Assistant Management Accountant

Company Description

Following years of accelerated growth Culina Group is now a £2.2billion+ turnover business, employing over 22,000 staff, with a fleet of more than 5,000 vehicles. Culina Group operates from over 100+ depots across the UK and Ireland, serving more than 1,000 clients over its framework of chilled, ambient, contract packaging solutions and fresh and baked goods.

Company Overview

iForce (Part of the Culina Group) is at the forefront of e-commerce fulfilment, returns processing and carrier management. With its own in-house technology infrastructure this underpins the iForce offering to customers.
At Culina we have a winning culture, we believe that our culture is one of the reasons our company continues to thrive… A place where you're valued, challenged, and inspired!

Job Description

Due to continued growth, we are now seeking an Assistant Management Accountant to join our Finance team at our Corby site. 

The purpose of Assistant Management Accountant is to assist in accurate management and related accounting functions. Responsible for undertaking a number of weekly and monthly reporting tasks.  
As the successful candidate, you will contribute to the overall success of the site, and will report directly to the Management Accountant.

This is a full time, permanent position working Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm, offering a competitive salary and package with a forward thinking market leader.

Job responsibilities of Assistant Management Accountant include:

• Assist with preparing accurate weekly customer Variance Analysis reports
• Help ensure all costs are accurately captured and recharged to customers
• Consolidation of operational activity and KPI reporting into weekly customer packs
• Maintaining weekly and monthly invoicing schedules
• Support with debtor control through timely invoicing and liaising with customer contacts
• Assisting the Management Accountant with producing month end accounts packs
• Support with maintaining the accruals and prepayments schedules on the balance sheet
• Ensuring all costs and recharges are accurately allocated to each customer to support with illustrating profitability by customer
• Support with comprehensive payroll reconciliations to ensure weekly calculations are accurate
• Reporting on discretionary spend to maximise profitability
• Assisting Procurement Team with raising of purchase orders
• To support in maintaining a complete and visible audit trail for all costs incurred at the site

Qualifications

To apply for the role of Assistant Management Accountant you will possess the following skills, experiences and qualifications:

• Minimum of 12 months experience of working in a financial reporting role
• Strong Excel skills, experience of working with lookup/SUMIF functions
• Strong numerical and written skills
• Excellent organisational, administration and planning skills combined with the ability to multi-task and prioritise as required
• Working towards financial qualification - AAT/ACCA/CIMA etc (desirable)
• Experience of working with Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central (desirable

Additional Information

As part of our drive to make iForce a great place to work. We are proud to be an inclusive and diverse organisation where we are committed to employee development and recognising success for hard working performers.

Our dedicated learning and development programmes are open to every employee to give you the opportunity to shape your own future within logistics and continue to work in an environment where team culture thrives.

Our People are the driving force behind our success, which is why we offer a wide range of benefits which include:

• Annual Leave – Competitive holiday entitlement of  20 days + 8 bank holiday (plus 1 extra day per annum up to 25 days)
• Pension scheme
• Life Assurance -  x 2 your annual salary
• Wellness – Via our Employee Assistance Programmewe offer immediate access to a confidential telephone counselling and legal information service that operates 24 hours a days, 365 days a year
• Eye Care Vouchers – We can provide you with substantial savings with free eye tests and discounts on prescription glasses
• Reward & Recognition – We recognise that employees have gone the extra mile via Employee of the month and year, special recognition and long service awards.
• Everyday discounts - via our benefit platform you will have access to over 50 retailer discounts for everyday savings!

If you meet the requirements for the above role and are looking for your next career opportunity please apply now and become a part of our #WinningTeam!