Assistant Management Accountant

Location: Dover (Hybrid)
Contract: Permanent
Salary: £31,396
Closing Date: 18 June 2026

The role is part of the Finance team, where the Assistant Management Accountant will maintain accurate and appropriate financial records to meet the requirements of the contracts or grants through which work is funded, in addition to the requirements to meet the strategic and charitable objectives of the organisation. Responsibilities include preparing periodic financial statements, including profit and loss accounts, costing models for bids and grants, cash flow forecasts, data analysis, and financial commentaries.

If you have demonstrable experience of financial systems and a high level of motivation, and are looking for an exciting role that makes a difference, we’d love to hear from you!

Role responsibilities:

• Ensure Migrant Help policies and operating procedures are followed, maintaining accuracy and efficiency through own work.
• Assist with the preparation of monthly management accounts, including accruals, prepayments, journals and variance analysis.
• Support budget holders with periodic actuals vs budget reporting, responding to queries and providing clear financial information.
• Maintain and reconcile balance sheet accounts, ensuring accuracy and completeness.
• Measure the company’s financial performance based on financial records, to ensure that the organisation is meeting expectations.
• Support the integrity of the finance system and contribute to process improvements and automation.
• Assist with compliance monitoring (e.g., restricted/unrestricted funds, donor reporting, and grant conditions).
• Provide general support to the Financial Reporting Manager and cover for other finance team members as required.
• Support the implementation of new finance systems or reporting tools as required.
• Collaborate with the wider finance team on ad hoc analysis, internal reporting or system improvements.

The experience and skills you need:

• Strong understanding of double entry accounting and financial reporting.
• Experience in a finance team, ideally in a not-for-profit, charity or public sector environment.
• Familiarity with financial systems such as Sage or sector-specific ERP Systems.
• Communication skills, particularly with internal and external stakeholders for non-finance members.

Migrant Help is committed to safeguarding those we provide a service to; applicants will have to undergo strict vetting procedures throughout different stages of the recruitment process. This post is subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. Therefore, applicants must:

• Be able to provide documents to show their right to work in the UK (such as Passport, work visa, settled status document, certificate of registration, naturalisation as a British citizen, Biometric Residence Permit etc.).
• Provide full employment history for the previous 3 years and/or suitable documentation to cover any gaps in employment.

About Migrant Help:

Migrant Help is a leading charity that was established in 1963 and delivers a range of support and advice services to people affected by displacement and exploitation across the UK. Our vision is for a global society that protects vulnerable people, treats them with respect and enables them to reach their full potential. We foster a culture in which equality, diversity and inclusion are recognised, valued and encouraged. It doesn’t matter who you are or where you come from; we match your skills with the needs of our organisation, as long as you share our values, vision and goals. We welcome applications from candidates regardless of their age, religion or belief, race, gender reassignment, disability, sexual orientation, sex, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity.

These are some of the benefits we offer:

• Our working week is 35 hours per week offering flexibility and work-life balance.
• Enhanced family-friendly provisions.
• Employees will gain an extra day annual leave per year to a maximum of 39 days, including bank holidays (pro-rata).
• Option to buy or sell up to 5 days of annual leave.
• Access to Perkbox, an employee rewards and benefits platform with over 9,000 deals and discounts, a range of free perks, employee wellbeing support and other additional employee benefits and recognitions.
• Wellbeing support.
• Migrant Help offers employees a non-contributory pension scheme; Migrant Help pays 8% worth of employee salary into the pension scheme.

How to apply:

To apply for this role, please click on the 'use this link to apply' button and complete the online application form attaching a copy of your CV and cover letter. Artificial Intelligence (AI) can be a valuable tool during the application process, for example, to help structure your sentences and identify your transferable skills. However, please ensure you don’t rely on it entirely. As your application will be reviewed by people, not systems, it is often easy to recognise when AI has been heavily used. We want to hear your unique voice and understand your experience.

Selection Criteria:

Your application will be assessed against the job description and person specification, which can be found via the above link; we therefore recommend you review both before you apply. We encourage applications from disabled people and aim to progress candidates who meet the minimum criteria to the next stage of the recruitment process. For more information on how we apply the disability confident scheme, please view our FAQ page here.

Please note this vacancy may close early depending on applications received. As part of your role, it is important you operate within Migrant Help’s values: Protection, Diversity, Equality, Partnership, Innovation and Excellence. Migrant Help is proud to be an equal opportunities employer.