Assistant Management Accountant

Assistant Management Accountant - Temporary

Contract: 6 months (Immediate start)

Start date: ASAP

Working pattern:
Full-time (onsite/hybrid, flexible to confirm)

Location:
Edinburgh

Salary: between £35,000 - £40,000 per annum, depending on experience

iMultiply is partnering with a growing agile business and we are looking for a hands-on Assistant Management Accountant to provide immediate support and help steady the finance function during a period of transition. You’ll be instrumental in keeping cash flow healthy, consolidating data from multiple sources, and ensuring timely, accurate financial reporting, particularly at month end.

Key Responsibilities

• Cash Flow Management - Own day-to-day debtors and creditors monitoring to support cash flow planning.
• Proactively chase aged debt, resolve queries, and maintain accurate AR/AP ledgers.
• Prepare weekly cash flow forecasts and short-term working capital updates.
• Use Excel to consolidate data from multiple systems/spreadsheets and reconcile variances.
• Prepare weekly financial updates for management (cash position, AR/AP movements, key risks/opportunities).
• Support KPI tracking and simple dashboards to highlight trends and priorities.
• Assist with trial balance preparations, reconciliations, and journals (accruals/prepayments) and month end.
• Support P&L preparation, variance analysis, and commentary for management accounts.
• Maintain schedule integrity (fixed assets, accruals, prepayments, GRNI, etc.).
• Ensure accuracy and completeness of financial data; identify and resolve discrepancies promptly.
• Maintain clear documentation and audit trails for all postings and reconciliations.
• Suggest process improvements for efficiency and reliability where appropriate.

Skills Required

• Solid experience in an assistant management accounting or bookkeeping hands-on finance role.
• Strong understanding of debtors/creditors and their impact on cash flow.
• High Excel proficiency (lookups, pivots, conditional formulas) and confident working across multiple data sources.
• Proven ability to read and interpret financial numbers accurately and communicate findings clearly.
• Experience supporting month-end:
  Trial Balance prep, journals, reconciliations, and P&L analysis.
• Strong attention to detail, ownership mindset, and ability to deliver weekly reporting to tight timelines.
• Experience with common accounting systems (e.g., Xero, Sage, SAP, Net Suite) is advantageous.

On Offer

Immediate start, 3–6-month contract with potential to extend, depending on business needs, Hybrid, Agile organisation

For further information, please feel free to get in touch with Maria Stathopoulou.

If you like the look of this vacancy and think you could perform the role, but you don't think you meet all the requirements, please DO APPLY for this opportunity. Data shows that certain groups, mainly women and people from Black and Minority communities, are less likely to apply for jobs where they don't meet 100% of role requirements. iMultiply would encourage you to apply for roles where there is room for development and growth.