Assistant Accountant
Permanent
Based in Eastbourne
Hybrid working
£30,000 - £40,000 per annum plus study support (ACCA, CIMA, AAT)
Tony Alan Recruitment currently has an exciting job opportunity for an Assistant Accountant to join a leading and growing organisation based in Eastbourne on a permanent basis.
This role is ideal for anyone seeking to advance their experience and studies. The details below outline the opportunities available to you; prior experience in all areas is not required, just the desire and attitude.
The core of the role will be to support the financial operations of the Group with daily duties, month-end close and involvement in balance sheet reconciliations and other financial controls. Assisting with the preparation, development and analysis of financial reporting for trading activities and company expenditure, and support in preparing the group & subsidiary statutory accounts.
Your duties will include:
- Assisting with preparation of robust and timely financial information for the trading activities of the group, including analysis of company expenditure, cost centres etc.
- Transactional processing duties including verifying and maintaining all necessary records for invoices, expenses, payments and transactions
- Preparing, reviewing and processing journals (including month-end journals, cost allocations), calculate and justify relevant accruals and prepayments
- Review and processing of utility related invoices and analysis thereon of expenditure
- Verifying expense claims submitted through the company expenses system, other related administration tasks, and producing reporting on expenses with further analysis to provide insight
- Working with colleagues across the Finance function and wider business to complete elements of the monthly reporting process and routine daily/weekly management reports
- Involvement in preparing balance sheet reconciliations, reconciling bank balances and other financial controls to ensure robust and reliable financial information
- Involvement in year-end finalisation and trial balance preparation, ensuring robust and insightful reporting
- Support in the preparation of statutory financial statements, assisting with the annual audit process and provision of information for external advisor's
- Supporting the annual budgeting process and re-forecasts
- Providing information for tax purposes to facilitate filing of tax computations and VAT returns
- Assisting with compliance requirements for Finance, including statutory financial reporting, VAT, Corporation Tax, CIS
- Involvement in finance & reporting projects, particularly those impacting financial accounts reporting and finance operated systems
- Maximising use of system functionality to drive efficient and continual improvement in ways of working across the Financial Accounts team
Key requirements:
- Actively studying and wanting to progress (CIMA, AAT, ACCA)
- A minimum of 3 years working experience in an accounting and finance team
- Confident user of Excel
If you feel that you would be suitable for this position then please apply with your CV.
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