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Assistant Accountant

Paul Card Recruitment
Posted 3 days ago, valid for 13 days
Location

Darlington, Durham DL3 9SD

Salary

£27,000 - £30,000 per year

Contract type

Full Time

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  • The Assistant Accountant role involves working closely with the Finance Controller in a hands-on capacity to enhance both technical skills and commercial understanding.
  • Candidates should have around 2+ years of experience in a finance role and a proactive mindset, with a focus on integrity and professionalism.
  • Key responsibilities include preparing quarterly VAT, managing the sales ledger, supporting the general ledger, and assisting with budgeting and forecasting.
  • The position offers a salary of £30,000 to £35,000, along with hybrid working arrangements and flexible hours.
  • This role provides a unique opportunity for career progression within a growing business that values employee development and system improvements.

This business operates at the heart of regional connectivity, and it's growing, not just in size, but in complexity, capability and ambition.

Across two business units, finance plays a central role in how the business plans, invests and makes decisions. This isn't a back-office function. It's a team that's evolving, improving systems and building stronger reporting to support the next stage of growth, while offering hybrid working, including a regular Friday working from home.



The Role

As Assistant Accountant, you'll work closely with the Finance Controller in a hands-on, developmental role designed to build both technical capability and commercial understanding.

You'll own core finance processes across receivables and the general ledger, while developing your exposure to audit, budgeting and systems change. It's a role with structure, but also the flexibility to grow as the business evolves.

It's well-suited to someone who wants more than routine processing and is looking to progress their finance career through breadth, responsibility and visibility.

Key responsibilities:

  • Preparing quarterly VAT, including reconciliations
  • Owning the sales ledger, ensuring invoices are issued correctly and leading on credit control
  • Supporting the general ledger with journals, balance sheet reconciliations and reporting
  • Providing ad-hoc support to the purchase ledger team
  • Supporting audit fieldwork and year-end processes
  • Assisting with budgeting and forecasting as your exposure grows

You'll work directly with the Finance Controller, gaining insight into how finance supports wider business decisions, an experience that's hard to get in more siloed roles.



About You

You've already built a strong foundation in finance and are now looking for a role that will help you develop further.

You might be an Assistant Accountant, Finance Assistant or Accounts Assistant who wants broader exposure, clearer progression and more ownership.

You'll bring:

  • Around 2+ years' experience in a finance role
  • A proactive mindset. someone who asks questions and wants to improve
  • High levels of integrity and professionalism


What's on offer?

  • A genuinely developmental role with scope to grow as the business evolves
  • Hybrid working, with one day a week working from home
  • Flexibility around start and finish times, recognising that sustainable performance matters
  • The opportunity to build your career within a business that's investing in people, systems and growth


Interested?

If you're ready for a role that will challenge you, develop you and move your career forward, apply now.

If you'd like to talk it through first, get in touch for a confidential, no-pressure conversation to see whether it's the right fit for you.

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