Fed Finance is a dedicated recruitment firm which specialises in Accounting & Corporate Finance roles. My name is Baptiste YLONEN and my client, a Retail firm, is looking for an Assistant Management Accountant, for a permanent role. Month end : - Prepare and post period end journal entries ensuring accurate recording of all costs in a timely manner - Complete robust balance sheet reconciliations to agreed deadlines with all reconciling items investigated and resolved promptly - Investigating and prepare narrative explaining variances to budget and prior year for key expense categories - Supporting the Finance Manager with the preparation of reporting to communicate performance to the management team. Business Partnering - Production of a weekly suite of reporting to provide accurate information and enable timely decision making - Review and accurately code supplier costs and metrics on a weekly basis to provide the basis for weekly and periodic reporting - Identify drivers of overspend, prepare ad hoc analysis and develop recommendations to reduce finance risk - Develop and mature stakeholder relationships across the team and with central department heads - Support the budgeting and forecast process. Compliance and Controls - Significant involvement in the year-end process, preparation of deliverables for the audit and key contact for the auditors during the audit process - Support the development of a robust control environment by continuously identifying opportunities to improve financial systems and processes and by implementing these changes - Studying for a recognised accountancy qualification (ACCA/CIMA/ACA) - Minimum 2 years experience working within a Finance team in a high-volume environment - Retail industry experience expected - Excellent numeracy and IT skills including advanced Excel with a strong attention to detail. - Comfortable working with high volumes of data to identify trends or errors.