Assistant Accountant

We are supporting our client to recruit a Assistant Accountant to provide support to the wider UK Business. On a day to day basis you will provide support the accounting team and more specifically the Management Accountant on a number of new projects that are onboarding in 2021.

Client Details

The client is a Global manufacturing business who provides smart technical part and solutions in the forms of managed services or singular products.

Description

As the Assistant Accountant your duties will include:

• Producing reports including; Cost, P n L, balance sheets
• Daily and monthly reconciliation of several banking and control accounts.
  
• Liaising and assisting clients with resolving accounting queries.
  
• Identifying and investigating banking discrepancies and produce relevant accounting entries for the resolution of such discrepancies
  
• Maintenance of reconciliations on the future projects
  
• Authorising bank payments and funding
  
• Escalating and reporting on aged and outstanding items
  
• Raising accounting journals to move funds for payments.
  
• Running and producing reports (including analysis) for weekly/monthly Direct Debit collections
  
• Financial reporting (weekly/monthly exception reporting, aged items/outstanding items)
  

Profile

The successful candidate will have the following:

• Experience with a Finance department
• Have or be studying AAT or ACCA/CIMA
• Knowledge of UK Accounting regulations
• Strong knowledge of the Purchase Ledger (this affects the cost of projects)

Job Offer

The successful candidate for the Assistant Accountant role:

• Be Based in Cardiff
• Receive £23,000 -£25,000 Per annum
• Generous Holiday and Pension