Assistant Management Accountant

Your New Role

We have a fantastic opportunity for an Assistant Management Accountant to join the Rail Finance team on a full-time permanent basis based in Birmingham.

This is a fantastic opportunity for an ambitious, motivated individual, looking to start their career in Finance. The purpose of the role is to provide excellent support to internal customers across our rail business sector at Amey and work very closely with Project and Commercial functions as well as the wider finance team.

Reporting to the Management Accountant, this role will primarily be support to the TransPennine Route Upgrade contract, turning over c£150m p.a. This role will also provide support to the wider Rail business areas.

The standard hours of work are based on 37.5 hours per week, Monday-Friday.

You will be responsible for:

• Calculating and posting accrual and prepayment journals
• Provide supporting information for costs in SAP and management information
• Retrieving invoices and purchase orders from SAP to support client audits
• Posting journals to allocate costs to correct coding structure
• Providing support to Management Accountants at month end
• Preparing balance sheet reconciliations, reviewing these with the Management Accountant and resolving actions raised during the reviews
• Preparing management information for use in monthly business meetings
• Managing of the timesheet process

We want to hear from you if you have:

• The ability to achieve tight deadlines with a high degree of quality and understanding
• Strong IT Skills and a knowledge of SAP and Excel is desirable
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to build strong, positive relationships with all stakeholders
• Proactive and organised with the ability to gain the correct information from stakeholders in a timely manner.
• The ability to work alone and in a wider team
• Motivated team player

What we can offer you

When you join us, we can offer flexibility, career development, a choice of benefits and support that help you through all life’s ups and downs. It’s the reason why Investors in People put us among the top 1% of employers and we have a competitive reward and benefits program

• Career Development – Exceptional development and progression plan
• Pension – Generous Pension scheme which we will contribute to
• Holidays – Minimum 24 days holiday + Bank Holidays
• Choices – Our flexible benefits scheme is tailored by you, including buying additional annual leave, cycle2work scheme, charity giving and gym membership
• Save with Amey – Our online voucher portal gives you access to thousands of discounts from leading retailers to help you save on shopping, days out, or nights in. It includes healthcare, free GP service, dental vouchers
• Social Value – You’ll get 2 Community Involvement Days each year to volunteer for a charity of your choice and further opportunities to support fundraising initiatives

We embrace difference and support individuals to work in ways that work best for them.

We are committed to working sustainably and by working in partnership with the communities we serve, so people and the planet are protected.

Who is Amey?

• We are at the heart of modern Britain, helping the economy to grow by designing, maintaining and transforming the nation’s strategic assets.
• Our 11,000 people are behind the critical services the country relies on every day.
• Our unique engineering and operations experience, together with data driven insight from our consulting business, delivers better results for our clients.  
• We are trusted partners of Government – both national and local – managing assets and complex projects that are vital to the sustainable growth of the country.

To find out more take a look at our website www.amey.co.uk

Application Guidance

Amey is committed to Inclusion and Diversity. We welcome applications from all suitably qualified candidates, regardless of their race, gender, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation, or age. We are also committed to offering applicants with a disability an interview if they meet the minimum requirements for the role. Please contact our recruitment team at peopleservices@amey.co.uk to discuss any access needs, reasonable adjustments or additional support that may be required at any point during the recruitment process.

Apply today – We are excited to hear from you!

We reserve the right to close this vacancy before the closing date should we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

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