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Assistant Accountant - Indian Queens - Circa: £32,000
Trial Balance Consulting have been exclusively engaged by a longstanding client, a well-established and highly successful engineering services business that have tasked us with sourcing an experienced Assistant Accountant to join the team in a newly created position. The role is offered as a permanent, full time contract to be based at the company’s headquarters in the Indian Queens area.
The role works closely alongside an experienced Finance Manager and will be well supported by a small team of transactional colleagues. This will be a broad hands-on role where the successful candidate will have a focus on the production of high quality management accounts as well as deputising for the Finance Manager during absence and throughout ongoing expansion projects. Core components of the role to include:
- Work closely with the Finance Manager in the production of management accounts and cashflow position
- Compiling financial analysis, forecasts and reporting packs
- Work with senior management team across the business to set budgets and targets
- Year- end statutory audit and accounting preparation
- VAT reporting
- Reconciling prepayments, accruals and fixed assets
- Assist in financial projects and system improvements
- Act as a first point of contact for major supplier and customer queries
- Journal entries
- Ad hoc project accounting and assisting the director's
For this role we seek a motivated and career driven Assistant Accountant with at least 12 months of recently gained experience in a similar capacity. Candidates may be part/fully AAT/professionally qualified or suitably qualified through vocational experience. The company is keen to implement digital system improvements so good IT aptitude and excellent MS Excel skills essential. This is a highly visible role that works with an energetic team and liaises with colleagues throughout the business so excellent communication/interpersonal skills required.
The successful candidate will benefit from a well-supported and developing role with a company that can boast excellent staff retention. For further details and to apply, please contact Elle Benjamin quoting reference EB10317 as soon as possible.
