Assistant Accountant

Taylor Woodrow; Bristol; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company is seeking an Assistant Accountant to join their finance team in Bristol. This role involves preparing month-end closes, producing financial reports, and reconciling accounts. The ideal candidate will have experience in finance, strong analytical skills, and familiarity with SAP. This is a permanent full-time position in a collaborative environment that values diversity and inclusion.

Qualifications

• Experience in a finance role with a strong grasp of accounting processes.
• Familiarity with SAP or similar financial systems.

Responsibilities

• Prepare and support month-end close, forecasts, and budgets.
• Produce regular and ad hoc financial reports.
• Reconcile balance sheet accounts and ensure accurate ledger maintenance.

Skills

Analytical

Problem Solving

Organizational

Education

Part-qualified in AAT/CIMA

Tools

SAP

Job description

Taylor Woodrow is seeking an Assistant Accountant to join our finance team working on the CP7 contract in Bristol. This is a fantastic opportunity to be part of a supportive and collaborative environment where financial insight drives performance across key projects. You'll report to the Business Unit Financial Controller and work alongside Commercial and Project teams to ensure accurate financial reporting and support across the business.

Duties

• Prepare and support month-end close, forecasts, and budgets.
• Produce regular and ad hoc financial reports, adding commentary and insight into variances.
• Reconcile balance sheet accounts and ensure accurate ledger maintenance.
• Process supplier and customer invoices, certified applications, and retention payments.
• Support with subcontractor payments using SAP and Webcontractor.
• Answer queries and resolve discrepancies, including misallocated costs.
• Monitor job costings and compare actuals against budgeted spend.
• Ensure project teams complete financial tasks on time.
• Input data into finance systems, including timesheets and delivery costings
• Provide holiday cover for the Financial Controller as required.
• Help continuously improve finance processes and reporting systems.

Person Specification

• Experience in a finance role with a strong grasp of accounting processes (advantageous.)
• Familiarity with SAP or similar financial systems (advantageous.)
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities
• Comfortable working autonomously and managing deadlines.
• Part-qualified in AAT/CIMA (or similar) is desirable
• Highly organised with attention to detail.
• Professional, collaborative, and eager to contribute to team success.

Contract Type: Permanent

Hours: Full Time - 40 hours - Monday to Friday

Fairness Inclusion & Respect

Fairness, Inclusion and Respect (FIR) at Taylor Woodrow is about recognising and celebrating each other’s differences and what they bring to the team.

Harnessing this diversity and applying the experiences, abilities and unique qualities of individuals will enhance our business; therefore, we commit to equity of opportunity and fair treatment of all current and potential employees and encourage job applications from all.

Should you require any reasonable adjustments to be made as part of the application process please contact us directly.

Taylor Woodrow recognises the importance of helping our employees balance their work and home life by offering flexible working arrangements across many of our roles which include working from home to enable employees to balance their working life with other priorities.