Assistant Management Accountant (Welwyn, Hertfordshire)
Location: Welwyn Garden City
Office Based, with flexibility for occasional remote working
We are looking for a talented Assistant Management Accountant to support the Finance Team in achieving accurate and timely accounting information, sound financial controls and financial process improvements, offering and delivering a consistent approach within the London & Home Counties Business. This position is office based, with flexibility for occasional remote working.
The Company
Our client is an Investors in People Platinum employer providing national construction services to private and public sector customers across a range of markets.
They are one of the UK’S most successful Tier 1 contractors. As a progressive and ambitious company, their employees benefit from a safe and rewarding working environment.
About the role:
You will be working within the Construction London & Home Counties business, where you will:
- Assist with a variety of reporting to include, but not exclusively, management accounts, overhead accounts, balance sheets, reconciliations, prepayments and accruals
- Produce the forecast for the short term weekly cashflow position and attend cash meetings
- Raise sales invoices and report on overdue cash
- Assist with cost reporting and control
- Assist with the preparation of monthly management accounts consolidation, analysis and reporting
- Setup new contracts on the COINs accounts system
- Perform ad-hoc checks relating to Construction Industry VAT regulations
- Undertake balance sheet and account reconciliations
- Post prepayments, accruals and cost transfer journals
- Assist with auditor queries
- Prepare reports to assist balance sheet analysis including aged debt and aged creditors
- Ensure effective control of low value company assets such as phones and IT equipment
- Maintain process notes
- Assist with ONS survey
- Assist with various ad-hoc requests
Ideally you will have:
- Construction industry experience
- Part qualified AAT / CIMA or equivalent
- Coins experience
- Advanced Excel
What are they looking for?
As an Assistant Management Accountant, you will have the ability to work in a team environment contributing across the regional business, good planning and time management skills, ability to work well either alone or as part of a team, good writing, analytical and problem-solving skills, a part qualified accountant working towards an accountancy qualification, experience of working with COINS and experienced in Microsoft office with advanced skills in Excel.
What can they offer you?
Working in the London & Home Counties business, you will be part of a growing and dynamic team of people who are passionate about what they do and enjoy the challenge and pace of work in a hardworking and fun construction environment.