Assistant Accountant - Bishops Cleeve - Temporary 3 months with vision to go permanent Your new company Hays have the honour of working with a big client within the construction industry and are currently growing as a business and require an extra head within their finance team. Your new role An exciting opportunity has arisen for an Assistant Accountant role reporting to the Financial Accountant. You will be working in a small team of 3 within the Financial Control team.Your role will be supporting the Financial Accountant with the following key responsibilities: Assisting in ensuring the integrity, accuracy, and timeliness of all financial records. Completion of monthly balance sheet reconciliations, reconciling accounts and investigating differences. Completion of compliance checks to ensure key financial controls are adhered to. Assisting with controls around supplier management, validating changes to masterfile records. Assisting with effective management of company credit cards. Completion of monthly and year-end reporting activities. Processing journals and interfaces from other systems. Assisting with the preparation and delivery of statutory and regulatory returns, internal and external audits. What you'll need to succeed To be successful in this role, you will: Have a good understanding of balance sheet reporting, financial controls, financial systems, processes and procedures. Have some experience of performing balance sheet reconciliations and assisting with audits. Be an excellent communicator with excellent IT skills, knowledge of Excel and a high degree of numeracy, accuracy and attention to detail. Be able to prioritise tasks and manage conflicting demands. Have a strong customer focus with a high service standard. What you'll get in return Flexible working options available. Hourly rate of between £16-20 dependent on experience Free car park on site Holiday allowance Benefits if the role was to go permanent are as follows: Competitive basic salary and annual bonus Salary sacrifice car scheme available to all employees Up to 33 days annual leave plus bank holidays increasing to up to 39 days with service 2 Volunteering days per annum Private medical insurance, with employee-paid cover Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption leave Competitive pension scheme through salary sacrifice Life assurance at 4 x your annual salary Share save and share incentive schemes Employee rewards portal with many more benefits… What you need to do now If you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call us now. If this job isn't quite right for you, but you are looking for a new position, please contact us for a confidential discussion on your career. 4686794