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Assistant Accountant

Michael Page Finance
Posted 9 hours ago, valid for 19 days
Location

Manchester, Greater Manchester M17 1DJ, England

Contract type

Full Time

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  • Michael Page is recruiting for an Assistant Accountant to support the finance manager with management accounts and commercial analysis.
  • The ideal candidate should be part qualified ACCA, CIMA, or in the final stages of AAT with relevant experience in a similar role.
  • This position offers a salary of up to £32,000 along with additional benefits such as study support and 28 days of holiday.
  • The role involves responsibilities like balance sheet reconciliations, bank reconciliations, and supporting month-end and year-end reporting.
  • The client is a UK market leader with growth plans, seeking ambitious individuals who are eager to develop their skills within a supportive environment.

Michael Page are recruiting for an Assistant Accountant to join one of the UK's market leaders.

The purpose of this role is to support the finance manager with end to end management accounts, ad hoc commercial analysis and future business partnering activities.

If you're studying AAT, ACCA or CIMA and are looking to increase your exposure to core finance, commercial finance and business partnering this is the perfect role.

Client Details

Our client is a UK market leading business with exciting growth plans including organic growth and potential business acquisitions.

As a growing group of businesses our client prides itself on being able to offer its employees a great foundation on which they can increase their skillset and continue to grow with the business.

They seek ambitious staff members who can add value to the business but also have room to grow and develop with study support and guidance from qualified staff within the team.

Description

Assistant Accountant duties include:

  • Assisting the Finance Manager with end to end management accounts - taking these to trial balance for sign off by the finance manager (with opportunity to take on more management accounts responsibility over time).
  • Balance sheet reconciliations.
  • Bank reconciliations.
  • Assisting with overseeing an AP / AR Clerk.
  • Handling and interpreting large data sets.
  • Commercial analysis of projects & contracts.
  • Ad hoc commercial analysis as required.
  • Expense reporting.
  • Transactional processing as required.
  • Supporting month end and year end reporting.

Profile

The successful Assistant Accountant candidate will:

  • Be part qualified ACCA / CIMA or be in the final stages of AAT.
  • Have a proven track record in a similar role.
  • Be an excellent communicator (written and verbal).
  • Be proficient in MS Office, particularly MS Excel.
  • Have working knowledge of financial systems - Xero would be beneficial.

Job Offer

A salary up to £32,000, study support, pension, your birthday off, 28 days holiday, referral schemes & more.

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In order to submit this application, a Reed account will be created for you. As such, in addition to applying for this job, you will be signed up to all Reed’s services as part of the process. By submitting this application, you agree to Reed’s Terms and Conditions and acknowledge that your personal data will be transferred to Reed and processed by them in accordance with their Privacy Policy.