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Finance Assistant / Assistant Accountant

Recruitment Resolution
Posted 6 days ago, valid for 21 days
Location

Portsmouth, Hampshire PO6 4TP, England

Salary

£24,000 - £28,800 per annum

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Contract type

Full Time

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Sonic Summary

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  • The company offers a basic salary of up to £40,000 per annum along with quarterly bonuses.
  • Candidates should have relevant finance or accountancy experience, ideally in a project-based business.
  • The role involves responsibilities such as processing invoices, month-end closures, and assisting with management accounts.
  • This new position reports directly to the Head of Finance and presents opportunities for career growth and professional development.
  • Additional benefits include 23 days of holiday plus bank holidays, onsite parking, and financial support for professional accountancy exams.

Top reasons to work for this company:

  • Basic salary to 40k per annum.
  • Bonus paid quarterly. 
  • Financial support for professional accountancy exams / study provided.
  • Port Solent office, parking onsite. 
  • Monday to Friday 8am-4.30pm (flexibility on start and finish hours) 
  • Brand new role, reporting into the Head of Finance.
  • Joining an established & ambitious construction & furniture company.
  • Sole Assistant Accountant for 2 trading companies.
  • Rewarding blend of AP, AR, month end & assisting on monthly management accounts.
  • Opportunity to improve analysis & reporting capability and positively impact this company.
  • Collaborating closely with the business.
  • Excellent career growth, investment in your on-going training and development.
  • Collaborative team approach and fast paced company culture.
  • 23 days holiday + bank holidays, pension.

Broad Core Responsibilities:

  • Working closely with the Head of Finance.
  • Processing supplier invoices and employee expenses.
  • Support payment runs/Bank reconciliations.
  • Raising customer invoices/supporting Projects team.
  • Credit Control.
  • Reviewing invoice coding to ensure accuracy.
  • Month end closure, accruals & prepayments, depreciation.
  • Assist with the preparation of monthly management accounts.
  • Project reporting /WIP/SOH.
  • Assisting with Cashflow management.
  • Support Directors with queries.

Expected Qualifications, Skills & Experience:

  • Relevant finance / accountancy experience.
  • Experience gained in a project-based business.
  • Strong working knowledge of WIP and SOH.
  • Good understanding of accounting concepts and fundamentals.
  • Comfortable with accruals, prepayments and depreciation.
  • Month end experience.
  • Experienced with / assisting with management accounts preparation.
  • Happy communicating directly with customers on invoicing / credit control queries.
  • Used to working with accounting software, Xero.
  • Proficient with MS Office, specifically MS Excel.
  • A diligent, efficient and detailed approach.

Ideally:

  • Hold an accountancy qualification such as AAT or be studying towards.
  • Relevant finance experience gained in a construction project-based business.

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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.