Assistant Accountant

CMA Recruitment Group; Basingstoke; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

CMA Recruitment Group is seeking an Assistant Accountant with a Treasury bias to join a healthcare business in central Basingstoke, Hampshire. You will oversee daily cash, support short-term cashflow forecasting and coordinate treasury activities across multiple entities.

Reporting to the Group Financial Controller, you will manage banking administration, ensure control compliance and assist with reconciliations and exception handling. This newly created role offers broad treasury exposure.

Qualifications

• AAT-qualified with progress toward treasury/finance qualification such as ACT or equivalent.
• Experience in cash positioning, forecasting, bank reconciliations and cross-entity cash transfers.
• Strong understanding of banking controls, dual authorisation and fraud risk.
• Detail-focused with ability to challenge unusual transactions and incomplete approvals.
• Intermediate Excel skills and experience with online banking/finance systems.

Responsibilities

• Provide clear daily oversight of group cash, including restricted funds and significant movements.
• Maintain short-term cash-flow forecasts, review variances and highlight issues.
• Coordinate authorised treasury transactions, intercompany funding and payment activity.
• Manage banking administration, access rights, mandates, approval limits and audit records.
• Complete reconciliations and monitor payment activity, escalate exceptions promptly.

Skills

Cash forecasting

Bank reconciliations

Intercompany funding

Excel

Banking controls

Dual authorisation

Segregation of duties

Fraud risk

Attention to detail

Critical thinking

Education

AAT qualification

ACT or equivalent treasury qualification

Tools

Online banking platforms

Job description

Our client is a healthcare business seeking an Assistant Accountant with a Treasury bias to join its finance function in central Basingstoke, Hampshire. Reporting to the Group Financial Controller, this role will support accurate cash and banking oversight across multiple entities and accounts. The position is new ly created due to growth and offers broad exposure to group treasury operations and banking controls.

What will the Assistant Accountant role involve?

• Provide clear daily oversight of group cash, including restricted funds and significant movements
• Maintain short-term cash-flow forecasts, reviewing variances and highlighting key issues
• Coordinate authorised treasury transactions, intercompany funding and payment activity
• Manage banking administration, access rights, mandates, approval limits and audit records
• Complete reconciliations and monitor payment activity, escalating exceptions or potential control concerns promptly

Suitable Candidate for the Assistant Accountant vacancy:

• AAT qualified, with progress towards a treasury or finance qualification such as ACT, or equivalent relevant experience
• Practical experience in cash positioning, forecasting, bank reconciliations and cash transfers across multiple entities
• Sound understanding of banking controls, dual authorisation, segregation of duties and fraud risk
• Detail-focused and confident challenging unusual transactions, incomplete approvals or inappropriate access
• Intermediate Excel skills, with experience using online banking and finance systems

Additional benefits and information for the role of Assistant Accountant:

• Salary will be dependent on experience
• The role provides group-wide exposure to treasury and banking administration
• Benefits, working style and employment preference have not been specified