Assistant Management Accountant

Overview

Expleo is a trusted partner for end-to-end, integrated engineering, quality services and management consulting for digital transformation.

Working at Expleo, you will take on complex technical challenges, enjoy opportunities to expand your skills and take part in inspiring, multi-disciplinary collaborations with your colleagues.

Are you a hands-on individual looking to be involved with month-end processes and reporting? At Expleo UK, we’re looking for a proactive, detail-focused Assistant Management Accountant to join our Preston-based finance team and play a key role in delivering accurate, insightful financial information that drives business decisions.

If you enjoy getting into the numbers, improving processes, and working collaboratively across the business, this could be the ideal next step in your career.

Responsibilities

• Key member of the finance function, responsible for delivering accurate and timely financial information and supporting robust financial controls.
• Lead key elements of the month-end close process, including preparing and posting accruals, prepayments and other journals.
• Prepare and complete month-end reconciliations, ensuring accuracy and resolving variances in a timely manner.
• Support the production of monthly management accounts.
• Support internal and external audit activities, helping to strengthen financial controls and processes.
• Process the quarterly VAT returns, ensuring compliance with HMRC requirements.
• Conduct credit checks, assessing any potential risks and advising colleagues based on the reports.
• Submit daily cash reporting Group Treasury.
• Identify opportunities to streamline processes, improve reporting and enhance the quality and timeliness of financial information.

Qualifications

• Part or newly qualified accountant (ACCA, CIMA, ACA or equivalent), or with significant relevant experience in a Management Accountant or similar role with strong month-end and reporting exposure will also be considered.

Essential skills

• Strong understanding of journals, accruals, prepayments, reconciliations and P&L / balance sheet analysis.
• Excellent attention to detail with a commitment to accuracy and completeness.
• Self-motivated, with the ability to take ownership of tasks and work to deadlines.
• Confident working with people at different levels across the business, with a collaborative and solution-focused approach.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills (e.g. lookups, pivots, complex formulas) for analysis and reporting.
• Inquisitive and open to learning and improving.

Experience

• Previous experience with Sage Intact or similar cloud-based finance/ERP systems.
• Experience producing VAT returns and dealing with HMRC queries.
• Exposure to internal audit.
• Experience in a finance or accounting role with involvement in month-end close and management accounts.

Benefits

• Collaborative working environment – we stand shoulder to shoulder with our clients and our peers through good times and challenges 
• We empower all passionate technology loving professionals by allowing them to expand their skills and take part in inspiring projects  
• Expleo Academy - enables you to acquire and develop the right skills by delivering a suite of accredited training courses 
• Competitive company benefits
• Always working as one team, our people are not afraid to think big and challenge the status quo 

• As a Disability Confident Committed Employer we have committed to:
  • Ensure our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible
  • Communicating and promoting vacancies
  • Offering an interview to disabled people who meet the minimum criteria for the job
  • Anticipating and providing reasonable adjustments as required
  • Supporting any existing employee who acquires a disability or long term health condition, enabling them to stay in work at least one activity that will make a difference for disabled people

“We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age”.

We treat everyone fairly and equitably across the organisation, including providing any additional support and adjustments needed for everyone to thrive