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Assistant Management Accountant - 12-Month FTCLocation: Kidderminster
Salary: £30,000 - £35,000
Contract: 12-month Fixed-Term Contract
Working pattern: Hybrid working
Hours: 8:30am - 5:00pm Monday to Thursday, 1:00pm finish on Fridays
Are you an AAT-qualified finance professional looking to take the next step from transactional finance into a broader management accounting role?I am recruiting for an established, international manufacturing organisation based in Kidderminster. This is an excellent opportunity for someone with a strong grounding across transactional finance and some exposure to month-end who is now looking to develop their skills across management accounts, reporting, analysis, forecasting and costing.
Your new role
Reporting into the Finance Manager and working as part of an established finance function, you will initially use your transactional and month-end experience before gradually taking on greater responsibility across:
*Supporting the preparation of monthly management accounts
*Preparing and posting month-end journals
*Balance sheet reconciliations
*Accruals and prepayments
*Supporting Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable and cash-related activities where required
*Analysing spend against budget and investigating variances
*Assisting with budgets and forecasts
*Supporting cash-flow forecasting
*Working with stock, inventory and standard costing
*Supporting working capital management across stock, debtors and creditors
*Assisting with Capex and investment reporting
*Working closely with production and engineering teams to identify cost savings and process improvements
*Producing financial information and analysis for management
*Liaising with the wider finance function and Shared Service Centre
*Supporting strong financial controls and reporting processes
What you’ll need to succeed
*AAT qualification
*A good grounding across transactional finance, including AP, AR and cash/bank
*Exposure to month-end processes
*Experience with journals, reconciliations, accruals and/or prepayments
*Previous experience within a larger, fast-paced organisation
*Manufacturing experience would be highly advantageous
*Strong Excel and analytical skills
*Good attention to detail and the ability to work to tight month-end deadlines
*Confidence communicating with colleagues outside of finance
*A genuine desire to learn, progress and broaden your accounting experience
Experience of inventory, stock, standard costing, variance analysis, budgeting or forecasting would be advantageous, but full management accounts experience is not essential.
What you’ll get in return
*£30,000 - £35,000 salary
*12-month FTC
*Potential opportunity for the position to become permanent, although this cannot be guaranteed
*Hybrid working
*8:30am - 5:00pm Monday to Thursday
*1:00pm finish every Friday
*Exposure to a large, international manufacturing environment
*Genuine opportunity to develop from transactional finance into management accounting
*Broad exposure across both financial reporting and commercial/operational finance
Interested?
If you’re AAT qualified with strong transactional finance experience and some exposure to month-end, but haven’t yet been given the opportunity to step properly into management accounting, this could be an excellent next move.What you need to do now


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