NXTGEN have a fantastic opportunity for a Trainee Accountant to take on a developmental and progressive role within a expanding market leader at their head office based on the outskirts of Bury St. Edmunds. This role is ideally suited to those who have developed strong foundations within a finance team, perhaps as an Accounts Assistant or within a transactional finance role but are now wanting to get more involved with the month end cycle under the guidance of a Management Accountant. As Trainee Accountant you will work alongside the Senior Management Accountant to deliver the month end close for your business unit, supporting with journal entries and other trial balance activities as well as balance sheet reconciliations. There will also be an opportunity for the Trainee Accountant to also support with some aspects of operational finance, reconciling stock levels and undertaking stock audits before inputting journals at month end. Given the continued financial growth within this business, the successful candidate may find themselves providing ad hoc support on projects or supporting a range of process improvement tasks.
Key responsibilities of the role will include:
1. Assist with the delivery of month end management accounts for the business unit, including posting all month end journals
2. Analyse all balance sheet reconciliations
3. Support with payroll processing and analysis, calculating bonuses and overtime before submitting to the pa...