Assistant Management Accountant; FTC)

Want to be part of a UK hub, in a global business that is scaling rapidly, evolving fast and radically changing the decades-old delivery universe? If so, read on, as we’re looking for an Assistant Management Accountant to join our finance team!

Our mission? To switch up the status quo and become the UK’s leading out-of-home business. With a fast-growing network of thousands of smart lockers, hundreds of leading retail partners and the launch of our transformative Send service, we’re bringing freedom to anyone with a parcel.

At InPost UK, we’re building an unparalleled group of talent that’s committed to help us power our mission to reshape the way parcels move, and redefine eCommerce logistics. Our team is packed full of top-notch experts in e-commerce, technology, scale-up growth, sustainability, logistics and supply chain. We’re a passionate bunch with high ambition – we collaborate, innovate, support each other, and leave egos at the door.

This is an entry-to-mid level accounting role for someone who has a solid foundation in accounts and bookkeeping and is ready to build their management accounting experience within a fast-paced, multi-entity finance function. The Assistant Management Accountant works under the direction of a Management Accountant or Senior Accountant, taking responsibility for a defined set of transactional and analytical tasks that contribute directly to the monthly close and reporting cycle.

The role is also ideal for someone who is embarking on or planning to start their professional qualification (ACA, ACCA or CIMA) and wants a role where they can put their learning into practice every day.

• Assist in the preparation of month-end journals for your assigned area — including standard accruals, prepayments and reclassification entries — under the direction of the Management Accountant or Senior Accountant, ensuring all entries are correctly calculated and clearly evidenced.

• Gather and organise supporting data for month-end journals — including pulling reports from the ERP system, reconciling to source data and flagging any discrepancies to the Management Accountant.

• Maintain clear and well-organised working papers for all entries and reconciliations you prepare — ensuring your workings are easy to follow and review.

• Complete your assigned close tasks within the timetable — communicating promptly to the Management Accountant if you are at risk of missing a deadline or have encountered an issue you cannot resolve independently.

• Prepare balance sheet reconciliations for accounts assigned to you — ensuring all items are identified, clearly documented and any reconciling differences are promptly brought to the attention of the Management Accountant.

• Maintain supporting schedules and evidence for your balance sheet accounts — keeping working files tidy, clearly labelled and ready for review at any time.

• Follow up on outstanding items from prior month reconciliations — tracking progress, chasing relevant contacts and updating the reconciliation as items are resolved.

• Produce straightforward reporting outputs for your assigned area — including data extracts, summary tables and simple variance analysis — to support the Management Accountant in preparing cost centre reports and management accounts schedules.

• Assist in populating sections of the management accounts pack under the guidance of the Management Accountant — ensuring data is accurately transcribed, clearly formatted and cross-referenced to source.

• Help investigate variance queries — pulling relevant transaction-level data from the ERP system and summarising findings clearly for the Management Accountant to review.