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Assistant Management Accountant, Chichester Festival Theatre

  •  South East
  •  Â£25k-30k
  •  Full time
  •  Closes May 11, 2025
  •  Recruitment Team
  •  recruitment@cft.org.uk
  • #Theatre

Description

Job Summary

Chichester Festival Theatre are looking for an Assistant Management Accountant to join our Finance team. This is an exciting new role that will quickly become part of our wider team, working across all areas of finance.

Job Description

Assistant Management Accountant

Full Time, permanent

£26,000 - £28,000 depending on experience

We're looking for an Assistant Management Accountant to join our Finance team. This is an exciting new role that will quickly become part of our wider team, working across all areas of finance.

Supporting the Management Accountant, you'll work with budget holders and their teams to provide timely and relevant financial information and analysis. We're looking for someone with proven financial experience or relevant exposure in a similar role, who will be flexible and adaptable in their approach.

This is an exciting time to join CFT as we open our Festival 2025 season and launch The Nest, our third space.

Key Responsibilities

Management Accounts, Analysis & Reporting:

  • Assist and support the Management Accountant with the preparation of accurate monthly management accounts, detailed analysis, and other reports
  • Prepare monthly balance sheet reconciliations and schedules for review
  • Calculate, prepare, and post monthly journals
  • Support the maintenance of the Fixed Asset register and the preparation of the monthly depreciation journals
  • Assist and support the preparation of the quarterly VAT returns, reviewing transactions at the end of each month
  • Contribute to the year-end audit schedules and reconciliations, taking an active part in providing information required
  • Collate data and information as needed for external reporting requirements including monthly ONS surveys

Purchase Ledger, Sales Ledger & Banking:

  • Reconciliation and posting of daily Box Office banking
  • Raise monthly and ad hoc sales invoices for approval
  • Provide consistent hands-on support for the purchase ledger process - when required
  • Support and assist with the reconciliation and settlement of credit card statements and expense claims
  • Contribute to the upgrade of our accounting system project to complete the testing and review of our transactions, and the development of changes in process

Job Requirements

Essential Criteria

  • Excellent communication skills
  • Experience of working within a finance department
  • Strong attention to detail
  • Intermediate Excel skills
  • Strong understanding of general accounting principles
  • Ability to work independently as well as part of a team

Qualifications

  • Qualified by Experience, part qualified, AAT qualified or equivalent

Job Responsibilities

Full details of the role can be found on our website https://www.cft.org.uk/jobs/assistant-management-accountant

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How to Apply

To apply please send your CV and a covering letter, or video, to [email protected] by the deadline, quoting job reference: 2504AMA in the subject line. In your covering letter or video, please let us know why you are applying for the role, what excites you about joining CFT and how your experience and skills match the person specification.

Please email [email protected] if you'd like to arrange for an informal chat about the role before applying.

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