Assistant Management Accountant

Role Title: Assistant Management Accountant Location: Glasgow Head Office Hours of Work: 37.5 hours / Monday - Friday (1 day Hybrid) Salary: £30,296.45 per annum Job Purpose: To support management accountant and Finance Manager in the production of monthly accounts and to reconcile and maintain clean balance sheet reconciliations. Key Accountabilities: * Work closely with management accountant and senior management accountant to ensure department deadlines and targets are met. * Responsible for preparing and posting month end journals to tight deadlines * Posting and reconciling accruals & prepayments * Maintain Fixed asset register & post depreciation * Month end recoding of P & L transactions * Checking costs & preparing sections of management accounts * Reconciling balance sheet accounts * Reconcile and control WIP Balance sheet accounts * Ensuring WIP is submitted to operational managers/ customers for approval and billing * Respond to requests for information and analysis from operations colleagues * Assist with preparation of audit files and assist external auditors during fieldwork Knowledge, Skills and Abilities: * Experience of working in a finance department preferred but not essential but should demonstrate a desire to work in a finance department. May be working towards a professional qualification (E.g ACCA, AAT, CIMA) or be qualified at Degree, HNC or HND level or equivalent. * Ability to work to deadlines * Good interpersonal skills * High level of accuracy and attention to detail * Excellent IT skills, particularly Microsoft Excel