Graduate Trainee Accountant

My client based in Blyth are looking to recruit a Trainee Accountant (Graduate) to join their team on a full time, permanent basis.

If you are looking for a career in finance then this may just be the role for you! An outstanding opportunity that will give you experience and skills in many different areas of finance.

Key responsibilities:

• Post and journal entries to ensure all business transactions are recorded
• Update accounts receivable and issue invoices
• Update accounts payable and perform reconciliations
• Assist in the processing of balance sheets, income statements and other financial statements according to legal and company accounting and financial guidelines
• Assist with reviewing of expenses, payroll record records etc.
• Bookkeeping/ invoice processing
• Cashbook management
• Assist with accounts preparation
• Ledger reconciliations
• Update financial data in database to ensure that the information will be accurate and immediately available when needed
• Prepare and submit weekly/monthly reports
• Assist in the preparation of monthly/yearly closings
• Assist with other accounting projects
• Assisting with budgeting and forecasting
• Planning and analysis
• Financial reporting

Skills:

Essential

• Strong IT skills, with a good working knowledge of Microsoft office packages
• Strong numerical ability
• Analytically strong with the ability to challenge
• Ability to plan and manage changing priorities

Desirable

• Accounting or Business degree qualified
• SAGE experience

In return:

• Support for you as you study work towards becoming a fully qualified ACCA or CIMA accountant
• Private medical scheme
• Pension
• 25 days holiday + statutory days
• Bonus scheme