Assistant Accountant

My client is a highly profitable 20 million turnover manufacturing company based in modern offices. Due to an excess in workload they have created a new position for an Assistant Accountant, to assist the company’s Financial Controller and help supervise a small close knit team.

The ideal candidate is someone willing to work in a busy and varied position, who has the ability to step up and oversee finance in the FC’s absence and in a few years time replace him and become the company’s number one in finance.

Responsibilities:

• Assist with statutory accounts
• Produce monthly management accounts
• Balance sheet reconciliation
• Help supervise a purchase ledger clerk and credit controller
• Accruals and repayments
• Fixed assets
• Internal and external reporting
• Bank reconciliation
• Assist with cash flow forecasting
• Assist with budgeting and forecasting
• Assist with both internal and external audit queries
• Reconcile supplier statements and payments

To be considered:

• You must have strong debits and credits knowledge
• You must have compiled monthly management accounts for FC review
• You must have strong excel skills (to pivot table level)
• You must be willing to pitch in and work hard, with longer hours sometimes required (i.e. month/year end)
• Must have worked in a company that produce/distribute stock

You will be working for a company that look after their employees, with long staff tenure. They provide a variety of benefits including an annual bonus, private healthcare, 25-day holiday allowance, life assurance cover, 9-5 hours, parking available on site. Study support considered if requested.