Assistant Accountant

Brightwork Limited; Bonnybridge; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

An exciting opportunity awaits you at a forward-thinking company that has experienced consistent growth over the years. As an Assistant Accountant, you will play a crucial role in supporting the Management Accountant and ensuring the accuracy of financial records. This role involves a variety of accounting tasks, including daily banking transactions, reconciliations, and assisting with month-end closing. If you are an experienced Senior Accounts Assistant with a solid understanding of finance functions and VAT reporting, this position could be the perfect fit for you. Join a dynamic team and contribute to the continued success of the organization.

Qualifications

• Experience as a Senior Accounts Assistant with broad finance function knowledge.
• Awareness of VAT reporting and management accounts preparation.

Responsibilities

• Support the Management Accountant in preparing monthly accounts.
• Perform daily banking transactions and reconciliation tasks.
• Cover accounts payable and receivable during busy periods.

Skills

Accounting

Bank Reconciliation

VAT Reporting

Management Accounts

Accounts Payable

Accounts Receivable

Education

Relevant Accounting Qualification

Job description

Brightwork are delighted to exclusively partner with their client, who are looking for an Assistant Accountant due to expansion and restructuring. This is an exciting opportunity to join a forward thinking business who have experienced year on year growth since being established over a decade ago. You will be specifically supporting the Management Accountant preparing monthly accounts for all companies within the group, undertaking work across all areas of the Finance Department.

Key Responsibilities:

1. Responsible for providing support to the Management Accountant and the Finance Department ensuring financial records are accurate and up to date. The role involves a range of accounting tasks but primarily daily banking transactions and reconciliation and assisting with month end closing, maintaining and reconciling associated schedules and the preparation of management accounts.
2. You will be responsible for the daily bank account reconciliations, along with maintaining the rental reconciliation cycle.
3. The role would require you to cover transactional finance tasks too, having an overview of accounts payable and accounts receivable during busy periods and holiday cover.

The Person:

This role would suit an experienced Senior Accounts Assistant who has broad experience in a finance function, along with a VAT reporting awareness and experience in collating and reporting on Management Accounts.