MacKenzie King are excited to be recruiting an Assistant Management Accountant on a 3-month assignment for a well-established manufacturing company based in the Stowmarket area. The role will support commercial and operational finance activities, with a strong focus on data analysis, reporting and margin review to support decision‑making across the business.
Duties and Responsibilities
* Pull data from finance and operational systems, ensuring completeness and accuracy
* Analyse and reconcile data prior to reporting, ensuring figures align with finance records
* Prepare and distribute regular reports for internal stakeholders
* Perform detailed Excel analysis, including lookups, reconciliations and variance analysis
* Investigate unexpected results or variances and follow through to resolution
* Complete transactional processing to support accurate reporting and analysis
* Support business partnering activity across commercial, operations and project accounting teams
* Produce freight, customer and margin analysis to support commercial decision‑making
* Assist with margin investigations and performance monitoring
* Act as a point of finance support for data and reporting queries
* Contribute to ad‑hoc analysis and reporting requests as required
Qualification and Experience
* AAT qualified or equivalent experience in a finance or analytical role
* Strong experience working with large datasets and reconciliations
* Advanced Excel skills, including lookups, pivot tables and data analysis
* Experience pulling, analysing and validating financial or operational data
* Strong analytical skills with the ability to investigate issues independently
* Experience supporting commercial or operational teams with financial insight
* High attention to detail with a strong focus on accuracy and self‑review
* Good communication skills, able to explain financial information clearly
* Experience working with accounting systems
* A proactive, organised and collaborative approach
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