Our client is a company in the UK providing road, Sea & Air logistics solutions across the UK, Europe & Worldwide and is part of a larger Group based in Denmark.
Position – Assistant Management Accountant
Location - Felixstowe, Suffolk
Overview of the role!
Reporting to and responsible for assisting the Financial Controller in completing management accounts to trial balance including group reporting responsibilities.
Responsibilities
* Review of Xsped/ Cargowise job profitability with forwarders and prepare system for closedown each month
* Preparing supplier payment runs and dealing with supplier queries
* Supplier account reconciliation's
* Managing the interface between Xsped/Cargowise and the financial system BC365
* Coding Overhead invoices in Medius
* Review of overheads preparing accruals and prepayments as required
* Enter daily bank transactions completing a daily bank reconciliation
* Prepare intercompany schedules for group reporting ensuring all balances are agreed in line with group policy
* Prepare and post fixed asset transactions
* Revaluation of foreign transactions (debtors/creditors and bank accounts)
* Calculation of bad debt provision
* Preparation of management accounts for review by Financial Controller and Managing director
* EC sales and VAT returns and other statutory returns as required
* Reconciliation of all balance sheet accounts
* Supporting the Financial Controller with the audit process
* Assisting with Audit for both Entities
* Any other duties relating to Month End/Quarter End & Year End
Role requirements
* Previous experience of working in a busy finance team
* Good communicator both written and oral
* Intermediate excel skills
* Ideally studying for an accountancy qualification AAT, ACCA, CIMA
Study – A study package with training agreement will be available to the right candidate