Assistant Management Accountant
About Candidate
Education/Qualification
- 2022 Nelson and Colne College – AAT Level 3 and Level 4 | Professional Accounting or Taxation Technician Apprenticeship Level 4
- 2018 Nelson and Colne College – A Levels Achieved
- 2016 Colne Primet Academy – 11 GCSEs Achieved – Including Mathematics and English
Systems used
- Microsoft Word and Excel – Intermediate
- Sage 50
- SAP
- Internal systems
Career Summary
Current Employer – Manufacturer of high-quality rubber compounds – (t/o – £51.32 million)
Position – Assistant Management Accountant
Dates – June 2023 – Present
- Working in a team of 5 – reports to the Financial Director
- Processing weekly sales, providing commentary on variances from actual to budget and forecast
- Helped assist with the merge of 3 sites into 1, within the business
- Profit centre analysis on monthly sales, analysing sales by production centres in detail to support reporting on the overall sales margin
- Assisting in the preparation of monthly Management Accounts, reviewing capital and expense accounts ensuring appropriate controls are in place. Posting relevant accruals and prepayments
- Updating inventory valuation bi-monthly using a standard cost system
- Supporting the annual statutory audit process. More recently taking ownership of certain aspects of the audit submission, for example sales transactional processing and capital commitments
- Reconciles capital figures for the business
- Uses Excel to create spreadsheets, collate reports and review all financial figures
- Ownership of the customer recharge schedule
- Implementing and managing a new Cycle To Work scheme for employees, communicating with different stakeholders to ensure all information is presented accurately. By then creating a process that ensures an employee’s application meets all the requirements detailed in the Cycle To Work scheme policy document
- Measuring weekly and monthly KPIs
Previous Employer – Global distributor of water analysis instrumentation solutions – (t/o between £1 million – £10 million)
Position – Accounts Administrator
Dates – September 2018 – May 2023
- Worked in a team of 5 – reported to the Managing Director
- Processed all month-end procedures including nominal journals and prepared the Trial Balance, Profit and Loss and Balance Sheet using Sage 50 Accounts
- Line Manager to two members of staff within the department, whilst also advising on key business decisions through the management advisory group
- Bookkeeping duties covering both sales and purchase ledgers
- Monthly bank reconciliations for multiple currencies
- Processed payroll for all company employees
- Oversaw the purchasing department and leading supplier meetings
- Credit control management for Process Instruments UK and its subsidiary
- Month-end analysis and reporting, presenting the monthly Profit and Loss Statement to senior management
Key achievements:
- Implemented a new credit control procedure, which reduced the company’s outstanding debtors by over 80% within the first six months
- Provided financial data/reports for our application to the Queen’s Awards, which contributed to us winning two Queen’s Awards
- Managed and implemented a new expense system, which allowed all employees within the business to have a company card and have their expenses authorised by the relevant manager
Previous Employer – Supermarket Chain
Position – Retail Assistant
Dates – March 2018 – February 2020