Assistant Accountant

ASSISTANT ACCOUNTANT

Leicester               Salary £32-£36K

Our client Is a highly successful manufacturing company (SME) with an enviable customer base. 

Due to retirement, it is seeking to recruit an experienced Assistant Accountant to support the Financial Controller.

PURPOSE OF JOB:

• To support the Financial Controller and ensure the smooth running of the Finance Department.
• To provide accurate Monthly Management accounting information to the Directors
• To provide information to internal contacts.
• To cover for staff in the Finance Department in their absence.

PERSONNEL SUPERVISED:

Finance Staff (in the absence of the Financial Controller)

PRINCIPAL JOB ACCOUNTABILITIES:

• Preparation of Monthly Management Accounts including variance analysis
• Weekly payroll plus all labour postings, wages posting and KPI (labour analysis)
• Pension upload and administration
• Administration of CITB grants
• P11d workings and submissions
• Monthly stock reconciliation
• Assist with R & D claims with a view to dealing with this in the future.
• Year-end preparation

ALSO PROVIDE COVER FOR THE FOLLOWING:

• Salaries
• Accruals
• Costings
• IT
• VAT
• Staff expenses
• Bank payments including payroll and supplier payments

EDUCATION/QUALIFICATIONS/SKILLS:

Qualifications: AAT qualified/ACCA/CIMA part qualified or qualified by experience.

Skills and Previous Experience:

IT literate advantageous

Effective communication skills

Accuracy

ANY OTHER SPECIAL FEATURES:

• A team player with a good sense of humour.
• A commonsense approach combined with the ability to prioritise workloads.
• The ability to communicate with all staff throughout the business.
• Some overtime hours will be required at peak times i.e., year-end.

HOURS/HOLIDAYS/BENEFITS ETC:

Holidays:               25 days plus bank holidays.

After five years service one extra day’s holiday up to a maximum of 29 days.

Hours:                   Monday to Friday 9am until 5pm with one hour for lunch but flexi-time is available.

Benefits:               Pension – 5% employee, 4% employer.

Sick pay – full pay for the first three months of sickness, half pay for the following three months followed by Income Protection policy.

Death in Service – twice salary after six-month qualifying period.

Income Protection – 60% of salary paid after six-month qualifying period.

Bonus:                   Discretionary bonus dependent on profit.