Assistant Management Accountant NEW

City, Birmingham
Oakley Recruitment Limited

Oakley Recruitment is working in partnership with an expanding organisation based in Birmingham. This is an excellent opportunity to join the team as an Assistant Management Accountant on a full-time, permanent basis.

If you re detail-driven, confident with numbers and ready to take the next step in your finance career then keep reading.

Culture and Environment
This is a varied finance opportunity where you ll be involved across a broad range of transactional and accounting responsibilities, giving you exposure to different areas of the finance function.
You ll be joining a busy environment where accuracy and attention to detail are important, with a role that offers plenty of responsibility and the opportunity to continue developing your finance experience.

Personality
We re looking for someone proactive, organised and naturally comfortable working with numbers. You ll have excellent attention to detail and enjoy taking ownership of your workload, while being confident communicating with colleagues, customers and suppliers. You ll be comfortable working within a high-volume environment and able to maintain accuracy while managing multiple responsibilities.

Package and Benefits

• Full-time permanent position
• 37.5 hours per week
• Predominantly office-based
• One day working from home per week after three months

Job Role

• Managing bank account balances and completing daily bank reconciliations
• Managing key balance sheet accounts, including prepayments and accruals
• Creating new supplier and customer accounts within the accounting system
• Creating customer invoices, credit notes and initiating Direct Debit payments
• Allocating incoming payments and supporting credit control activity
• Checking supplier statements and following up on missing invoices
• Processing supplier invoices and managing scheduled and ad hoc payment runs
• Managing company credit card facilities and processing staff expense reimbursements
• Maintaining the proforma invoice register and following up on final and VAT invoices
• Sending supplier remittances and supporting wider ad hoc finance duties

Skills and Experience

• Demonstrating a proactive approach with a confident and professional telephone manner
• Possessing strong Microsoft Office skills, particularly Excel
• Maintaining excellent attention to detail when processing high volumes of transactions
• Holding or working towards an AAT qualification would be advantageous but is not essential

Please Note: We do not contact or write to unsuccessful candidates. If we have not contacted you within 48 hours of your application, you should presume that your application was unsuccessful. By applying for this vacancy, you are permitting for Oakley Recruitment to contact you and retain your details. In compliance with the regulations (April 2004) in place under the Employment Agencies Act, Oakley Recruitment will require proof of identification. A copy of your passport, birth certificate and NI number will be required, as part of your interview process.