Assistant Management Accountant
Northcoders Group Plc
Northcoders Group is on a mission to help businesses close their Technology Skills Gap whilst creating life-changing opportunities for individuals from all walks of life. Through our brands, we can provide businesses with the most diverse and comprehensive pool of technology experts. In short, at Northcoders, you will be part of an organisation which changes people's lives.
We are extremely proud of what we have built so far and are confident to aspire to achieve an aggressive growth plan over the next few years of which person will benefit from with excellent career development opportunities.
We are now hiring for an Assistant Management Accountant to work within our Manchester head office (hybrid) alongside our ambitious, inspiring, and experienced Finance team working across all our management accounts. Support and training on all our processes, policies and software will be provided.
Your responsibilities as the Assistant Management Accountant
- Assisting with Payroll (circa 130 employees)
- Reporting to the Finance Manager and assisting the CFO in preparation of monthly management accounts including calculation/posting of Prepayments/Accruals.
- Balance sheet reconciliations and management account postings
- Reconciliation of complex revenue sheets
- Intercompany reconciliations
- Preparing and posting journals and invoices
- Managing lease reporting for IFRS and producing various other reports as required
- Assisting with preparation of budget
- Assisting with stat accounts and audits
- Ensuring all enquiries are dealt with in a timely manner.
- Any other duties as required by the CFO.
- To undertake any other reasonable request or duties commensurate with your post
Qualifications and Experience
We believe that the ideal candidate has the following qualifications and experiences:
- Previous experience in the preparation of monthly management accounts
- Finance/Accounting background, ideal for a first time mover from practice.
- Experience in using XERO.
- AAT, ACCA/ACA/CIMA, (can be Partly/Newly Qualified)
Values and Behaviours
To be successful in this role, we believe that you possess the following skills, competencies & characteristics:
- Organised and able to prioritise workload.
- Be ambitious.
- Be a collaborator and have good communication skills both written and verbal.
- Be a self-starter and comfortable working in a hybrid role with asynchronies’ communication.
- Excellent IT skills in standard office software packages including Excel and Xero
- Attention to detail and high level of accuracy.
- Good time management, ability to work to deadlines.
- Able to work on own initiative but as part of a team.
- Exceptional numeric and organisational skills
Salary
- Up to £34,000 – subject to experience.
- Working Hours - 36 hours a week over 4.5 days
- Location – Oxford Road, Manchester
- Flexible Working – Three days office (flexible)
Benefits
- One half-day off per week to do with as you please (we suggest ‘relax’!)
- Aside from that, 5 weeks of bookable holiday (22.5 days based on our 4.5 day working week) plus bank holidays off.
- Competitive pension
- Life Assurance
- Optional private health insurance
- Hybrid working model
Our Culture
Northcoders Group is for those who want to work in a fast-paced environment where everyone is focused on the company's success rather than their own. We’re independent thinkers with big ideas who act boldly, move fast and jump straight in at the deep end but most importantly, we have no blame culture. Instead, we learn, listen, and strive to improve together. We have a unique culture that we are proud of and has served us well since we set off on our mission in Manchester in 2015.
At Northcoders, we accomplish extraordinary things through collaboration and trust. We love a sense of humour, lunches together, team evenings & our company-wide team bonding days, especially in the summer!
Our Commitments
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and Adults at Risk. The successful applicant must undertake an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check.
We are an equal opportunities employer. We offer shared parental leave as well as parental leave policies exceeding the statutory minimum, flexible working and health insurance. We believe that no matter who you are, where you’re from, who you love or who you worship, you should be welcomed. We stand with #BlackLivesMatter, affirm all gender identities and sexualities and support people living with disabilities and neurodiversities. When you become a Northcoder, you pledge to stand against discrimination.
We are an equal opportunities employer and we welcome all applicants regardless of background. Education should be enjoyed by everyone equally. We are committed to eliminate discrimination whether by reason of gender, marital status, age, sexual orientation, race, nationality, ethnic origin, colour, religion or ability and to encourage equal opportunities for all.
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