Assistant Management Accountant in Carlisle - CV-Library

Job Title: Assistant Management Accountant

Location: Carlisle

Salary: Competitive DOE

Hours: 37.5 hours a week

We have an exciting opportunity for a Trainee Assistant Management Accountant to join our client, a leader in the fashion and retail space, joining the Accounts team at the Head Office in Carlisle.

Key accountabilities:

* Assist with the production of monthly management accounts, within the agreed timetable, with responsibility for specified cost lines in the retail profit and loss accounts for each store

* Analyse variances to budget and prior years

* Provide support and answer queries on store accounts from store managers, area managers and the Retail and Finance Directors

* Produce information for and attend Finance Review meetings to review store performance. Take minutes of the meeting and follow up action points arising

* Prepare and post regular monthly journals

* Reconcile control accounts and post any correcting journals required

* Assist with the production of budgets and forecasts for specified cost lines

* Ad hoc duties as required

Key skills:

* An aptitude for working with different software packages, including spreadsheets, database applications and specialised budget packages

* The ability to work under pressure and to deadlines

* The ability to work as part of a team

* Effective time management and organisational skills

* Strong analytical skills

Experience Required:

* Part qualified accountant would be preferable.

* Educated to GCSE level at a minimum, ideally A Level educated.

* Experience in finance or ambitions to get in to the financial sector.

* Ambitious

* Enthusiastic

* Takes ownership

* Ability to challenge

* Focusses on detail

* Takes initiative

* Solves problems

Please submit your career details to Andrew Bridges at PDA SEARCH & SELECTION LIMITED