Assistant Accountant

Assistant Accountant

Cambridge

Up to £35,000 per annum

35 Hours per week - excellent benefits and hybrid working on offer.

Reporting into the Group Financial Controller, this socially responsible organisation is looking for a highly motivated individual to join their fun and hardworking Finance Team. As the Assistant Accountant you will play a key role in providing support to both the Group Financial Controller and Financial Controller.

You will have an AAT qualification or potentially be a stop studier (ACCA/CIMA) - you could also come from an Accountancy Practice background and have at least three years of experience working in a finance role.

You will work alongside the small finance team to contribute to the smooth running of the day-to-day activities of the finance department and will have a good understanding of general accounting and bookkeeping.

You’ll be responsible for ensuring the group month-end procedures are completed on time and will support the financial controllers by preparing relevant management information.

Key tasks and Responsibilities:

• Prepare month-end balance sheet reconciliations.
• Prepare cashflows monthly and monitor cash requirements.
• Maintain schedules for accruals and prepayments and prepare the relevant month end journals.
• Maintain the fixed asset registers, ensuring these reconcile to the trial balance.
• Prepare month-end management accounts.
• Prepare the C&C weekly financial and performance reports.
• Provide support to the accounts assistants, assisting with queries and ensuring month-end tasks are completed on time.
• Prepare the monthly pension submission.
• Prepare the monthly salary allocations schedule and supporting invoices.
• Assist with annual budget preparation.
• Assist with year-end audit.
• Assist with the preparation of the financial statements.
• Prepare payment runs and set up one off payments.
• Track relevant bond payments, including raising invoices and making the required payments.
• Prepare relevant documentation for outgoing interest payments and ensure payment deadlines are met.
• Prepare monthly commission statement reconciliations and relevant journals.

Skills and qualifications required:

Essential

• 3+ years plus experience in an accounting role
• AAT Qualification or similar
• Strong experience in basic accounting, preparing journals and reconciliations (preferably working with subsidiaries)
• Excellent organisational and time-management skills
• Ability to work alone and prioritise tasks as well as working within a team
• Highly numerate with good attention to detail
• Competent in the use of Excel and other Microsoft packages such as Word, Outlook.
• Strong interpersonal & communication skills
• To be able to solve problems and work under their own initiative when required.

Due to the anticipated high volume of applications we may receive for this advertisement, it is with regret that we may only be able to contact those applicants successful in being shortlisted. However, your application for this or any further roles, may mean that we are able to contact you when additional vacancies become available. Should you not want this to be the case, please feel free to contact us directly to ensure we are aware of your wishes.

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