Assistant Management Accountant

Coventry | £45,000 – £55,000 | Full Time | PermanentReed Accountancy & Finance are recruiting for this role

Reed Accountancy & Finance are delighted to be supporting an established and growing organisation based in Coventry who are looking to appoint an Assistant Management Accountant on a permanent basis. This is an excellent opportunity for a qualified or part-qualified CIMA, ACCA or ACA professional who is looking to take on a broad and hands-on role within a supportive finance team.

The Role

Working closely with the Financial Controller, the successful candidate will play a key part in delivering accurate and timely financial information. This position offers exposure across month-end, reporting, analysis, and core transactional processes. The role is varied, and well suited to someone who enjoys taking ownership of their work and contributing to a collaborative team environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Assisting with the preparation of month-end management accounts
• Completing bank reconciliations
• Preparing VAT returns and ensuring compliance with reverse charge VAT requirements
• Processing journals including accruals, prepayments, and intercompany recharges
• Processing and coding subcontractor applications and purchase ledger invoices
• Managing weekly and monthly subcontractor payment runs
• Preparing and submitting monthly CIS returns and issuing Statements of Deductions
• Reconciling subcontractor statements
• Processing monthly PAYE and CIS payments
• Monitoring project expenditure including materials, labour, and cost variances
• Maintaining the fixed asset register and calculating depreciation
• Supporting payroll processes
• Carrying out monthly variance analysis for project teams
• Assisting with cashflow forecasting and working project capital reporting
• Contributing to annual budgeting and forecasting cycles
• Supporting the year-end audit with required information

About You

• Ideally CIMA, ACCA, or ACA qualified or part-qualified
• EXCEL (Advanced) knowledge
• XERO knowledge (Desirable)
• System Change/Implementation (Desirable)
• Strong experience in a management accounts or assistant management accountant role
• Confident analysing financial data and explaining variances
• Comfortable working across both reporting and transactional duties
• Strong attention to detail and able to work to deadlines

This role is office based.