Assistant Management Accountant (Based in Hitchin) Job in Letchworth Garden City, Hertfordshire

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Assistant Management Accountant (Based in Hitchin) Job in Letchworth Garden City, Hertfordshire

Job Description
The Role

We have an exciting opportunity for a driven and professional Assistant Management Accountant to join our Fortem team, based in Hitchin, Hertfordshire. This is a permanent position. You will be joining a values based business with a true family ethos, with our people at the heart of everything that we do. Are you looking for a job? Or are you looking for an employer who will welcome you, support you, and encourage you to be the best you!

Benefits:

* Car allowance OR salary sacrifice company car

* 24 days annual leave + your birthday off (or the nearest Friday/Monday, if it falls on a weekend)

* Sick pay – Full pay for up to 20 days off sick in your first year, up to 40 days after that

* Pay review every January

* 26 weeks full pay maternity leave, 8 weeks full pay paternity leave

* Discounted gym memberships at national and local gyms

* Up to £3,000 colleague referral fee

* Other benefits including dental care, private healthcare, cycle-to-work scheme, mobile phone provider discounts & more

The Project

Ensuring appropriate financial and commercial controls are in place and adhered to, to secure the company's position in relation to the management accounts.

Key Responsibilities:

Management Accounts:

* Assist with the preparation of timely revenue and cost information by way of monthly management accounts

* Ensure full visibility of accruals and prepayments

* Ensure visibility of invoiced costs including where assumptions have been made

* Ensure management accounts and supporting financial data available in accordance with agreed timetables

* Ensure accounts are fully supported by accurate working papers and audit records

* Bring to the attention of Senior Management Accountant any areas of concern or points for consideration

* Propose, implement, and maintain appropriate controls and accounting policies

Revenue / Invoicing / Cash Collection:

* Ensure the company has an accurate record of invoiced entitlement through rigorous accounting process

* Ensure Invoices are raised in-line with the contract terms

* Ensure cash is received on or before the due date in line with the contract terms

* Monitor the cash received and highlight any concerning trends

* Ensure revenue only taken to accounts in line with agreed policies

* Review of contract Overvalue position on a period basis Month End Tasks

* Assist with intercompany cost transfers

* Preparation of month end journals to ensure accurate and timely cost allocation

Financial Control at Branch and Contract

* Assist with system processes, cost allocation and approvals

* Audit accounts to ensure correct allocation of cost allocation

* Provide the Branches and Contracts with transparency

* Assist the branch and operational teams in understanding and owning the management accounts results

Financial Control of Overheads

* Monitor Capital Employed within budget targets and assist the business in achieving quarterly targets, complete cashflow projections

* Ensure that wrongly costed transactions are quickly adjusted and recharged to the correct branch and contract

Essential and Desirable Criteria

Essential Criteria: Essential:

* Experience of Management Accounting

* Excellent data interrogation skills

* Excellent Excel

* Training in AAT/ACA/CIMA/ACCA

* Ability to explain financials to non-financial managers

Desirable:

* Contractual awareness

* Excellent Access skills

Other Requirements:

* Accurate

* Reliable

* Credible

* Proactive

Fortem embraces diversity in the workplace and encourages applications from all sectors of the community.

Personal Qualities

At Fortem we look for a balance of skills and experience but just as important to us are your values and behaviours. We are looking for people to join our team aligned to our values which are: loyal & united, honest & trustworthy, take responsibility, be proud, and listen & act. If you are passionate about what you deliver, and willing to go the extra mile then come and join our Fortem team, and become a great ambassador of our business.

Additional Information

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About Us

Here at Fortem we are passionate about people, with a real focus and drive around continuous development. We strongly believe that this passion has allowed us the success we have enjoyed in recent years. Above everything else you will be joining a values based business: our values are at the centre of every activity we undertake. Having the right talent, coupled with the right culture and values, ensures that we have a sustained future and a trusted brand in our respective markets

Job Type: Permanent, Full Time
Location: Letchworth Garden City, Hertfordshire
Category: Accounting/Financial/Insurance
City: Letchworth Garden City
County: Hertfordshire
Country: United Kingdom
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