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North Nottingham
Office based role - 7am-4pm Monday - Thursday & 7am-12 Friday
£28,000 - £30,000 plus study support
Eaton Syalon are working exclusively with a business in North Nottingham to recruit an Assistant Accountant into their finance team.
As the Assistant Accountant you’ll play a key role in supporting transactional processing, management reporting, period end close activities and perform key financial reconciliations. You’ll work closely with the operational and supply chain teams ensuring timely and accurate financial information is maintained.
Duties& Responsibilities:
- Accounts Payable - matching invoices with purchase orders, input of supplier invoices and credits notes, completion of supplier statement reconciliations and driving resolution of queries.
- Accounts Receivable– providing support and cover for all AR tasks and maintenance of the excel cashbooks.
- Reporting – production and distribution of daily and weekly internal reporting requirements.
- Month End Close – create and post standard journals entries and support the wider team to meet corporate close deadlines.
- Balance sheet reconciliations– completing in line with corporate policy requirements.
- Preparation and submission of UK VAT returns.
- Assist in preparing documentation and schedules required for internal and external audits.
- Support the finance team with ad hoc administrative duties as required.
Person Profile:
- Professional certification:workings towards a professional qualification (AAT, ACCA, or CIMA).
- Demonstrative experience working in a similar role within a highly transactional finance team.
- An eye for details and a logical approach to problem solving.
- Core understanding of basic accounting principles.
- Good oral and written communicate skills. A confident communicator, comfortable in dealing with stakeholders, business partners and senior management.
- Must be able to prioritise, multitask and deal with interruptions whilst maintaining a high level of accuracy.
- The ability to work independently and as part of the wider team.
- High level of IT literacy, particular focus on Excel.
- Confidence in working with high volumes of data.
- Attention to detail and a can-do attitude.
This is an office based role and doesn't offer hybrid working so please only apply if you're comfortable with an office based position and working hours 7am-4pm Monday-Thursday & 7am-12 Friday.
