Assistant Accountant - 12 month contract
Employer Location Carmarthenshire, Wales, Carmarthen Salary Up to GBP30000 per annum + £30,000 per annum Closing date 9 Jan 2026 View more categoriesView less categories Sector Salary band Contract type Hours Where will they be working You need to or to save a job.
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Assistant Accountant - 12 month contract
Full or Part-Time (can work a reduced 4-day week)
Carmarthen
£30,000 per annum
Lovely new role; a 12-month fixed-term contract to cover maternity….. The ideal start date is mid-February…. But they can start you a little earlier or later to accommodate your notice or timeline.
A very exciting role….. Essentially, as an Assistant Accountant, the main duties are as follows:
1. Maintain accurate records and perform reconciliations for all income and expenditure of the charity.
2. Reconcile donations across multiple partner platforms to ensure completeness and accuracy.
3. Carry out reconciliations of balance sheet accounts and prepare month‑end reports.
4. Contribute to the production of management accounts.
5. Assist in developing and implementing an updated budgeting and forecasting process, providing transactional accounting support and guidance to budget managers.
6. Support budget holders in adhering to the charity's procurement policies and procedures.
7. Provide assistance during the year‑end audit process.
8. Help prepare quarterly VAT returns, including identifying partially disallowed inputs.
9. Offer support to the accounts payable and bookkeeping teams as needed.
10. Undertake any other duties consistent with the responsibilities of the role.
So this doesn't give you responsibility for data entry (yay!!! 😁). Nor does it require you to do management accounts…… but it does support the management accounting process. I think that this is a fantastic transitional role…… if you are in a higher level Accounting Assistant role and want to step up to an Assistant Accountant…… or are already an Assistant Accountant looking for a change. You will need an excellent understanding of the accounting process (ideally you will be AAT3 or 4 but if you are a technically astute QBE, this also works). Experience of handling different revenue streams would be a great attribute and I would expect that you have a good understanding of the accruals and prepayments process. You will need good exposure to month-end processes………. Particularly in reference to bank and balance sheet recs.
You need to have advanced Excel or Power BI skills….. Pivot-tables and V-lookups as a minimum, but ideally you will have experience of using Powerquery…. Which kind of makes those obsolete; worth swotting up on for any role! The other software that they use isn't bespoke….. But with some SAGE experience, you could pick it up with no are offering this role at hours (or somewhere in between) and so it could work well across a 5-day week to accommodate childcare….. Or college attendance if you are studying in the benefits package for this role is amazing; just to recap;
11. 4 days WFH (based on a 5-day or full-time pattern)
12. 25 days annual leave plus Bank Holiday
13. Health plan and life insuranceExcellent pension package
To find out more about this role, call Emma Lewis on 01792 642 042. Apply by uploading your CV and following the online application process.
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