Assistant Accountant
Reporting to: Management Accountant
Location: Leicester
Our client is a highly successful privately owned business, enjoying a period of sustained expansion is looking to recruit an Assistant Accountant.
JOB SUMMARY:
To assist the Management Accountant to prepare financial information to allow the business to make well-informed decisions.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
* Working closely with the Management Accountant to ensure the timely and accurate production of the monthly / quarterly management accounts as well as assisting with Year End financial accounts
* Oversee the expenses and ensuring compliance to policy. Analysis of spend, and highlight any areas for improvement
* Credit card reconciliations
* Monitor key expenditure areas
* Reconcile nominal control accounts monthly, for the Management Accountant to review
* Assist with Year End reconciliations
* Produce P11D calculations and summaries
* Prepare quarterly VAT returns
* Provide Ad hoc cover for Payroll processes
Knowledge / Skills / Qualifications:
* Excellent communication skills.
* Demonstrate strong organisational and efficiency skills
* Good working knowledge of computer software packages (e.g.Word, Excel)
* Ambitious, with aspirations to progress and develop skills to manage a team in the future
* Minimum AAT qualified, but ACCA or CIMA part-qualified is desirable
* Team orientated
* Professional and able to remain calm under pressure
* Highly organised
* Accurate and numerate
* Proactive, demonstrating initiative and problem-solving skills
Salary £27,000 to £35,000
Family friendly hours
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