Assistant Management Accountant - Commercial in Cardiff

About the role

As an Assistant Management Accountant, you’ll play a key role in ensuring accurate and timely financial reporting across both commercial and central support areas of the business. Working closely with the Finance Business Partner and Management Accountants, you’ll help prepare monthly management accounts, including income and expenditure statements, variance analysis, and clear supporting commentary.

You’ll assist with budget preparation and rolling forecasts, provide KPI data and ad-hoc financial reports, and work with budget holders across operational, commercial and central teams to build financial awareness and strengthen decision-making. You’ll also contribute to the completion of external finance returns, support audit processes, and ensure compliance through reconciliations and robust financial controls.

Where the role fit in

This role sits within the wider Finance team and reports into a Finance Business Partner. It works collaboratively with other Assistant Management Accountants and closely with commercial services and central support functions, as well as operational teams across the group. Acting as a key link between finance and service areas, you’ll help drive strong financial management, process improvement, and timely, accurate reporting.

You’ll also provide cover for other Assistant Management Accountants where required and contribute to team-wide initiatives that support consistent, best-practice financial processes across Codi.

Skills and Experience needed

To succeed in this role, you will need:

• At least 2 years of relevant finance experience
• Experience in the preparation of management accounts, including accruals and prepayments
• Manual reconciliation experience
• Strong numeracy, literacy, and attention to detail
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills (e.g. pivot tables and VLOOKUPs)
• Ability to analyse large volumes of data and reach clear, informed conclusions
• Confidence working to tight deadlines while maintaining accuracy
• Knowledge of financial systems and procedures
• AAT or Part Qualified Professional Accounting Qualification

We’re looking for someone proactive, analytical, and collaborative. Someone who’s keen to challenge and improve processes to support financial best practice across the group.

Perks, Benefits and a glimpse into our Codi world

This is a permanent role, with a salary of £29,101 – £34,392, assessed based on skills and experience using our competency framework. The post is full time (37 hours per week) and agile, with a base location of Newport, Swansea or Cardiff. While we support agile working, you’ll be expected to attend the office for key meetings, collaboration, and team activity as required.

We support a healthy work–life balance through Monday to Friday working, with the option of compressed hours (9 day fortnight). Alongside this role comes access to Codi’s usual employee benefits, wellbeing support and internal opportunities for development

👉 You can view the full range of benefits available to colleagues here: https://codigroup.co.uk/careers

Values

At Codi, our values are Compassionate, Authentic and Progressive. You’ll continue to embrace these principles and thrive in an environment shaped by them.

FREDIE

At Codi Group we are guided, in all that we do, by a group of principles that we call FREDIE, these are: Fairness, Respect, Equality, Diversity, Inclusion, Engagement. This means that whatever your background, you will have an equal opportunity at Codi Group and we encourage you to apply now.

How do you apply?

If you have the skills and experience required, please follow the prompts to apply now.

We will be interviewing week commencing 1st June.

The interview process will include a competency based interview.

Please note due to annual leave shortlisting will be taking place on 27th May. Interview invites will be sent following this.

If you would like any support with your application or to discuss any adjustments that you may require to support you to application process, please contact group.talent@codigroup.co.uk or 0300 3735262