Assistant Management Accountant

Salary - £35k-£39k

Location - Wigan

A well-established and growing plant and machinery business is seeking an Assistant Management Accountant to join its finance team. Operating across multiple sites with a large and expanding rental fleet, this organisation offers an excellent opportunity to gain broad exposure across a busy finance function within a commercial environment.

Working closely with the Financial Controller, you'll play a key role in supporting day-to-day finance operations, supervising transactional activity, and contributing to monthly reporting and controls.

Key Responsibilities

• Support the Financial Controller with the daily running of the finance function
• Supervise and support members of the accounts team
• Prepare monthly management accounts and balance sheet reconciliations
• Reconcile machine profit between stock records and management accounts
• Maintain accurate machine stock records and support regular stock checks with sales teams
• Prepare payroll information for submission to an external payroll provider
• Prepare and submit VAT returns
• Assist with cashiering duties, including payments and receipts
• Manage and reconcile HP creditors
• Identify and implement improvements to finance processes and controls

About You

• Previous experience in a similar finance or management accounting role
• Highly organised with strong attention to detail
• Confident Excel user (intermediate level or above)
• Experience with Sage 50 and dealership/asset-based systems is advantageous
• Able to work independently as well as part of a wider team
• Proactive, resilient, and solutions-focused
• Strong communication skills and a positive, "can-do" attitude

What's on Offer

• Competitive salary dependent on experience
• Company pension scheme
• Excellent opportunity for development within a growing business
• Broad exposure across management accounting, stock, and operational finance
• Supportive and collaborative working environment

This role would suit someone looking to step up or broaden their experience within a commercially focused finance team.