Management Accounts Assistant

Job Introduction

Sodexo have a fantastic opportunity for a Management Accounts Assistant to join the team in Tidworth, Wiltshire.

The role will be supporting the Commercial Finance Manager and contract management team with the main duties being the provision of financial support through the production of monthly management accounts, producing annual budgets and regular forecasts, managing the production of internal and external client monthly reporting models and packs along with driving improvements to the contracts results.

The ideal candidate should have an accounting qualification, or be studying towards one, with proven experience working in a finance environment along with great people skills and a drive to improve.

Our wealth of experience partnering Government Agencies means we are able to transfer best practices from the corporate sector to create better working environments in the public sector. We bring services that increase employee engagement, wellbeing and productivity to the public sector to help support government to deliver on its promised outcomes while reducing costs. Our goal is to improve service outcomes and reduce overall costs to the taxpayer.

Role Responsibility

• Completion and analysis of the monthly accounts for the contract, including compilation of journals and posting, interrogation of variances and determine underlying business trends
• Assist in reviewing labour management KPI’s and ensure that labour costs are proportioned to the correct cost areas
• Produce the monthly reporting packs for the Defence Finance Reviews in a timely and accurate fashion
• Production of client facing monthly reports and commentary to support the presented results
• Using, maintaining and further developing complex macro based spreadsheets to access financial data from SAP via Essbase/SmartView
• Manage, maintain and review trading data for Retail and Catering operations to track and monitor these key performance areas
• Ensure all finance processes are delivered in accordance with group policy and in line with the reporting calendar and timetable
• Actively identify and recommend process and procedural improvements
• Provide support to services managers to develop their teams and assist in coaching managers in all finance and commercial areas

The Ideal Candidate

• Accounting qualification, PQ ACCA/CIMA with practical experience in a finance environment
• Excellent numerical skills and attention to detail
• Experienced in Microsoft Office and complex Excel spreadsheets
• Experience of SAP 
• Strong system/database design/management and extraction skills
• Good presentation skills
• Ability to work well with all levels of management and staff
• A self-starter capable of working individually and as part of a team

Package Description

c.£30,000 - £32,000 per annum plus benefits

On site restaurant/Costa coffee, free parking, subsidised gym, study support

We also offer Sodexo Discounts site promoting discounted mobile phone tariffs, savings across restaurant chains and days out, where you and your family can save money on everything from your weekly food shop to the latest cinema blockbuster and much more

Hybrid, flexible working available

All offers will be subject to enhanced MOD security checks

About the Company

In the UK and Ireland, Sodexo employs some 36,000 employees to deliver integrated facilities management services to clients at over 2,000 locations in the energy, corporate, healthcare, education, leisure, defence and justice sectors. With an annual turnover of over £1bn, we provide everything from catering, cleaning and reception to security, laboratory and grounds maintenance services, enabling our clients to focus on their core business

At Sodexo we are committed to a leading role in promoting equality opportunities and valuing diversity and inclusion. We seek to create a work environment based on mutual respect for all individuals, building a culture that appreciates and values the experiences and skills brought by each person to benefit our organisation and work hard to ensure that all people, whatever their age, disability, gender, transgender, marital or family status, race or ethnicity, religious belief of sexual orientation are welcome to and included within our business. We are building on our support to the Armed Forces community through the development of specific pathways within our recruitment process to  support ex-forces personnel and reservists, those applying for jobs with us who meet the ideal candidate criteria for the role advertised are guaranteed to progress to the selection process