Assistant Accountant

Hays Specialist Recruitment Limited

Posted 12 hours ago, valid for 10 days

Southampton, Hampshire SO19 1BQ

£20,000 - £24,000 per annum

Full Time

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.

Sonic Summary

You will be working as an Assistant Accountant for a market-leading professional services business on a 6-month fixed-term contract during a restructuring period.
The role involves balance sheet reconciliation, resolving outstanding balances, and preparing journals to ensure accurate account balances.
Candidates should be a Part Qualified Accountant or QBE with strong analytical skills and a solid understanding of financial accounting standards.
The position offers a competitive salary of approximately £40,000 per annum, along with additional benefits.
Applicants should have at least some relevant experience and strong people skills to engage collaboratively in an international environment.

Your new company

You will be working for a market-leading professional services business who require an Assistant Accountant on a 6-month FTC basis, to assist during the restructuring period.

Your new role

Responsible for designated balance sheet reconciliation
Identification and resolution of outstanding legacy balances across debtors, creditors and bank ledgers
Preparing and posting journals to reflect the correct account balances
Proactively working with Financial Operations and Group Financial Control to resolve issues, aged invoices and variances
Work with business stakeholders and finance on systems and process improvement initiatives
Identify and document best practice to avoid a reoccurrence of issues
Provide regular reporting updates, demonstrating progress and highlighting obstacles and next steps

What you'll need to succeed

Part Qualified Accountant or QBE.
Strong analytical skills coupled with a good business understanding leading to key business insight.
Team player and creative problem solver with a can-do attitude.
Strong people skills, confident and comfortable at engaging collaboratively in an international environment
Solid appreciation of the core best practice financial accounting standards, policies, processes and systems
Excellent Microsoft skills, coupled with working knowledge and practical application of packages such as Power BI or similar

What you'll get in return

A competitive salary of circa £40k per annum, alongside other benefits - please reach out for more information.

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 Jack Bailey, the specialist consultant managing this vacancy, on .

If this job isn't quite right for you, but you are looking for a new position, please contact us for a confidential discussion about your career.

Hays Specialist Recruitment Limited acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and employment business for the supply of temporary workers. By applying for this job you accept the T&C's, Privacy Policy and Disclaimers which can be found at hays.co.uk

Apply now in a few quick clicks