Trainee Management Accountant
About the Role
Sewell Wallis is pleased to be working with a well-established and highly respected business based in Barnsley, South Yorkshire, which is looking to recruit a Trainee Management Accountant. This is an exciting opportunity to join a company with a strong reputation in their sector, offering stability as well as training and opportunity for progression.
This Trainee Management Accountant role would suit someone who already has experience within a dealership environment and is now looking to take the next step in their finance career. With exposure to management accounts and the support of an experienced finance team, this is a brilliant opportunity for someone studying (or looking to study) AAT, CIMA or ACCA, who wants hands-on development and the chance to grow into a qualified Management Accountant role.
What will you be doing?
- Supporting the preparation of monthly management accounts
- Assisting with accruals, prepayments and balance sheet reconciliations
- Producing financial reports and analysis for senior management
- Working with dealership data to ensure accurate financial reporting
- Using Kerridge to extract and reconcile financial information
- Supporting budgeting and forecasting processes
- Investigating variances and assisting with performance analysis
- Maintaining accurate financial records and documentation
- Supporting year-end processes and audit preparation
- Working closely with operational teams to improve financial controls and reporting
What skills are we looking for?
- Previous experience within a dealership environment is essential.
- Experience within transactional finance and some understanding of management accounting.
- Excellent attention to detail and strong numerical ability.
- Confident Excel skills and experience working with finance systems including Kerridge.
- Ambitious, motivated and keen to develop into a Management Accountant role.
What's on offer?
- A Trainee Management Accountant role with opportunity for continuous professional development.
- Healthcare & wellbeing scheme.
- Free on-site parking.
Please apply below or contact Eleanor Kirk for more information.
To apply please send your CV, quoting our reference and specifying which website you saw this position advertised on. Due to the high volume of applications please accept that if we have not responded to your application within seven days, your application has not been successful. Sewell Wallis is a specialist recruitment company with a vast amount of experience in our industry we offer permanent, temporary and interim recruitment support for accounting and finance, human resources and business support positions. We recruit at all levels within finance from Purchase Ledger Administrator and Credit Controller level through to Financial Controller and Director positions. With offices in Sheffield and Leeds, we are well situated to cover all of South Yorkshire, West Yorkshire and Manchester. Please visit our website for more information on accountancy and finance jobs and human resources or business support positions.
