Junior Management Accountant

Lewes (parking available)

£35,000 - 40,000pa (study support available if desired)

We’re working with a highly successful and fast-paced international business on a new opportunity for a Junior Management Accountant to join their finance team in a broad, high involvement role. This is a newly created position, reporting directly to the Financial Controller and Finance Manager. This is a very exciting prospect for a Senior Finance Assistant / Assistant Accountant looking for that next step and a role with senior responsibilities and progression prospects.

You will be a dynamic, career-focused individual with drive and commitment who is looking to prove yourself to your next employer. Ideally you will be AAT qualified / final stages or already studying towards ACCA / CIMA. You will have a keen analytical mind, good IT skills, and be a good communicator, able to liaise effectively with stakeholders across the business and advise where necessary.

Our client boasts attractive offices with free parking and a walkable distance to mainline train stations. The business invests heavily in their staff creating a positive culture across the business. They work hard but support each other and are exceptionally friendly and welcoming - you really couldn’t work with a nicer bunch of individuals!

Role overview:

• Management Accounts: preparation of expense accruals, prepayments, CAPEX to support accounts preparation. Assistance with final management accounts preparation
• Updating and monitoring budget holder spend for preparation of management accounts narrative
• Department spend vs budget analysis
• Sales and COS Analysis
• Open purchase order/open sales order analysis
• Intercompany invoicing and review as per group financial calendar, Group reporting, Group accounting activities, ESG/CSRD reporting
• Compliance related tasks- customer screening and other tasks for group finance area
• Assistance with Financial External Audit - Quarterly / Year End
• VAT Return
• ONS reporting
• Becoming Super user of new ERP system including training, testing, cleansing system data, improving functions for accurate and efficient use
• Credit limit review as per sales forecast
• Cover and support Finance Assistant with: customer queries, sales ledger invoicing, aged debtors, bank, aged creditors, purchase ledger invoicing, supplier queries, supplier/customer data maintenance and cleansing

Please apply via website or contact Georgina at Harvey John for more information.