Management Accountant (PQ, Newly Qualified, AAT Qualified)

Applicants will only be considered if they have the right to work in the UK and are based in the local area.

Rotheram Carrington Recruitment Group is recruiting for a Management Accountant, for a very well-established manufacturing Company based near to Chester/North Wales area. This is a newly created role for a 'Hands On' Management Accountant to report to the Finance Director, offering progression. This is a £12m turnover business with a number of new projects that are due to go live, so an exciting time to join.

Responsibilities will include:

• Providing support to the Finance Director to ensure that all day-to-day accounts duties are accurately controlled and recorded
• Assisting with month-end and year-end duties, including budgeting, forecasting, reviewing the balance sheet, including accruals and prepayments, and payroll preparation
• Ensuring the collation and accurate entry of data for accounting and job costing
• Helping to control the cost of stock, costing of products
• Maintain customer price lists
• Oversee and co-ordinate customer order entry, due dates, and order acknowledgments
• Ensuring the collation and accurate entry of data (invoices, bank payments/receipts, timesheets, creditors, fixed assets, journals) into the accounts system and spreadsheets
• Checking supplier statements to creditor balances and resolving queries by phone and email
• Oversee and co-ordinate sales invoices and shipping/despatch documents
• Reconciling control accounts
• Cash management including chasing debtors for payment as required
• Prepare, reconcile and submit VAT returns
• Completing analysis and reports such as the monthly Sales, Order Intake, Untraded Order Book and Gross
• Contribution Retention reports
• Assisting with data entry tasks as and when required
• Any other duties as and when required to maintain efficiency of the department/Company

Skills/Experience:

• CIMA/ACCA/ACA Part Qualified or Newly Qualified, AAT Qualified or Qualified by Experience
• Manufacturing background would be advantageous
• Experience of job costing would be highly "advantageous"
• 'Hands On' this is a well established SME business, so everyone needs to get stuck in if people are on leave etc
• Advanced Excel skills
• Great communication skills
• Excellent attention to detail

Whats On Offer:

• £40,000 to £45,000 per annum (possibly up to £50k dependent on experience)
• Study support if required
• 25 days plus bank holiday
• Friday finish at midday
• Private healthcare for all the family
• Death in service 4 x salary
• Pension employee puts 3% employer 6%
• Options to join medicash
• Free parking