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Social network you want to login/join with: Assistant Management Accountant - Retail, Londoncol-narrow-left Client:Mountain Warehouse Location:London, United Kingdom Job Category:Other - EU work permit required:Yes col-narrow-right Job Reference:30f31423d719 Job Views:5 Posted:02.06.2025 Expiry Date:17.07.2025 col-wide Job Description:Description ASSISTANT MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTANT - RETAIL Reports to: Finance Business Partner - Retail Position summary: This role is focused towards our Retail business, which includes UK stores and international locations in Europe, Canada, USA and New Zealand. As part of a team of 4 you will provide support to the Finance Business Partner for Retail who has overall responsibility for business partnering, periodic reporting and financial accounting and control. 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 Business Partner with the preparation of reporting to communicate performance to the management team. Business partnering Identify drivers of overspend, prepare ad hoc analysis and develop recommendations to reduce finance risk. Development and mature stakeholder relationships across the Retail team. Support the budgeting and forecast process, liaising closely with the Commercial Finance team. 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. Other Ongoing non-business as usual project work within the finance team as and when required. This progressive role would suit someone studying towards an accountancy qualification and offers the opportunity for the right individual to advance into a qualified Management Accountant role in due course. QUALIFICATIONS: Minimum 3 years experience working within a Finance team in a high-volume environment. Retail industry experience strongly preferred. Enthusiastic, self-motivated and a desire to drive improvements in a fast-paced and entrepreneurial business. Excellent numeracy and IT skills including advanced Excel with a strong attention to detail.#J-18808-Ljbffr