Assistant Management Accountant

Date: 10 May 2023

Location: London, GB, W1U 8AN

Company: Knight Frank

Reference No 28407 
Job Title Assistant Management Accountant 
Type Fixed Term Contract 
Salary Range Competitive
Division Business Services 
Sub Division Business Services 
Department Accounts (10000048) 
Location 55 Baker Street 

 

We are looking to recruit an Assistant Management Accountant to join our successful Accounts Team based at 55 Baker Street on a 12 month fixed term contract.  In the Assistant Management Accountant role you will be responsible for providing accurate and timely information for the production of the monthly accounts.  This is a fantastic opportunity for someone to learn, develop and grow within a management accounting function. 

 

In the Assistant Management Accountant role you will be responsible for: 

 

  • Responsible for the budgeting and forecasting for Travel & Entertaining lines within the general ledger with the assistance of the Business Analysts.
  • Responsible for ensuring that the travel & entertaining costs are correctly attributed to departments and are reviewed monthly.
  • Dealing with departmental queries from the Country division.
  • Ensuring all fee reconciliations are completed on a timely basis by the Country division and any discrepancies are looked into and rectified.
  • Assist in production of monthly management accounts to a strict timetable and providing review points for monthly meeting.
  • Assisting the other team members if they have any travel & entertaining budget queries from departments.
  • Preparing and posting various nominal ledger entries.
  • Reviewing the Work In Progress (WIP) reports for Country Residential departments and liaising with the relevant departments to ensure all WIP is up to date and written off if required.
  • Reviewing the management accounts and ensuring that costs have charged correctly, and producing review notes for the monthly meeting.
  • Completion of KFIM & KFCA accounts on a quarterly basis.
  • Completion of KFIM VAT return on a quarterly basis.

 

Experience and Qualifications required for the Assistant Management Accountant role: 

 

  • Stage 1 or 2 CIMA/ACCA
  • Management Accounts background essential.

 

 

      Systems & IT competence

 

  • Experience of SAP
  • Good excel skills needed
  • Aptitude to learn new systems quickly and explain them to others

 

 

          Personal skills

 

  • Good communication skills and the ability to communicate financial data to non-financial staff at all levels within the firm
  • Ability to work well both alone and as part of a team
  • Ability to meet deadlines at key times in the financial year
  • A high degree of accuracy is required

 

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