Reports to: Finance Manager Working Pattern: Hybrid - 2-3 days per week working from home

Role Overview

A growing manufacturing business is seeking a proactive and detail-focused Assistant Management Accountant to support the production of accurate and timely financial information. This role is ideal for someone with strong analytical skills, good manufacturing sector awareness, and a desire to progress within a busy, hands-on finance team.

Key Responsibilities

• Assist with the preparation of monthly management accounts, including journals, accruals, prepayments, and balance sheet reconciliations.

• Support costing and margin analysis, including monitoring production variances, material usage, and overhead absorption.

• Maintain and reconcile stock, WIP, and inventory records, ensuring accuracy across multiple manufacturing sites or product lines.

• Prepare and analyse weekly KPI reports, including production output, labour efficiency, scrap, and yield.

• Assist with budgeting and forecasting, providing data and commentary to senior finance.

• Support bank reconciliations, control accounts, and general ledger maintenance.

• Work closely with operations, production, and procurement teams to understand financial impacts and improve processes.

• Contribute to continuous improvement projects, including system enhancements and automation within finance.

• Provide support during audits and year-end processes.

About You

• Experience in a manufacturing or production-led environment is highly desirable.

• Strong understanding of costings, stock, and WIP processes.

• Confident with Excel and accounting systems; experience with ERP systems is an advantage.

• Studying AAT / ACCA / CIMA or looking to progress.

• Analytical mindset with excellent attention to detail.

• Able to communicate clearly with both finance and non-finance colleagues.

• Proactive, organised, and comfortable working to deadlines.

• Comfortable working independently when remote and collaborating effectively when on-site.

Benefits

• Hybrid working - 2-3 days per week from home

• Study support (if applicable)

• Career progression within a growing finance team

• Exposure to operational and commercial finance

• Stable, supportive working environment