Accounting Assistant - 9 month (FTC)

PA Consulting; Melbourne; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

PA Consulting is seeking an Accounting Assistant for a 9-month fixed-term contract at our Melbourn office. You will support the Accounting Manager in managing a portfolio including UK, Ireland and Australia.

The role covers month-end close, fixed asset accounting, VAT, statutory accounts, and audit support across multiple currencies. A minimum of 2 years in accounting is required, with preference for people familiar with SOX controls.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of experience in an accounting environment required.
• Preferred: studying or intending to study for accounting qualification (AAT/ACA/ACCA/CIMA).
• Knowledge of PeopleSoft Financials accounting package.
• Experience with audits is an advantage.

Responsibilities

• Manage month-end close including journals for fixed assets, accruals, prepayments and intercompany processes.
• Maintain fixed asset registers and depreciation entries; reconcile to GL.
• Prepare monthly balance sheet reconciliations.
• Review Ireland VAT return and post journal entries.
• Assist with statutory accounts preparation and external audits.

Skills

Excel

Attention to detail

Analytical thinking

Multi-currency experience

Communication skills

Deadline-driven

Intercompany processes

Education

Accounting qualification (AAT/ACA/ACCA/CIMA) preferred

Tools

PeopleSoft Financials

Job description

Company Description

We believe in the power of ingenuity to build a positive human future. As strategies, technologies, and innovation collide, we create opportunity from complexity. Our teams of interdisciplinary experts combine innovative thinking and breakthrough technologies to progress further, faster. Our clients adapt and transform, and together we achieve enduring results. We are over 4,000 strategists, innovators, designers, consultants, digital experts, scientists, engineers, and technologists. And we have deep expertise in consumer and manufacturing, defence and security, energy and utilities, financial services, government and public services, health and life sciences, and transport.

Our teams operate globally from offices across the UK, Ireland, US, Nordics, and Netherlands. PA. Bringing Ingenuity to Life.

Job Description

• 9 months FTC
• Able to attend the office every Tuesday and Wednesday with the rest of the team.
• Office Location Melbourn SG8

We are seeking to recruit an Accounting Assistant for our Melbourn office, on a 9-12 month fixed term contract. You will work with the Accounting Manager to manage a portfolio of entities i.e. UK, Ireland & Australia.

Key Responsibilities

• Managing month end close – ensuring all general ledger activities including the processing of journals for the fixed assets, accruals, prepayments and intercompany processes are timely and accurately performed
• Maintain accurate fixed asset registers including, recording additions/disposals, depreciation entries and reconciliation to the general ledger
• Prepare monthly balance sheet reconciliations
• Review of Ireland VAT return and posting journals
• Assist the Accounting Manager with the preparation of the statutory accounts
• Preparing information packs for the external audits and responding to external audit requests within the set timeframes
• Preparation of SOX audit schedules and responding to requests from the SOX audit team
• Comply with internal controls, including SOX controls
• Ensuring the smooth running of the intercompany recharge processes that you are allocated
• Completing monthly analysis of key P&L accounts
• Documentation and monitoring of internal controls and procedures
• Ad hoc tasks as required

Qualifications

A minimum of 2-years related experience in an accounting environment

Skills / Personal Qualities

Essential

• Strong attention to detail & highly organized
• Strong Excel skills, including knowledge of XLOOKUPS, SUMIFS & Pivot tables
• An individual with a ‘hands on’ attitude and an initiative to drill into transactional detail
• Experience of working in a multi-currency environment
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Ability to deliver to deadlines and prioritise tasks in a fast-paced environment
• Ability to work across reporting lines
• Strong communication skills

Preferred

• Studying or wishing to study for accounting qualification (AAT, ACA, ACCA, CIMA)
• Knowledge of PeopleSoft Financials accounting package
• Experience of audit

We know the skill-gap and ‘somewhat need to tick every box’ can get in the way of meeting brilliant candidates, so please don’t hesitate to apply – we’d love to hear from you.

Additional Information

Life at PA

Life At PA encompasses our peoples' experience at PA. It's about how we enrich peoples’ working lives by giving them access to unique people and growth opportunities and purpose led meaningful work.

We believe diversity fuels ingenuity. Diversity of thought brings exciting perspectives; diversity of experience brings a wealth of knowledge, and diversity of skills brings the tools we need. When we bring people together with diverse backgrounds, identities, and minds, embracing that difference through an inclusive culture where our people thrive; we unleash the power of diversity – bringing ingenuity to life.

Find out more about Life at PA here.

We recruit, retain, reward and develop our people based solely on their abilities and contributions and without reference to their age, background, disability, genetic information, parental or family status, religion or belief, race, ethnicity, nationality, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity (or expression), political belief, veteran status, or any other range of human difference brought about by identity and experience. We are on a journey towards ensuring our workforce is diverse at all levels and that our firm is representative of the world around us. We welcome applications from underrepresented groups.