Assistant Accountant

We’re recruiting an Assistant Accountant on behalf of a distributor that are a subsidiary of a larger international group.

The successful candidate will join a small friendly accounts team where you will report into the Finance Director and work alongside another Assistant Accountant. You will play a key role within the finance function completing accounts and providing management information enabling the company management team to make sound commercial decisions. The role will also involve jointly managing the company’s vehicle fleet and collation of payroll information. This is an interesting and varied role in a fast-paced environment and presents a wonderful opportunity to join an enterprising and cohesive team.

Please note that this is an office-based position.

Hours of work, salary and benefits:

• Monday to Thursday, 8.30am – 5.00pm / Fri 8.30 – 2pm- (½ hour lunch break) – 37.5 hours per week
• £28,000 – £32.000 dependent upon experience
• 25 days annual holiday + 8 bank holidays
• Life assurance 3 x salary & Health Plan (after probationary period – 3 months)
• Pension (5% employee / 5% employer)
• On-site parking

As Assistant Accountant, you’ll have the following duties and responsibilities:

• Assist with management reporting to enable monthly management accounts completion
• Assistant with P&L analysis
• Review of monthly overhead reports with variances against planned expenditure
• Responsibility for debtors and creditor accounts and escalation if needed
• Multi-currency bank reconciliations
• Posting of general ledger journal entries
• Accruals and prepayments
• VAT reconciliations
• Administration of the company vehicles (insurance, tax, services, quotes etc)
• Processing of non-stock invoices
• Collation of payroll information for payroll bureau and completion of PAYE payment
• Completion of company expenses and mileage
• Joint management of company’s vehicle fleet
• Responsible for ensuring the updating and maintenance of the finance procedure / process documentation
• Assistance to the Finance Director as required along with completion of ad-hoc reporting

We’re looking for an Assistant Accountant with the following skills and experience:

• AAT or QBE with sound working knowledge of accounting principles (double entry bookkeeping)
• Extensive experience within a similar role
• Experience of accountancy software (SAP desirable but not essential) and good working knowledge of Excel
• An approachable and engaging communicator
• Enjoys taking ownership of tasks and working with a self-motivated and enterprising approach
• Flexible and professional approach