Assistant Management Accountant

Alexander Daniels are recruiting for an Assistant Management Accountant for a business based in the Birmingham area. This role is a temporary position to begin with but has a strong possibility of becoming permanent after 3-5 months. This is an exciting opportunity for someone to implement and develop existing processes with a business in its infancy.

Key Responsibilities:

• Processing accruals, prepayments, depreciation and monthly & year end journals
• Maintaining sales and purchase ledgers, including postings and account reconciliations
• Reporting on debtors and creditors and delivering and dealing with invoice queries/disputes
• Completing Balance sheet, Control Accounts, Bank & Company Credit Cards reconciliations on monthly basis
• Monitoring and managing daily financial operations, cash flow, and inter-company transactions
• Reviewing & Submitting VAT and annual returns, reconciling to the accounting system
• Liaising with HMRC and other professional bodies as required
• Point of contact for internal and external finance queries, dealing with telephone calls and emails providing general finance advice and general admin support from time to time to other colleagues
• Assist with the yearend process and liaise with external auditors

Essential requirements:

• Xero experience
• Studying a professional qualification (ACA, ACCA, CIMA), or QBE.
• Excellent Excel skills

This is an office-based role, you will be required to commute 5 days a week.