Position: Assistant Management Accountant
Location: St Mellons, Cardiff, CF3 0LT
Salary: upto £28,000 DOE
Hours: 37.5
The Role
Shaw healthcare is a care provider operating circa 65 care homes and supported living services across the UK and is the largest employee owned healthcare company in the UK. Based in the head office in St Mellons, Cardiff an opportunity has arisen for a Assistant Management Accountant to join our Finance Department.
Objectives
To make a significant contribution to the achievement of the group’s business objectives by providing a high standard of financial support, direction and control to all areas of the business, ensuring that clear, accurate and relevant financial information is available on a timely basis.
Principal duties
1. Assisting in the production of accurate and well-presented Management Accounts working papers in line with defined timescales.
2. Posting of journals including accruals, prepayments & deferred income.
3. Assisting non-finance colleagues with their understanding of budgets and financial performance.
4. Reviewing and authorising purchase invoices, checking for appropriateness, consistency of allocation and accuracy including maintenance order reviews.
5. Checking payment runs and resolving any BACS payment issues.
6. Recording payments and receipts accurately on a daily basis and reconciling company bank accounts on a monthly basis.
7. Ensuring that resident bank accounts and cash is appropriately safeguarded and recorded, statements are reviewed and filed.
8. Reviewing and preparing intercompany transaction journals for goods and services between companies.
9. Assisting with the external audit process, working in partnership with the Central Finance team.
Essential Criteria
10. Experience of assisting in the production of Management Accounts
11. Proficient in using a computer (good Microsoft Excel skills)
12. Experience of working in an office environment
13. Ability to communicate effectively and professionally with a wide range of people
14. Ability to plan, prioritise and organise own workload with established timescales
Desirable Criteria
15. Working towards or completion of AAT
16. Experience of working in a Healthcare company environment
17. Full clean driving license
What you will get in return
18. 20 days annual leave - increase by 1 day per year to a maximum of 25 days PLUS bank holidays
19. Employee Ownership Trust - 76% Employee Owned - our employees have received over £2650 each in tax free bonuses to date!
20. Onsite parking
21. Enrolment to NEST pension
22. Retail/Leisure/Holiday and travel discounts