Assistant Accountant

IDA Recruitment Ltd; City Of London; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 45,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days holiday pro rata

Annual discretionary bonus

5% employer pension contribution

Private medical insurance

Weekly French lessons

Annual profit share scheme

Sports & Social Club

Job summary

IDA Recruitment Ltd seeks an Assistant Accountant for an International Consultancy near London Bridge. The role is full-time with 40 hours per week, starting December 2026. Office-based with one remote day.

Benefits include holiday, discretionary bonus, pension, private medical insurance, language lessons, profit share and social club. Ideal candidate has 4+ years in accounting/finance, project-based experience, and is studying toward AAT Level 4.

Qualifications

• 4+ years experience in accounting or finance
• Experience in project-based consultancy or engineering environment
• Studying towards AAT Level 4
• Proficient in Excel with lookups and pivot tables

Responsibilities

• Post cash book entries daily
• Prepare payment runs for the Financial Accountant
• Manage the accounts inbox and route emails
• Analyse outstanding debtors and aged receivables and liaise with debtors
• Set up new suppliers in the finance system and Kyriba
• Prepare month-end schedules and process journals including payroll
• Maintain the fixed asset register
• Ensure invoices are approved in workflow and meet month-end deadlines
• Ensure timesheets complete and investigate gaps
• Maintain and update project information and live project list
• Update exchange rates and record in expense system
• Maintain Kyriba data for staff and suppliers and reconcile balances
• Provide cover for AP/AR during absences and handling intercompany invoicing
• Assist with budget prep, forecasting and annual audit including carbon audit
• Ensure compliance with internal controls and regulations

Skills

Excel

Attention to detail

Education

AAT Level 4 (studying)

Job description

Assistant Accountant £40,000 - £45,000

A wonderful opportunity to join an International Consultancy, in a newly created full time permanent position, as their Assistant Accountant. This is an office-based position near London Bridge, to start in December 2026. Monday to Friday, 40 hours per week, one day can be remote working

Benefits include: 25 days holiday annual entitlement (pro rata), annual discretionary bonus, 5% employer pension contribution, private medical insurance, weekly French lessons, annual profit share scheme, Sports & Social Club

The successful candidate will need to be able to demonstrate at least 4 years experience within an accounting or finance role. Ideally with experience working within a project-based, consultancy or engineering environment working with multiple legal entities and international operations. You will be studying, towards AAT Level 4 (or similar) Intermediate to advanced Excel including lookups and pivot tables is required. An excellent communicator, who is curious and uses their initiative. A wonderful opportunity for an experienced assistant accountant to join a growing, long-established, forward-thinking business where your contribution will be valued.

The Assistant Accountant reports into the Financial Accountant, your responsibilities are varied and include:

Post cash book entries daily

Prepare payment runs for the Financial Accountant

Manage the accounts inbox, actioning emails or assigning them to the relevant team member

Analyse outstanding debtor and aged receivable balances, communicate them to Assignment Managers and liaise directly with debtors where required

Set up new suppliers in the finance system, including verifying details and preparing documentation for Kyriba (payment platform) supplier set-up

Prepare month-end schedules for review, including accruals, prepayments and depreciation, and process journals (including payroll) following approval

Maintain the fixed asset register

Ensure all purchase invoices are approved in the workflow in line with payment runs and month-end deadlines

Ensure the completeness of timesheets by the month-end deadline, investigating gaps and unusual bookings and processing corrections

Maintain and update project information in the accounting and expense systems, including activity codes

Maintain and update the live project list monthly

Update and circulate monthly exchange rates, and record them in the expense system

Maintain Kyriba data for staff and suppliers, reconciling balances weekly

Provide cover for transactional AP and AR processing during absences, including expenses, virtual cards, intercompany invoicing and remittances

Assist with budget preparation, financial forecasting and the annual audit, including the carbon audit

Ensure compliance with internal controls, policies and relevant regulations