This is an important role providing day-to-day expense and tax accounting support to the senior management accountant to ensure the achievement of individual, team and Company ambitious goals. Practically this will include posting journals especially around accruals, prepayments, fixed assets and deferred rent, producing monthly balance sheet reconciliations, variance analysis, assisting preparing financial statements and accounts, preparing VAT returns and supporting other tax filings, intercompany analysis and process improvement and documentation.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for the preparation and posting of key monthly expense and tax based journals, including, but not limited to, accruals, prepayments, fixed assets, intercompany, deferred rent and tax, all to support the production of the monthly management accounts.
• Investigate month end variance analysis identified by the Expense and Tax Manager to support the monthly management accounts and commentary files provided to each cost centre.
• Prepare monthly balance sheet reconciliation analysis for key Group balance sheet accounts.
• Support preparation of the year end statutory accounts for the Group and consolidation entity in accordance with the current accounting standards, including posting any UK GAAP statutory journals requested by the Expense and Tax Manager.
• Support the senior management accountant on the preparation of various tax files, including VAT, corporation tax and PSA.

• Support the Expense and Tax Manager with documentation of all processes and controls in order to support the year end audit, including various process improvement initiatives.
• Supporting other Finance teams within the Cheltenham office as and when needed.
• Support the wider Finance team in completion of various group entity Financial Statements along with information requests from the US Central Finance team.
• Individual projects/tasks designated by the Financial Controller and any other general admin/managerial duties as required.

Knowledge/Skills/Qualifications

• Management account experience (essential)
• Statutory accounts preparation experience (desired)
• Ability to problem solve and come up with solutions in a changing environment
• Ability to work collaboratively with others - strong interpersonal skills
• Proficient knowledge of Microsoft Office Packages and willingness to develop further.
• Part-Qualified (ACA, ACCA,CIMA or equivalent) or AAT qualified and looking to study further.

Excellent benefits and progression opportunities with the business.

Travail Employment Group Ltd is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.