Accounts Assistant

Sagentia Defence; Bristol; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

Sagentia Defence is seeking an enthusiastic Assistant Accountant to join their finance team in Bristol. The role involves supporting the finance function, managing ledgers, performing reconciliations, and contributing to financial reporting. Ideal for candidates with AAT qualifications or relevant experience, this position offers a chance to advance your career in a dynamic environment with training and support.

Benefits

Competitive salary and benefits package

Qualifications

• Proven work experience in a similar finance role.
• Experience using accounting software; knowledge of Deltek VantagePoint preferable.
• Ability to interpret financial data for non-financial staff.

Responsibilities

• Manage customer and purchase ledgers within accounting systems.
• Conduct bank reconciliations and assist with client invoicing.
• Process payments and resolve queries related to invoices.

Skills

Organisational skills

Attention to detail

Initiative

Microsoft Excel

Education

Recognised accountancy qualification (e.g. AAT)

Tools

Deltek VantagePoint

Job description

Department: Finance

Location: Bristol

Description

Science Group is an international science, engineering and technology (“SET”) business providing a range of services to the medical, defence, industrial, food & beverage and consumer sectors, supplemented by a strategic products division where the Group holds leading market positions in associated technology sectors.

The Group has a strong balance sheet with significant cash resources and freehold property asset base. The Group provides products and services to clients in the key vertical markets of: medical, defence, food & beverage, industrial and consumer. With offices throughout Europe and North America, two dedicated R&D innovation centres, and employees fluent in over 30 languages, Science Group supports a global client base in over 100 countries.

Our numerous scientists, engineers, regulatory advisors and market experts are supported by the Group’s streamlined central support functions.

Job Role
The Group is seeking an enthusiastic individual to join our finance team within Sagentia. This role will be based in Bristol and will be reporting to the Finance Manager.

The Assistant Accountant will be accountable for supporting the day-to-day finance function engaging efficient, and effective processes and practices. You will also be responsible for creating and communicating internal and external financial reports to management.

Key Responsibilities

Familiarity with project reporting requirements and know how to present complex financial information clearly and concisely is an essential part of this role as you’ll support the management of projects across the business unit. The role is to assist the Finance team with its daily activities of the billing and accounts payable functions in support of Consultants and Clients. Specifically:

• Manage the customer ledger/purchase ledger within the accounting systems
• Perform weekly and monthly bank reconciliations across numerous bank accounts
• Involvement in client invoicing
• Assist with project set up and ad-hoc client billing
• Resolve invoice/purchase order/supplier/employee queries in a timely manner
• Process and prepare payment runs for supplier invoices, employee expenses and credit cards on a regular basis
• Reconcile customer and supplier accounts and chase up unauthorised invoices/reconciling differences.
  
  

Skills, Knowledge and Expertise

To be successful in this position you will have worked in a similar role with proven work experience. Along with a recognised accountancy qualification (e.g. AAT) or relevant experience, you should ideally have experience of using accounting software, the business has recently switched to Deltek VantagePoint. The ability to interpret financial information and effectively communicate it to staff without a financial background is essential as well as having confidence when dealing with a wide variety of people and prioritising competing deadlines.

In addition you will need:

• Excellent organisational skills and attention to detail
• Skilled with Microsoft Excel
• Ready and able to exercise initiative
• High level of attention to detail

This great opportunity for someone that is currently studying, recently AAT qualified, or qualified by experience and looking to take the next step within their career as training and/or support will be provided.

Benefits

We offer a competitive salary and benefits package.