Assistant Management Accountant

The Crave Interactive Group have an immediate vacancy for an Assistant Management Accountant, based in our offices at Cranfield University Technology Park. This role is an excellent opportunity for someone who is keen to progress their career in accounting and finance as well as advance their reporting and analytical skills.

The Assistant Management Accountant will be responsible for maintaining and improving financial controls and processes as well as helping drive commercial performance within what is a small, but complex multi-company, multi-currency international group. The role will report to the Finance Manager and will provide both financial control and commercial intelligence to ensure that the Group's objectives are met through effective partnering, analysis and reporting.

Main duties and responsibilities of the role will be:

Working within the Finance team to ensure accurate and timely processing for all group entities including:

· Overseeing the sales ledgers, including ensuring all invoices are raised accurately and in a timely manner.

· Coordinating the debt recovery process and ensuring that invoices are being settled on time, escalating to the Finance Manager and CFO if required.

· Overseeing the maintenance of accurate purchase ledgers with the Finance Apprentice and paying suppliers on time.

· Assisting with cash management and cash-flow forecasting.

· Assisting the Finance Manager in timely and accurate completion of group management accounts to tight deadlines.

· Month-end journal preparation and posting.

· Performing month-end balance sheet reconciliations.

· Responsibility for overhead variance analysis during month-end.

· Assisting with the preparation of revenue recognition schedules and journals at month-end.

· Supporting the Finance Manager with year-end processes, audit preparation and responses to queries from auditors.

· Active involvement with on-going data analytics project, including use and understanding of the QuickSight BI tool to create insightful dashboards for customers and internal management.

· Assisting with the professional development of more junior member of the Finance team.

· Supporting the Finance Manager with ad-hoc requests and projects.

Essential skills and experience:

This position will require a demonstrated ability to achieve results in a demanding and fast-paced environment.

· Experience in management accounting, reporting and analysis.

· Good command of Microsoft Excel.

· Ability to plan, communicate and take ownership for a subsection of the Group’s month-end process, ensuring deadlines are met.

· Ability to work in ambiguous situations; be forward-looking, resilient, flexible, and adaptable.

· Excellent communication skills in English; written, oral and listening.

· Good presentation skills; ability to speak effectively in large or small meetings, often virtually.

· Must be a proactive self-starter, with a willingness to learn/work on a variety of activities as required.

· Ability to work well within a team in a positive and professional manner.

Desirable skills and experience:

· Full UK driving licence.

· Previous experience in the use of a BI tool.

What we offer you in return:

· A varied role as part of a motivated team that is leading innovation within its market.

· A competitive compensation package with benefits.

· Study support towards a recognised accounting qualification (CIMA or ACCA).

· A fun and dynamic company environment, where your opinion matters and will help to shape the future business.

· An opportunity to progress your career in a fast-growing and exciting technology company.

· Crave are committed to employees’ personal development through individual tailored and funded plans involving external and internal training, opportunities to experience and understand all areas of our business and coaching.

· Hybrid working.

The company

Crave Interactive is a world leading developer of in-room tablets and cloud-based services used by over 5 million guests each year in some of the world’s most prestigious hotels across 30 countries.

The company is a dynamic and innovative UK based technology business headquartered at the Cranfield University Technology Park, Bedfordshire, with staff in the USA, Mexico, Spain, Belgium and The Netherlands.

Crave’s mission is to provide the very best guest services software to the hospitality industry with solutions that delight hotel guests and increase profits for each of their clients and it has a clear strategy for success in a fast-growing global market.

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Salary: Up to £35,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• Company pension
• Free parking
• On-site parking
• Work from home

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Bedford: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Education:

• Bachelor's (preferred)

Experience:

• accounting: 3 years (preferred)

Work Location: Hybrid remote in Bedford

Application deadline: 24/04/2023