Assistant Management Accountant
Salary/Rate:£40000 per annum
Sector:Accountancy: Industry & Commerce
Location:East Kent
Job type:Temporary / Interim
Job ref:RE17451
Post Date:August 17, 2026
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Meet Our Recruiter
Robin Eades
Business Director - Accountancy Practice
About the Role
A small but thriving manufacturing business based in Canterbury is looking for an experienced Assistant Management Accountant to join the team initially for six months, with the potential for the role to become permanent.
This is a hands-on, varied position combining core transactional accounting with some management accounting responsibilities. You’ll be working closely with the wider business and will need to be comfortable taking ownership and hitting the ground running.
Key responsibilities include:
A salary equivalent to £40,000, initially on a six-month basis, with a genuine possibility of moving to a permanent role thereafter.
If you’re an experienced Assistant Accountant looking for a varied role within a successful and growing SME, I’d be keen to hear from you.
Please do contact Robin at farrer Barnes in the 1st instance.
Farrer Barnes Ltd does not discriminate on the grounds of age, race, gender, disability, creed or sexual orientation and complies with all relevant UK legislation. Farrer Barnes Ltd acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and employment business for the supply of temporary workers.
This is a hands-on, varied position combining core transactional accounting with some management accounting responsibilities. You’ll be working closely with the wider business and will need to be comfortable taking ownership and hitting the ground running.
Key responsibilities include:
- Managing and overseeing the sales and purchase ledgers
- Processing and overseeing payroll for approximately 30 employees
- Preparing basic monthly management accounts
- Posting journals and making accounting adjustments
- Bank reconciliations and other month-end activities
- Supporting the wider finance function as required
- Working with Sage Line 50
- Experienced Assistant Accountant or Management Accountant
- Strong transactional accounting background
- Confident working across ledgers, payroll and month-end
- Experience using Sage Line 50 is highly desirable
- Manufacturing or SME experience would be advantageous, but is not essential
- Practical, hands-on and able to work with minimal supervision
- Based within a commutable distance of Canterbury
- Access to a car is essential
A salary equivalent to £40,000, initially on a six-month basis, with a genuine possibility of moving to a permanent role thereafter.
If you’re an experienced Assistant Accountant looking for a varied role within a successful and growing SME, I’d be keen to hear from you.
Please do contact Robin at farrer Barnes in the 1st instance.
Farrer Barnes Ltd does not discriminate on the grounds of age, race, gender, disability, creed or sexual orientation and complies with all relevant UK legislation. Farrer Barnes Ltd acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and employment business for the supply of temporary workers.
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