Assistant Accountant

Assistant Accountant
Location: Chichester
Salary: 35k-40k + Study Support 

Are you a proactive and detail-oriented finance professional looking to expand your experience across a wide range of financial processes? Our client is seeking a motivated Assistant Accountant to join their team. This role offers great exposure to financial operations, forecasting, reporting, and process improvement.

The Role

This is a varied role covering daily financial administration, cashflow management, forecasting, and support with wider reporting tasks. You’ll take ownership of key processes, work with colleagues across the business, and contribute to ongoing system and efficiency projects.

Key Responsibilities

• Process bank transactions, categorise income, and maintain accurate records.
• Perform reconciliations and update cashflow actuals and forecasts.
• Support weekly payment runs and handle banking and corporate card admin.
• Manage light petty cash, cheque processes, and general finance admin.
• Assist with month-end close, consolidation tasks, and currency reviews.
• Maintain documentation for external financial arrangements and support efficiency projects.
• Contribute to monthly reporting, variance analysis, and intercompany reconciliations.
• Support budgeting, forecasting, statutory accounts, audit prep, and continuous improvements

What We’re Looking For

• Studying or looking to study ACCA, ACA or CIMA
• Confident communicating with both finance and non-finance individuals and stakeholders.
• Comfortable juggling multiple tasks and switching between different areas of responsibility.
• Reconciliations experience and/or bank recs
• Monthly budgets and forecasting experience
• Advanced Excel skills.
• Experience assisting with statutory accounts

Why Apply?

• Annual Bonus
• Study support available
• Broad exposure to a wide range of financial activities
• Opportunity to develop within a collaborative and evolving finance team
• Involvement in key process and systems improvement projects