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Assistant Accountant

Assistant Accountant

Mitchell Adam

Posted 13 hours ago, valid for 23 days

Birmingham, West Midlands B27 6QS, England

Full Time

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Sonic Summary

Mitchell Adam is seeking an Assistant Accountant for a large Retail PLC client in south Birmingham, offering a salary of £30,000 to £35,000.
The role requires candidates to have at least 1-2 years of experience in accounting, particularly in journaling and making journal adjustments.
The successful applicant will engage with senior management, analyze large data sets, and prepare month-end MI packs using advanced Excel skills.
Candidates should be studying or planning to study CIMA/ACCA, and will receive an industry-leading study package along with a clear progression plan.
This position offers the flexibility to work from home twice a week while providing excellent exposure to commercial insights within the sector.

Overview

Mitchell Adam have the pleasure of assisting our large Retail PLC client based in south Birmingham, with the appointment of an Assistant Accountant to join a team leading on technical and digital change in the business. The successful candidate will be joining a bustling commercial function as part of a sub team, dedicated to analysing large data to investigate cost, and identify areas of spend, reporting back to senior management teams with variance and bulletproof commentary. This role suits a studier with experience in journaling.

The day to day in this role will mean you are engaged across the board in your team, giving you total visibility of the business and giving you crucial commercial insight. You will be using an excel skillset to sift through large pools of data, pulling out discrepancies on P&L lines and making journal adjustments as you prepare month end MI packs, and then liaising directly with a qualified business partner to relay your analysis.

Skills needed

You will be a self-assured and confident communicator, as you will often find yourself in the room with Directors and Heads of in your sector.
Be of an adequate level in Excel, altering formulas and using pivots and lookups to manipulate data.
Have previous experience in making journal alterations, accruals, prepayments and balance sheets.
Be looking to, or have started studying CIMA/ACCA to develop along with the business.

What you will receive

Have an industry leading study package for CIMA, and development opportunities within ACCA too.
Be given a progression plan to lead you into business partnering within the business, encouraging your professional development.
Work in an incredibly knowledgeable team, gaining excellent exposure in the sector and commercial consciousness.
Have the flexibility to work from home twice a week.

Summary

This is a fantastic opportunity for a candidate starting their studies to bolster their experience in a role that will give them amazing exposure across data and accounts. Please apply now to avoid missing out.

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