Overview:
Salary: £28,000-£35,000
Location: Twickenham
Hybrid Working: 3 Days in the Office
Are you a sharp, curious finance professional looking to accelerate your career and secure your professional qualification? We are looking for a driven Assistant Management Accountant to join our team.
Reporting directly to a Finance Business Partner, you won’t just be crunching numbers—you will be digging into the why behind them. This role offers a perfect blend of core financial accounting and strategic commercial exposure, making it the ultimate launchpad for a future Finance Leader.
Responsibilities:
Key responsibilities
Reporting to a Finance Business Partner, you will be responsible for preparing monthly management accounts and assisting with crucial financial tasks. Your day-to-day duties will include:
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Ownership of the Numbers: Prepare accurate and timely monthly management accounts, taking pride in delivering a flawless financial snapshot.
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Commercial Insight: Produce monthly reporting packs and write the narrative on variances against budget and forecasts. You'll help tell the story behind the data.
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Forward Planning: Actively assist with budgeting, long-term business plans, and monthly rolling forecasting.
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Financial Integrity: Keep the engine running smoothly by posting journals, managing accruals/prepayments, maintaining the Chart of Accounts, and keeping balance sheet reconciliations airtight.
Skills / Experience / Knowledge / Minimum Criteria:
We are looking for someone who is hungry to learn, thrives under pressure, and loves a challenge.
Skills and Abilities:
Data Savvy: Advanced Excel skills and a genuine love for analytical problem-solving. You should be comfortable navigating large datasets.
The "Value-Add" Mindset: Exceptional attention to detail combined with a proactive, positive attitude. You don’t just spot a problem; you think about the solution.
Strong Communicator: Ability to translate complex data into clear, concise insights for both finance and non-finance stakeholders.
Adaptable Team Player: You are receptive to new ideas, flexible in your working style, and deeply committed to helping the wider team smash its goals.
Preferred Qualifications:
We are a Disability Confident employer and offer guaranteed interviews to all disabled applicants who meet the above minimum criteria.
To be considered as part of this initiative, please ensure you indicate if you have a disability when applying for the post.
Why work with us?
Haymarket Media Group values its people and strives to shape a better future with remarkable content. From paid content and subscription services; to integrated advertising and content marketing packages. We deliver market-leading branded experiences that inspire great decisions. From data and digital information solutions to live events, awards and professional education services.
Our benefits include:
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25 days holiday per year excluding bank holidays (increasing 1 day per year of service up to 30 days)
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Work from anywhere in the world for up to 3 weeks of the year with our ‘Work from Anywhere’ days
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Flexible working hours (core hours from 10-3) allowing you the flexibility to adapt your work schedule to your personal commitments
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Generous contributory pension scheme
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Health Cash Plans: With our health cash plans, you can access a range of healthcare benefits, including coverage for medical expenses, dental care, optical services, and more
More about working at Haymarket
Working here means being part of a commitment to shaping a better future. As a proudly Certified B Corp™, we are part of a global movement of businesses acting as a force for good. Haymarket Impact is focused on making a positive difference globally, guided by the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals and intertwined with an unwavering commitment to equity, diversity, and inclusion. This commitment to balancing profit with purpose is deeply embedded in our culture, reflected in our values of Integrity, Respect, Creativity, Innovation, and Expertise.
We invest heavily in our people. From professional development and internal training to mentorship and coaching. Our certified Disability Confident status has fostered an environment where all employees feel supported, valued, and can ask for workplace adjustments without fear of judgment.
Our valuable partnerships for good globally mean colleagues are always up for taking on a new charitable challenge, utilise their volunteering day and go out of their way to support their local communities.
We know how important a healthy work-life balance is too. Our flexible hours and hybrid working model means employees are expected to be in the office at least three days a week and can work remotely for the remaining two. This means we thrive together when we collaborate in person, fostering stronger connections and creativity, but still allowing for flexibility outside of those times.
As an equal opportunities employer, we are committed to ensuring all candidates have the same opportunity to succeed, regardless of sex, sexual orientation, marital status, race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion, age, or disability. In line with our dedication to fairness and transparency, we are also proud to be a We Show the Salary employer, pledging to always include pay details on our job adverts.
Join us and be part of award-winning teams and a culture that is truly unique - a place to grow, feel inspired, build a brilliant career and make a difference.
If you need any reasonable adjustments to enable you to fully participate in the recruitment process, please contact us at [email protected].