Airport City Assistant Accountant

• Airport City Assistant Accountant

• Based at Manchester Airport, with hybrid remote working model

• Permanent - Full Time (36.25 hours per week)

• Salary £28,000

About us;

MAG is the UK’s largest airport group. We own and operate Manchester, Stansted and East Midlands Airports along with MAG USA, a major airport services business based out of Chicago.

MAG is also a partner within Airport City, a joint venture established to develop 5 million sq ft of hotels, offices, logistics space and supporting infrastructure over the next 10-15 years, located directly adjacent to Manchester Airport, with a total development value of over £1bn.

About the role;

The role is responsible for assisting in the preparation of management information for Airport City, including but not limited to monthly management accounts (P&L, balance sheet, cashflow), and the detailed work that supports the Airport City Board papers and statutory accounts. This will include engaging with the wider Airport City team to understand development activity and to ensure the financial position is accurately reflected in accounts.

The role covers the entire trial balances for Airport City, giving the individual a full understanding of the entities’ financials.

You will be supporting the development team with invoicing cycles, including education on purchase and sales orders and interaction with the purchase and sales ledger teams to ensure suppliers are paid and cash is collected on a timely basis.

The role holder will also support the Airport City Accountant in maintaining a robust control environment and identifying opportunities for continuous improvement within the Property / Airport City finance team.

Principal Accountabilities;

• Assist in the month end close process, ensuring the ledgers are all closed to strict deadlines.
• Ensure the accuracy and integrity of the accounts, calculate and post relevant journals to ensure the accounts are reflective of underlying financial performance / development status
• Maintaining work in progress ledger
• Cash reconciliation, matching costs in the work in progress to payments out of the bank
• Assist Airport City Accountant in production of JV Finance Report and other ad hoc deliverables for the Airport City Board
• Cash monitoring for Airport City and formulation of funding requests alongside Airport City Accountant
• Ensure all balance sheet reconciliations are completed accurately and in a timely manner, including review and sign off.
• Support business with purchase orders and payments cycle, including ad hoc queries
• Support the implementation of improvement initiatives within the Property Finance team.
• Project monitoring and cost tracking by project
• Production of annual financial statements
• Supporting in providing information in connection with the statutory audit
• VAT Returns
• Assist in improving, standardising and automating the processes within the team and how finance works with the business
• Working effectively with both finance and non-finance colleagues
• The individual will help to shape new business processes around tracking major new developments, including the appropriate governance and monitoring

Knowledge, Experience and Skills;

• A part qualified accountant, studying towards professional qualification.
• An ambitious individual and team player with a “can do” attitude.
• Ability to actively engage business stakeholders and to respond to queries in a collaborative manner.
• Relevant experience of working within a GL function at a similar level.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and to thrive under tight deadlines and high-pressure situations.
• Experience of SAP or similar ERP systems, intermediate to advanced Excel skills.
• Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate effectively at all levels throughout the organisation.
• Self-motivated, apply high professional standards and be capable of bringing a strong focus on internal customer service levels to the role.

Benefits;

As a MAG employee you will have access to some great benefits including;

✈Free on-site parking whilst on duty

✈Free Airport parking when you go on holiday (subject to availability and pre-booking)

✈Access to “Benefits me – My MAG rewards” portal with discounts and savings

✈24hour Employee Assistance Programme

✈MAG Pension scheme which doubles your contribution

✈Discounts on tram and train travel to work

✈Discounts on MAG products such as Escape Lounges and holiday parking at our Airports

How do I apply?

Please submit your up-to-date CV and a covering letter detailing you how you meet the role criteria.

For current MAG employees applying for this role, applications will only be accepted through Colleague Self Service (CSS) - please follow this link: www.manchesterairport.co.uk/sf

Advert will close once sufficient applications are received

Equal Opportunities

MAG are a values led organisation and we are committed to providing equal opportunities in all areas of work and business. We want people to achieve their best, which will in turn positively impact on our customers and the communities in which we live and work. At MAG we empower people to be themselves within an inclusive and supportive environment, enabling everyone to achieve their full potential in line with their abilities and career aspirations.

Reasonable Adjustments

As an inclusive employer, MAG wants to see every candidate performing at their best throughout the job application process, interview process and whilst at work. We therefore encourage you to get in touch with our Recruitment Team to inform us of any reasonable adjustments you might need to enable this to happen. You can contact the team by emailing HR.Recruitment@MAGAirports.com.

For more information on our equal opportunities and diversity policy please view our Equal Opportunities page on our careers site.