Assistant Management Accountant

Assistant Management Accountant

Burton upon Trent
Up to £41,000 plus full study support

Ready to move beyond routine accounting and build genuine experience in manufacturing finance?

BTG Recruitment is working with a successful international manufacturing group to recruit an ambitious Assistant Management Accountant for its Burton upon Trent site.

This is a broad development role for someone who already understands the fundamentals of month end and now wants greater exposure to stock, costing, operational reporting and business partnering.

Working closely with the Financial Controller and Management Accountant, you will become part of the site finance team and gain a clear understanding of how financial performance connects with production and operational activity.

What will you be doing?

• Supporting weekly accounting and the month end process
• Preparing journals, accruals and prepayments
• Completing balance sheet and stock reconciliations
• Producing daily reports covering sales, stock and adjustments
• Preparing KPI reports for finance and operational managers
• Investigating manufacturing costs and variances
• Supporting stock takes and the calculation of stock provisions
• Reviewing expenditure with third party logistics providers
• Assisting with the year end audit and responding to audit queries
• Attending meetings with the site management team
• Turning large volumes of data into useful financial information
• Supporting improvements to reporting, processes and controls

What are we looking for?

You will ideally be studying towards CIMA or ACCA, or be AAT qualified and ready to begin a professional qualification.

You should have practical experience of:

• Supporting month end
• Posting journals, accruals and prepayments
• Completing balance sheet reconciliations
• Producing financial or operational reports
• Analysing data using Excel
• Working accurately and meeting reporting deadlines
Experience within manufacturing, food, FMCG, automotive, engineering, logistics or distribution would be particularly relevant.
Exposure to stock accounting, standard costing, bills of materials, purchase price variances, manufacturing variances or Navision would be advantageous but is not essential.

Just as importantly, you will be curious, enthusiastic and keen to progress. You should enjoy understanding the story behind the numbers and be confident working with people outside finance.

What is on offer?

• Salary up to £41,000, depending on experience
• Full CIMA or ACCA study support
• One day a week working from home
• Broad exposure to management and manufacturing accounting
• Regular interaction with operational and site management teams
• Support from an experienced finance team
• A genuine opportunity to progress into a Management Accountant role
• Longer term development within an international group

This opportunity would suit an Assistant Management Accountant, Finance Analyst, Assistant Accountant or experienced Accounts Assistant who is ready to broaden their experience and take the next step in their career.

If you are looking for more than a routine month-end role and want to develop within a fast-paced manufacturing environment, apply today or contact Matt Finch at BTG Recruitment for a confidential conversation.