AABManagement Accountant - FTC 1 Year
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Manage the monthly accounting cycle, VAT returns, and financial controls for a portfolio of hotels on a 1-year FTC.
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AAB is a leading professional services firm operating across the UK, Ireland, and the USA. We specialise in the mid-market, supporting individuals, family businesses, and organisations with a full suite of services including audit, tax, corporate finance, payroll, people consultancy, and wealth management. With 1,000+ team members, we deliver expert support to clients all over the world.
EVERYONE HAS THE AABILITY TO SUCCEED- WE’LL HELP YOU GET THERE.
Our people are at the heart of everything we do. We succeed together as one team, building strong client relationships through passion, empathy, and straightforward advice. That’s what makes AAB different. We invest in brilliant talent across every area of the business, offering tailored training, professional qualifications, and continuous support to help you grow.
Your growth matters to us. We’ll give you the tools, encouragement, and opportunities to lead, learn, and make an impact. Guided by our six core values, we foster a culture where collaboration, trust, and enthusiasm thrive.
AABSOLUTELY DEDICATED TO HELPING YOU ACHIEVE YOUR GOALS
At AAB, your career is what you make it. We are here to help you turn ambition into action, whether that’s becoming a technical expert, a future leader, or someone who simply makes a difference every day. If you're ready to be part of a team that’s united by purpose and driven by values, we’d love to hear from you.
ESG COMMITMENT
We take our responsibility seriously. From reducing our environmental impact, to supporting education through training and talent programmes, to giving back to our local communities with our charitable initiative ABBIE- ESG is part of who we are.
ROLE PURPOSE
Key duties & responsibilities:- Full ownership of the monthly management accounting cycle for your hotel portfolio.
- Complete management accounting pack reviews of profit & loss and balance sheet, ensuring variances and areas of risk are identified and actioned appropriately.
- Prepare monthly/quarterly VAT returns and assist with VAT inspections as required.
- Review the work the Finance Assistant, providing coaching and development, and working to improve efficiency of daily processes.
- Overall responsibility for Bank Reconciliation and Accounts Payable controls, supporting the Finance Assistant with process improvements, and in reaching resolution for any outstanding issues.
- Preparation of year end audit files, and liaising with auditors during clients’ external audits.
- Ensure compliance with policies, procedures and audit requirements by maintaining robust controls.
- Contribute to a culture of continuous improvement, helping you and your team generate ideas to develop processes and controls.
- Dealing with ad hoc queries and requests from hotel and client teams.
- Assist the Financial Controllers in developing systems and process controls to provide a robust control environment which meets client needs
- Complete ad hoc accounting and project work as required.
Experience & qualifications
QualifiedQualified by experience, Desirable but not essential Qualified or working towards (ICAS/CIMA/ACCA or equivalent)
Minimum Level of Experience
Preferably hotel accounting experience with management accounting experience (ideally working on a client portfolio) Supervision experience desirable.
Skills Required
- Proactive self-starter with ability to problem solve.
- Organising and prioritising work to meet reporting deadlines.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
- High level of IT literacy, including strong Excel skills.
- Accuracy and attention to detail.
- Experience of Business Central highly desirable.
- Hotel knowledge would be advantageous.
How we rate this
Management Accountant - FTC 1 Year at AAB rates 0 out of 100 for how much of the daily work is AI. That makes it Little AI (AI Level 1 of 4). The level is about AI in the job, not seniority.
Classification
Little AI. AI is not part of the work.
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