Zachary Daniels
Assistant Management Accountant
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Assistant Management Accountant | Fast-Growing SME Retail Business
Permanent
SW London - Kingston upon Thames
Salary depending on experience £38,000 - £45,000
4 Days in HQ - Stunning offices!
Flexi hours + Bonus + study support + discounts and much more
The Opportunity
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Assistant Management Accountant to join a fast-paced and growing SME retail business.
This is a genuinely hands-on role within a lean Finance team, offering excellent exposure across the full month-end process and the wider business. It would suit someone who enjoys getting into the detail, takes ownership of their work and wants to be part of a team where everyone plays an important role.
You'll work closely with the Commercial Finance Manager and operational stakeholders, helping to ensure the numbers are accurate, processes are robust and month-end runs smoothly.
What You'll Be Doing
- Taking ownership of key areas of the month-end process from start to finish
- Preparing and posting journals, accruals and prepayments
- Completing balance sheet reconciliations and investigating outstanding items
- Taking responsibility for regular bank reconciliations, ensuring discrepancies are identified and resolved
- Supporting the preparation of monthly management accounts
- Investigating variances and financial queries, getting to the root cause and following through to resolution
- Supporting cashbook and control account activities
- Ensuring financial information is accurate, complete and delivered within agreed deadlines
- Working closely with colleagues across Finance and the wider business to resolve queries
- Helping to improve processes, controls and ways of working as the business continues to grow
- Providing support across the wider Finance function and getting involved wherever needed
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What We're Looking For
We're looking for someone who is hands-on, commercially aware and naturally detail-focused Assistant Management Accountant, with the confidence to take ownership rather than waiting to be told what to do.
Ideally, you will have:
- Experience in an Assistant Management Accountant, Assistant Accountant or similar role
- Strong month-end experience, including journals, accruals, prepayments and reconciliations
- Excellent bank reconciliation experience and the ability to investigate and resolve discrepancies
- Ideally, experience within an SME or lean Finance environment where you have genuinely been involved in the detail
- A strong understanding of financial controls and the importance of accurate financial information
- The ability to manage multiple priorities and work to tight deadlines
- A proactive and solutions-focused approach
- Excellent attention to detail and a real pride in getting things right
- A collaborative approach and willingness to support the wider team
- The confidence to question, investigate and improve rather than simply process
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AAT, ACCA or CIMA studies would be beneficial, but practical experience, attitude and the ability to take ownership are just as important.
Why This Role?
This is a great opportunity for someone who wants more than a narrow transactional role.
You'll be joining a fast-paced, growing retail business where you can really get under the bonnet of the numbers, work closely with the wider business and make a visible contribution.
If you enjoy variety, like being hands-on and want to develop within a supportive Finance team where your contribution
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