• Job title - Assistant Management Accountant
• Salary - Up to £30k
• Working hours - Full time
• Location - Blackburn
• Job type - 3-6 month FTC

What we think you’ll love:

• The opportunity to fulfil your career goals by being a key part of a fast-growing finance team with direct reports, assisting with their development and performance.
• Working for a company committed to investing in people, infrastructure and systems
• A generous benefits package including bonus schemes, employee discounts, life assurance, and work anniversary awards to name just a few.

Your new company:

Your new company is a leading independent convenience retail operator, with revenues of over £20bn, operating across 5,600 sites in several different countries.

As a result of significant growth our client is expanding its finance team and have an exciting opportunity available for an Assistant Management Accountant to join the company, your main goal with be to provide accounting support within the Finance Team and to ensure key financial close and day-to-day activities are complete.

How you’ll spend your time :

The main duties would be to support the Management Accountant with the Profit and Loss including accruals, recurring entries, OPEX and labour. In addition a lot of time would go into the balance sheets with proper backup to explain the P&L. In addition, the role would include:

• Support in the preparation of monthly lead schedules and support any statutory audit requirements
• Work with various stakeholders to support the development of understanding of key business processes
• Presentation of monthly numbers to Senior Manager
• Provide management accountant and Senior Manager with concise and clear updates and ensure all issues are escalated in a timely manner
• Assist in the preparation of monthly balance sheet reconciliations
• Work closely with the wider finance team and in country teams to develop an understanding of key business drivers
• Work closely with the management accountant and Senior Manager to assist in the development of financial controls
• Ensure consistent documentation of all key tasks and activities
• Deal with large volumes of complex data and demonstrate the ability to present this in a clear and presentable manner
• Work closely with other AMAs within the team to ensure cross team knowledge is shared and understood.
• Maintain and improve standardisation of tasks and processes
• Develop strong cross functional partnerships
• Contribute in the preparation and review of site P&Ls to ensure accuracy in management reporting
• Work closely with and build partnerships with colleagues within the TSS team to ensure a collaborative approach and effective delivery of projects
• Other adhoc projects

This opportunity will be great for you if...

• Strong communication skills (verbal and written)
• You are Part-Qualified (ACCA/CIMA)
• Excellent Microsoft Excel Skills

What’s next?

Our applications are picked up daily and we will be in touch if we feel you are a great match for this role. If we don’t make contact this time, we will keep hold of your CV for 4 weeks after your application and contact you about any other suitable vacancies.

Alternatively, feel free to get in touch and let us tell you a little more about some of the other fab roles we are currently recruiting for!