Job Introduction

ArrowXL is hiring! As the UK’s leading provider of Two-Person Home Delivery, we continuously strive to make the world of delivery a better place. Our aim is to build a welcoming and friendly business that supports the local community. We store and deliver large, heavy and bulky items in pristine condition – the kind of items that typically need two attentive people to handle. Quite often these items need installing for our customers, which we also do!

The ArrowXL culture thrives on six core values:

Innovative I Safe I Respectful I Excellent I Responsible I One Team

Please be aware that all roles at ArrowXL are subject to a mandatory criminal record DBS check.

ROLE PURPOSE

Arrow XL is currently recruiting for a Management Accountant to join our finance team in Wigan.  Supporting the Head of Management Accounts and helping to train the Assistant Management Accountants, this role will offer great experience to join a highly qualified finance team with a continued focus on development. 

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Role Specific:

• Assist in the preparation of monthly management accounts to a strict deadline
• Balance sheet reconciliations
• Produce and post journals
• Assist with maintaining the Fixed Asset Register
• Variance reporting
• Assist with the preparation of budgets and forecasts
• Preparation of quarterly VAT returns
• Ad Hoc duties 

PERSON SPECIFICATION

Experience:

• The ideal candidate will have at least 3 years experience working within a multimillion-pound turnover business and be ACA, CIMA or ACCA qualified or part qualified.

Essential Skills and Attributes: 

• Strong communication skills
• Strong time management skills with the ability to manage conflicting priorities
• Strong Excel skills (e.g. SUMIF, VLOOKUP, Pivot Tables, IndexMatch)
• Strong eye for detail and accuracy
• Able to act in a professional manner to the benefit of the company and always maintain confidentiality

^{Benefits and Rewards}

• Hybrid Working Options – opportunity to work from both the office and from the comfort of your own home
• Annual Leave – 34 days entitlement (including statutory bank holidays) which increases with service
• Holiday Buy Scheme – Buy up to 5 additional days
• Enhanced Pension Plan options – Company enhanced contributions of up to a 6% match
• Private Medical Insurance – via AXA
• Life Insurance – Company funded 2x basic salary life cover from day one
• Medicash – An easy-to-use health insurance package that provides cashback towards your everyday healthcare bills
• Employee Assistance Programme – Free 24/7 confidential wellbeing support
• Progression and Development Opportunities – Department specific technical training and Internal Management Development Academies
• Staff Discount at www.very.co.uk (25% discount on designer branded clothing, footwear and home accessories with 15% off furniture, leisure and electrical items)
• Discounted Gym Membership – Up to 25% discount across 3700 nationally located gyms, health clubs, leisure Centres, bootcamps and fitness studios
• Cycle to work scheme – In partnership with Evans cycles the ArrowXL C2W scheme offers great benefits and discounts
• Long service awards – We go out of our way to recognise and reward our colleague commitment with our long service awards programme
• Employee of the month – Winners receive £25 voucher, certificate and Hall of fame recognition
• CEO Award of the month – Winners receive £100 voucher, certificate and Hall of fame recognition
• Departmental Incentives – Year-round departmental competitions, seasonal incentives and fantastic gifts
• Retail Discounts – Huge discount savings in supermarkets (Asda, Tesco, Morrison’s and Sainsburys), Fashion discounts with (Adidas, Asos, H&M, Boohoo, JD and Matalan) and Technology discounts with (Apple, Argos, Currys/PC World and John Lewis), plus many more savings

Our culture thrives on Six core values that form who we are, these are:

Innovative I Safe I Respectful I Excellent I Responsible I One Team

ArrowXL