Systems Accountant 33, Month Contract Full Time Hybrid Are you someone who enjoys making systems work smoothly and helping others get the best from their tools? Do you like solving problems and improving the way things are done? If so, we'd love to welcome you as our new Systems Accountant. In this role, you'll help us look after and improve our financial systems, so the wider business has the information it needs to make good decisions. Working alongside another Systems Accountant and colleagues in IT and Finance, you'll help ensure everything runs well behind the scenes and that users feel supported and confident. This is a great opportunity for someone who enjoys variety, works well with others, and wants to play a part in shaping how our systems support the organisation. What You'll Be Doing: Helping develop and enhance our financial systems so they continue to meet the needs of the business. Keeping our core accounting systems accurate, up to date, and reliable. Supporting system upgrades, installations, and improvements. Being a friendly, approachable point of contact for Finance system questions. Producing regular and adhoc reports that support informed decision-making. Supporting the connections between our financial systems and other business systems. Creating clear, helpful training materials and user guides. Providing data extraction and analysis support to the Finance and other teams. Looking for opportunities to make processes more efficient and user-friendly.
May 03, 2026
Contractor
Systems Accountant 33, Month Contract Full Time Hybrid Are you someone who enjoys making systems work smoothly and helping others get the best from their tools? Do you like solving problems and improving the way things are done? If so, we'd love to welcome you as our new Systems Accountant. In this role, you'll help us look after and improve our financial systems, so the wider business has the information it needs to make good decisions. Working alongside another Systems Accountant and colleagues in IT and Finance, you'll help ensure everything runs well behind the scenes and that users feel supported and confident. This is a great opportunity for someone who enjoys variety, works well with others, and wants to play a part in shaping how our systems support the organisation. What You'll Be Doing: Helping develop and enhance our financial systems so they continue to meet the needs of the business. Keeping our core accounting systems accurate, up to date, and reliable. Supporting system upgrades, installations, and improvements. Being a friendly, approachable point of contact for Finance system questions. Producing regular and adhoc reports that support informed decision-making. Supporting the connections between our financial systems and other business systems. Creating clear, helpful training materials and user guides. Providing data extraction and analysis support to the Finance and other teams. Looking for opportunities to make processes more efficient and user-friendly.
Assistant Management Accountant Preston £30-35K DOE, 12m FTC Hybrid. Are you looking to have access to excellent mentoring and exposure to supporting with Management Accounts? Are you ready to take the next step beyond the Accounts Assistant level? This 12 month role will provide just that; bridging the gap between transactional and MA and giving you the experience you need to progress your career. Due to increased workload , we have an incredible opportunity for an individual who is keen to develop their Management Accounts exposure within a highly successful, PLC owned market-leading manufacturing Group. Although an FTC this role is a rare opportunity for someone to take the step from Accounts Assistant to Assistant Management Accountant without necessarily having already had significant exposure. The role can be tailored to the candidate's experience level. So, if your experience has mainly been across transactional and you are really keen to advance, this role will provide that development for you - paving the way for you to progress into a more comprehensive Management Accounting role. This role could also suit a candidate with existing exposure to supporting with Management Accounts, perhaps within an SME, but who is keen to gain experience with a large PLC, along with the opportunity to be involved with the reporting requirements that this entails. Essentially, the role can be tailored to suit the candidate's existing knowledge and to ensure that the successful individual is continuously developed at the right pace in order to gain further experience. The Assistant Management Accountant will report into the FC and will work closely with the Management Accountant, assisting with with timely and accurate delivery of financial information for various entities operating within this division of the Group. Further opportunities could potentially arise at the end of this contract within the large, growing Group. Duties could include: Updating of accrual and prepayment schedules Obtaining and reviewing data for reporting purposes Reviewing of nominal ledgers and summarising operating costs analysis Analysis of high-risk nominal codes Assisting the transactional team with reviewing and posting credit card statements Collating data for intercompany recharges, posting the journals into the ERP system and reconciling the balances Running off VAT reports and performing checks on the data Working with internal stakeholders to obtain copy export sale documentation Maintaining a fleet info and tracking mileage and fuel spend Assist with the monthly payroll reports Posting journals into the ERP system Assisting with improving financial controls Updating the management account packs Balance sheet reconciliations P&L results review and comparisons Running reports and collating data for internal audit Nominal analysis for forecasts and budgets Ad hoc reports Experience and attributes: Solid experience across transactional finance Some exposure to supporting with Management Accounts - desirable but not essential Ambitious with a desire to learn and develop - embracing all potential to gain experience Good systems and excel skills Analytical approach Inquisitive and confident to ask questions Good communicator In return you will receive excellent training, 23 days holiday plus bank holidays, Life insurance, variety of discounts, hybrid working.
Oct 02, 2025
Contractor
Assistant Management Accountant Preston £30-35K DOE, 12m FTC Hybrid. Are you looking to have access to excellent mentoring and exposure to supporting with Management Accounts? Are you ready to take the next step beyond the Accounts Assistant level? This 12 month role will provide just that; bridging the gap between transactional and MA and giving you the experience you need to progress your career. Due to increased workload , we have an incredible opportunity for an individual who is keen to develop their Management Accounts exposure within a highly successful, PLC owned market-leading manufacturing Group. Although an FTC this role is a rare opportunity for someone to take the step from Accounts Assistant to Assistant Management Accountant without necessarily having already had significant exposure. The role can be tailored to the candidate's experience level. So, if your experience has mainly been across transactional and you are really keen to advance, this role will provide that development for you - paving the way for you to progress into a more comprehensive Management Accounting role. This role could also suit a candidate with existing exposure to supporting with Management Accounts, perhaps within an SME, but who is keen to gain experience with a large PLC, along with the opportunity to be involved with the reporting requirements that this entails. Essentially, the role can be tailored to suit the candidate's existing knowledge and to ensure that the successful individual is continuously developed at the right pace in order to gain further experience. The Assistant Management Accountant will report into the FC and will work closely with the Management Accountant, assisting with with timely and accurate delivery of financial information for various entities operating within this division of the Group. Further opportunities could potentially arise at the end of this contract within the large, growing Group. Duties could include: Updating of accrual and prepayment schedules Obtaining and reviewing data for reporting purposes Reviewing of nominal ledgers and summarising operating costs analysis Analysis of high-risk nominal codes Assisting the transactional team with reviewing and posting credit card statements Collating data for intercompany recharges, posting the journals into the ERP system and reconciling the balances Running off VAT reports and performing checks on the data Working with internal stakeholders to obtain copy export sale documentation Maintaining a fleet info and tracking mileage and fuel spend Assist with the monthly payroll reports Posting journals into the ERP system Assisting with improving financial controls Updating the management account packs Balance sheet reconciliations P&L results review and comparisons Running reports and collating data for internal audit Nominal analysis for forecasts and budgets Ad hoc reports Experience and attributes: Solid experience across transactional finance Some exposure to supporting with Management Accounts - desirable but not essential Ambitious with a desire to learn and develop - embracing all potential to gain experience Good systems and excel skills Analytical approach Inquisitive and confident to ask questions Good communicator In return you will receive excellent training, 23 days holiday plus bank holidays, Life insurance, variety of discounts, hybrid working.
