Assistant Accountant

Teledyne FLIR LLC; Baildon; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology company in Shipley is seeking an Assistant Accountant to support financial and management accounting. The role involves balance sheet reconciliations, preparing management accounts, and assisting with various financial tasks. Candidates should be graduates or part-qualified CIMA accountants, proficient in Excel, and have strong communication skills. The position offers a supportive work environment with various employee benefits.

Benefits

Salary sacrifice-led pension plan

Employee Assistance Programme

Cycle to Work scheme

Comprehensive well-being programme

Qualifications

• Graduate or Part Qualified CIMA Accountant - study support provided.
• Excellent communication and organizational skills.
• Ability to work autonomously in the company.

Responsibilities

• Balance Sheet reconciliations.
• Preparation of monthly management accounts.
• Assisting shared services with credit control.

Skills

Proficient in Microsoft Excel

Communication skills

Organizational skills

Proactive approach

Team player

Education

Graduate or Part Qualified CIMA Accountant

Tools

ERP system

Job description

Overview

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Teledyne Technologies Incorporated provides enabling technologies for industrial growth markets that require advanced technology and high reliability. These markets include aerospace and defense, factory automation, air and water quality environmental monitoring, electronics design and development, oceanographic research, deepwater oil and gas exploration and production, medical imaging and pharmaceutical research.

We are looking for individuals who thrive on making an impact and want the excitement of being on a team that wins.

Job Description
Are you looking to be part of a dynamic and growing organisation whose company culture is centered on empowering its employees to make decisions? As one of the leading manufacturers in producing high performance, high-quality RF products for use in today\'s modern technology world. Teledyne Microwave is focused on hiring the best available talent!

Teledyne Microwave UK (a business unit of Teledyne Aerospace & Defence Electronics UK) provide enabling technologies for industrial growth markets. We have evolved from a company that was primarily focused on aerospace and defence, to one that serves multiple markets that require advanced technology and high reliability.

Here at Teledyne Microwave UK, our mission is to enable our customers to make the world safer, more secure and better connected. We are a world leader in the design, manufacture and support of radio frequency (RF) technology. With unrivalled RF & microwave application knowledge we have experience of creating innovative solutions for the most challenging applications.

What We Are Looking For

We are currently recruiting for an Assistant Accountant to join the team in Shipley. Reporting to the Financial Controller, this role will be a key member of the Finance team and provide both financial and management accounting support to the business.

Responsibilities

• Balance Sheet reconciliations
• Assisting with the preparation of monthly management accounts in accordance with US GAAP principles
• Creating and posting month end journals
• Assisting AP shared services in invoice queries
• Booking inventory and labour into ERP system
• Managing company credit card & Manual Payments
• Commission analysis
• Accruals
• Debtors analysis
• Liaising with Other Dept on ad hoc query
• Yearly stock takes
• Sarbanes Oxley Evidence collection
• Fixed asset count
• Electronic Filing
• Assisting shared services with credit control
• Assisting with the preparation of the year end audit file and disclosure information
• Assisting with the preparation of internal management reports
• Supporting the site Management Accountant and Financial Controller
• Assisting with general administrative duties and Ad hoc queries/ reports
• Weekly reporting from ERP and Global Finance management platform

Qualifications

• Graduate or Part Qualified CIMA Accountant - study support provided.
• Proficient in the use of Microsoft Office package especially Excel
• Excellent communication and organizational skills.
• Proactive and \'can do\' approach to work.
• Team player who embraces change and possesses a continuous improvement mind-set.
• Ability to work autonomously in the company.
• Capable of managing multiple tasks and progressing priorities

Benefits

• Salary sacrifice-led pension plan that matches employee contributions up to 7%
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Salary sacrifice Electric Vehicle car scheme
• Free life assurance cover at the value of four times basic annual salary
• Holiday purchase scheme which enables employees to purchase an additional week\'s worth of annual leave each year
• Comprehensive well-being programme that supports employees with their physical, mental and financial health, as well as their cultural/environmental well-being
• Competitive employee discounts platform that provides employees with discounts with leading brands/retailers
• Internal reward and recognition scheme linked to internal benefits platform
• Cycle to Work scheme
• Enhanced family-friendly benefits
• Company sick pay
• Equality, Diversity & Inclusion Committee that supports and champions employee diversity
• Local discounts and offers (e.g. gym)

At Teledyne, we believe that Equality, Diversity and Inclusion mean Opportunity - the opportunity to cherish and celebrate the value of diversity, to bring our full and authentic selves to work and to feel fully involved and respected - and we are committed to this journey. Occupational health and safety and environmental sustainability are also an integral part of our business strategy, and we believe in implementing environmental, health and safety improvements to continually enhance the working environment for staff, visitors and contractors.

Teledyne and all of our employees are committed to conducting business with the highest ethical standards. We require all employees to comply with all applicable laws, regulations, rules and regulatory orders. Our reputation for honesty, integrity and high ethics is as important to us as our reputation for making innovative sensing solutions.