Job Description

Title: Junior Management Accountant

Start Date: Immediate Start

Location: Leicester Office

Manager: Finance Manager

Salary: 28.5k-30k depending on the experience and ACCA sponsorship

Hours: 37.5hrs per week

About Us

We are a family-run group of companies proudly based in Leicester, built on strong values, a collaborative spirit, and an entrepreneurial mindset. Over the years, we have grown significantly and continue to evolve by embracing innovation, diversification, and operational excellence.

Our group encompasses a diverse and dynamic range of industries, including domestic and non-domestic energy supply businesses, manufacturing & selling of heating products for both retail and commercial markets, a large property acquisition and leasing portfolio, and a growing pipeline of passive investments in the construction sector.

We are continually seeking new business ventures to diversify and expand our portfolio. This ambition fuels a fast-paced and stimulating work environment, offering our team members a rare opportunity to gain hands-on experience across multiple sectors and significantly broaden their professional horizons.

Key trading entities:

Foxglove Energy Supply Limited (traded as Outfox the market), Home Energy Trading (traded as Home Energy & One Business Energy), Fischer Future Heat, Fischer Heat Commercial.

At the heart of our operations is a shared finance function that delivers reliable, timely financial services to all companies within the group. Following a series of strategic, experienced hires, we've significantly enhanced the efficiency, structure, and effectiveness of our finance team. Today, we are more organised, streamlined, and dependable than ever before.

There is always something new and challenging happening here. From refining our month-end processes and improving control and governance, to producing accurate financial forecasts and ensuring ongoing compliance with regulatory standards -- we are constantly driving forward.

If you're excited by the prospect of working on impactful projects where you are consisntely being challanged to expand your knowledge & experience in a supportive and ambitious environment, you'll feel right at home with us.

Role

As a growing group of companies with ambitions to scale, we are seeking to hire a junior management accountant to join our team. In this role, you will be trained and with time will take on additional responsibilities such as month-end close, preparing monthly finance packs, preparing financial forecasts, conducting financial analysi, assisting the team with ad-hoc tasks as needed. This role offers a diverse range of responsibilities, allowing you to gain exposure across multiple businesses operating in different industries and contribute to the overall financial health of the group. The ideal candidate will have strong analytical skills, ability to multi-task, curiousity and has a strong can-do attidue.

We have a well-established monthly management accounts process in place, allowing you to quickly familiarize yourself and make meaningful contributions from the outset. You will also benefit from the support of our strong and experienced finance team, who will provide the necessary guidance and assistance to ensure a smooth transition into your role.

We sponsor the new joiners & encourage the team to start pursing ACCA membership to support their professional growth.

Responsibilities

Prepartion of finance packs:

Responsible for preparation of monthly financial packs for assigned entites for senior leadership, offering commentary into performance

Assist in the preparation monthly management accounts:

Assist the team in compilig and analyzing financial statements, ensuring timely, accurate reporting. Responsible for monthly balance sheet reconciliations and analysis.

Purchase Ledger Processing:

Perform processing of purchase invoice processing and performing supplier reconciliations with supplier statements VS Supplier Subledgers.

Payment Runs:

Iniating supplier payment runs and preparing daily payment summary for assigned companies and maintaing supplier paymet records with accuracy.

Assisting with external Auditors:

coordinate audit requests, provide financial data, and address queries to ensure audits are completed efficiently.

Skills & experience required

Accounting/financial experience:

: Experiences gained in relevant field via internships or apprentices would be a plus. Such as where you were require to analyse and interpret financial data, identifying and challenging discrepancies, and delivering detailed commentary on fluctuations across reporting periods at university

Team-work

: Demonstrates a strong team-working ethic, collaborating effectively with colleagues across all levels to achieve shared goals

Attention to Detail:

A meticulous approach to maintaining accuracy and thoroughness in financial reporting and analysis.

Time Management

: Proven capacity to manage multiple deadlines.

Technical Skills

: Proficiency in working with accounting software and Excel.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: 28,500.00-30,000.00 per year

Application question(s):

How many years of experience do you have in AP How many years of experience do you have in processing payments How many years of experience do you have in general accounting
Work Location: In person