Assistant Management Accountant

The Opportunity - Assistant Management Accountant

Overview of the role

As an Assistant Management Accountant, you will need to liaise closely with key internal and external stakeholders in order to achieve your objectives. As a key point of contact for the Business Unit’s Finance function, you will need to be approachable and knowledgeable and be able to advise and respond to queries in a professional and courteous manner.

This role will provide the right candidate with the opportunity to work in a fast paced environment, with an emphasis on continuous improvement and the chance of future development opportunities.

This position will be key in delivering accurate and timely financial data and reporting in accordance with the Group Finance Calendar.

What does this role involve day to day?

• Bank reconciliation – weekly cash postings, leading to the month end bank reconciliation and reporting to Group Finance. 

• Intercompany reconciliation – monthly statement reconciliation and mismatch resolution. Post month end invoice clearance and query resolution.

• Manual sales invoicing – weekly raising of part sales invoices.

• VAT returns and reconciliation – monthly VAT calculation and reporting to Group Taxation.

• Accruals & Prepayments – mainly linked to Accounts Payable e.g. non-production orders, GRNI and unmatched. Other ad hoc accrual and prepayment postings.

• Support the Accounts Payable/Management Accounts function as and when required.

• Overhead analysis

• Assisting with other month end activities as required.

• Raising commercial invoices for overseas intercompany.

This will be suited to you if

• You are who are working towards a professional qualification

• You have previous experience of working within a Finance function.

• You have a high level of numeracy and be confident in using Microsoft Excel (Pivot Tables, SUMIFS, VLOOKUPS etc.).

What happens next?

Ordinarily, our resourcing team reviews and shortlists CVs. If shortlisted, you’ll speak to one of our recruiters to discuss the role further. Our interview process usually consists of an initial team’s interview followed by an in-person interview. We’ll keep in touch throughout the process but if you have any questions, please get in touch at recruitment@jcb.com 

 What’s in it for you?

This is your chance to join a company that values expertise not only in rewards but also in real employee care. At JCB you don’t just get a competitive salary, 33 days’ holiday and access to our company pension—you can also use our onsite gym, in-house doctor, dentist and visiting optician. We have an ULEV car scheme available for our employees too. Then there’s the JCB Rewards Hub, which gives you discounts with high street retailers. Feel like biking to work? There’s our Cycle to Work Scheme.

We value diversity and welcome applications from candidates from all backgrounds.

We’re committed to ensuring our recruitment process is fair and inclusive. If you face any accessibility challenges with your online application and require additional support, you have the option of speaking to a member of our recruitment team who can support you to complete an application in an alternative format. If you would benefit from this support, please email recruitment@jcb.com, and a member of the team will be in touch.

Recruitment Agencies: JCB does not accept any speculative approaches to present candidates for advertised vacancies.