The Assistant Accountant is responsible for day-to-day finance duties while also supporting the Senior Accountant with monthly management reporting, budgeting, forecasting and year-end activities.
Working closely with colleagues across the sales, purchasing and warehouse teams in a busy distribution environment this role offers flexibility of either 32 hours (4-day week) or 38 hours (5-day week). Fridays are mandatory for operational cover.
Key Responsibilities
- Daily sales invoicing
- Credit application administration
- Purchase invoice processing
- Supplier reconciliations
- Resolving invoice and purchase order discrepancies
- Credit card reconciliations
- Assisting with the preparation of monthly management accounts, including posting journals, maintaining fixed asset registers, and reconciling balance sheet accounts
- Assisting with the preparation of annual budgets
- Assisting with variance analysis against budgets and forecasts
Person Specification
- 3–5 years’ experience in a finance office
- Strong purchase and sales ledger knowledge
- Experience assisting with month-end reporting
- Good working knowledge of Excel and accounting software
- AAT qualification with at least 3 years post qualified experience (desirable)
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