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Assistant accountant

Burnley
Whitaker Smith Recruitment
Assistant accountant
Posted: 18 October
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Co-Founder & Specialist Finance Recruiter - Recruiting finance professionals across the North West

Based: Burnley area

Salary: dependent on experience/study level + study support + benefits

I am working with a progressive SME based in the Burnley area looking for an Assistant Accountant to join the team. Business are growing organically & through acquisition and can offer a truly exciting opportunity for an Accounts Assistant ready to take the next step in their career or an Assistant Accountant wanting to join a business to study & develop with a view to enter into a future commercially focused finance role.

Role:

* Assisting Management Accountant with all month end duties
* Posting journals & assisting with accurals & prepayments
* Supporting Management Accountant with cash flow forecasting
* VAT returns & submission to HMRC
* Balance sheet & bank reconciliations
* Payroll duties – running reports & paying staff, working with HR to finalise
* Assisting in improvements to systems & processes within finance

Experience:

* AAT Level 3 completed is essential as a minimum. You may have completed L4 or even started your CIMA exams
* A desire to continue to study and become qualified in future
* At least 2 years Accounts experience, month end support experience beneficial but not essential
* Excellent attitude – willing to learn, develop & confident to get involved in higher level tasks
* Continuous improvement mindset – able to spot process errors and be solution focused to improving those with the wider finance team

In return you will get the chance to work for a fantastic business within a great finance team & an unrivalled opportunity to progress your career over the next few years.

Please send your CV for immediate consideration.


Seniority level

Associate


Employment type

Full-time


Job function

Accounting/Auditing


Industries

Consumer Services

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