Sewell Wallis are working with a well established business based near Altrincham, Greater Manchester, as they look to recruit an experienced Assistant Accountant to join their finance team.
This Assistant Accountant role will support the Senior Accountant with month end tasks, whilst also providing support where necessary to the small transactional team. This position would suit a candidate with experience of working in an Assistant Accountant capacity previously, who is comfortable working in a high volume environment and enjoys project work as well as BAU tasks.
If you're an experienced Assistant Accountant/Accounts Assistant wanting to take the next step in your career, I'd love to hear from you!
What will you be doing?
Assist in monthly management accounts preparation
Reconcile and clear Nominal Ledger accounts
Input and code cash book payments/receipts
Maintain accurate Fixed Asset/Demo/SDH/Used Write Down schedules
Assist in preparation of year end accounts
Maintain Company petty cash records
Assist with backlog project work across PL/SL/CC
Prepare VAT return quarterly
Prepare Bank reconciliationWhat skills do we need?
Previous experience within a similar role.
AAT qualified or equivalent QBE
Strong IT knowledge, especially in Excel and accounting systems.
Attention to detail
Background in Sales Ledger/Credit Control (desirable)What's on offer?
Highly Competitive salary - £35-£37K
Company pension
Flexible working hours
Holidays that increase with length of servicePlease apply below, or for more information, contact Lawrie Bacon.
To apply please send your CV, quoting our reference and specifying which website you saw this position advertised on. Due to the high volume of applications please accept that if we have not responded to your application within seven days, your application has not been successful. Sewell Wallis is a specialist recruitment company with a vast amount of experience in our industry we offer permanent, temporary and interim recruitment support for accounting and finance, human resources and business support positions. We recruit at all levels within finance from Purchase Ledger Administrator and Credit Controller level through to Financial Controller and Director positions. With offices in Sheffield and Leeds, we are well situated to cover all of South Yorkshire, West Yorkshire and Manchester. Please visit our website for more information on accountancy and finance jobs and human resources or business support positions