The position sits within the Production team and reports into the Production Finance Manager.
Assistant Management Accountant duties to include, but not limited to:
Preparing monthly management accounts for all Commissioning departments
Assisting in the preparation of monthly, quarterly and annual accounts
Posting cost accruals and prepayments
Monitoring transactions and coding invoices to the correct projects
Reviewing month-end adjustments
Producing monthly summary and individual project reports
Assisting with the preparation of standard departmental report packs
Understanding spend and explaining variances to budget
Reconciling headcount and salary costs each month. Reviewing all headcount or salary change requests and ensuring key movements are incorporated into forecasts
Preparing information for quarterly meetings to review overheads with key stakeholders
Setting annual budget for overheads with the support of the Finance Manager and proactively engaging the relevant stakeholders
Continually looking for improvements and implementing changes to processes that will develop the management accounting information of costs within the business
Liaising with multiple teams sitting within the production finance division
Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
The ideal candidate will be part qualified with intermediate excel skills and have a solid understanding of debits and credits, experience of both using/posting journals and analysing + manipulating data. Experience within the media industry is a plus but not required as this role requires someone with the right mindset who wants to learn and grow with the role.