Assistant Management Accountant

Our head offices based in the beautiful village of Hook Norton near Banbury. Here you will find our teams of finance, HR, purchasing, marketing & creative that support all of our locations across the Thomas Franks family. There is ample parking space available when visiting.

Thomas Franks is looking for an ambitious Assistant Management Accountant to join our dynamic team based in Hook Norton, Oxfordshire. The role will suit somebody who has already started a career in finance and is looking to continue to develop and qualify. The role will provide exposure to transactional accounting as well as commercial and operational exposure.

Main responsibilities:

Processing accounting entries on clients’ accounts

Reconciling accruals and deferral accounts

Analysing variances and performance of client accounts, drawing insight and discussing with Operations teams

Supporting operations on financial analysis required on ad-hoc basis

Acting as a direct point of contact for our clients finance teams

Raising sales invoices and distributing to operations and client

Management of client accounts

Monthly Reconciliations of Balance Sheet accounts

Involvement in budget setting and analysis to support

Cash and banking reconciliations

Overhead analysis

Supporting other areas of the finance department such as accounts payables and sales ledger

Other ad-hoc duties to support team objectives

Key Personal Skills and Attributes:

Ability to work on your own initiative and work well within a team

To be able to engage effectively with others in a professional, unbiased and discreet manner

Able to provide attention to detail, work under pressure, have excellent communication skills (both verbal and non-verbal)

Personal attributes include reliability, honesty, loyalty and self-motivation

A competent user of a PC - MS office i.e. Outlook, Word and Excel

Ambition to develop and improve skills and knowledge

Willingness to learn new skills and responsibilities

Qualifications and experience:

Part-qualified or AAT Qualification

At least 3 years relative experience

Ideal but not essential Microsoft Business Central experience

Proficient in using Microsoft excel

Benefits

Wider wallet scheme (discounts at major retailers, restaurants, gyms etc).

Volunteers leave - up to one day per year.

Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoptive leave.

Cycle to work scheme.

Recommend a friend bonus.

Unrivalled individual training and development.

Well established apprenticeship programme.

Team & company social events.

Employee assistance programme.

Workplace pension.

* Excellent career progression within a leading independent contract caterer.

About us

Thomas Franks is a founder led, fresh food catering business with a focus on excellence and service delivered with individuality, passion and style. We are unique in every approach and our clients, and our people are paramount to our daily success.

Disclaimer

All applicants must be able to demonstrate that they have the Right to Work in the UK to be considered for this role.

An enhanced DBS, Identity & reference checks (covering the last five years) will form part of the selection process. As an organisation using the Disclosure Barring Service (DBS) Disclosure service to assess applicants' suitability for positions of trust, Thomas Franks Ltd complies fully with the DBS Code of Practice and undertakes to treat all applicants for positions fairly. We are committed to safeguarding the welfare of children and undertake not to discriminate unfairly against any subject of a Disclosure based on conviction or other information revealed. However, for any post in a school please be aware that any application is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and as such any criminal conviction, caution or bind-over must be declared.

Diversity and Inclusion at Thomas Franks

We actively encourage applications from candidates from diverse backgrounds and continue to develop a culture of growth and inclusion and would like to invite applications from groups who are currently under-represented, because we believe greater diversity leads to exceptional results and provides a better working life.