Assistant Management Accountant

About the role:

We are currently seeking to appoint an Assistant Management Accountant to join our finance team, reporting into our Management Accountant and working in a team of four in the Management Accounts team, you will support in the timely production of accurate, multi-entity management accounts information and monthly balance sheet reconciliations.

 

Key duties include:

Bullet points of key duties to ensure the candidate understands the responsibilities for the role.

 

• Preparing General Ledger prepayments & accruals journals
• Preparing monthly of balance sheet reconciliations
• Weekly reconciliation of bank statements to the General Ledger liaising with other members of the Financial Control team to understand where entries need to be posted
• Supports Management Accounts in the month end close process by reviewing actuals vs budgets/forecast and making correcting adjustments where necessary
• Supports in analytical review of monthly actuals to produce commentary on variances
• Works closely with FP&A to deal with month end queries as part of the management accounts production process
• Supports year end statutory accounts production and audit process where appropriate
• Supports in the maintenance of Fixed Assets register and preparation of monthly depreciation journals as well as reconciling Fixed Asset balance sheet accounts
• Preparing and formatting ad hoc reports and analysis on request

 

About you: 

• Experience of month end close processes and maintenance of Fixed Asset registers
• Experience of accruals and prepayments preparation
• Proactive, energetic and diligent self-starter
• Excellent communication skills both written and verbal
• Property sector experience (an advantage)
• Worked in a PE backed / leveraged business
• Excellent working knowledge of Microsoft Excel

 

Qualifications

Part-qualified accountant, preferably CIMA, ACA or ACCA.

 

If you are interested in the role, please e-mail your CV to  jobs@sagehousing.co.uk.