The Mission Group

About The Mission Group

A little about us… The Mission Group is a collective of creative Agencies led by entrepreneurs who encourage an independent spirit, we are the UK's 9th largest dedicated communications group. But we don’t just have roots in the UK, we work out of 31 places including Munich, San Francisco, Chicago, Vietnam, Kuala Lumpur, Hong Kong, Shanghai and Singapore. In total we employ over 1,000 specialist staff. Our shared services team consists of Finance, IT and HR provide support across the 14 Agencies within in the Group. About the role… The Accounting Services Team is currently made up of 31 staff covering all aspects of finance, from day to day accounting to the preparation of group submissions and dealing with new acquisitions and their integration into the Group. The team provides financial services to 12 Mission subsidiaries across the UK as well as Mission itself. We’re looking for an Assistant Financial Accountant to work with our senior Finance team to cover various Mission Group companies. The key purpose of the role is to support the Financial Accountants and assist in the production of monthly management accounts and management information packs, assisting client services staff with queries regarding the job costing system and profitability reports and variances. Key Responsibilities: Assistance with the monthly management accounts for various group companies, including month end accrual/prepayment calculations, payroll journals, balancing of control accounts Posting month end journals Reconciling nominal accounts/spread sheets Reviewing TB and investigating & correcting anomalies Ensure that the job costing system reconciles to the nominal ledger system, and thereby producing accurate profitability reports Populating detailed spread sheets showing sales and costs per client Review the profitability reports with Account Managers, to ensure all income has been recorded and that costs are accurate and in line with expectations Produce month end reports for WIP & accruals, ensuring that both income & expenditure is recorded accurately in accordance with UK GAAP/IFRS This opportunity will suit someone who has completed their AAT qualification, and is looking for a new challenge. You will be able to demonstrate amazing communication and interpersonal skills, happy being part of a team whilst also being able to proactively focus on your own workload, showing initiative. This position is based in beautiful, recently renovated offices, in Filleigh, North Devon. You may be required to travel to other sites within the Group, so a driving licence would be beneficial. And in return… 25 days’ holiday, increasing to 29 after 2 years’ service (+ Bank holidays) Company pension scheme Medical cash plan – including employee assist programme, contributions to dental, optical, physio etc. Health and wellbeing programme Regular staff social events Cycle to work scheme Job Types: Full-time, Permanent Experience: AAT: 1 year (Preferred)

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Company Type: Public

Company Size: 501 - 1000

Revenue: 100 - 500 million (USD)

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