Assistant Accountant

Equifind; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading FinTech firm based on Cannon Street is seeking an Assistant Accountant to join their team. The role includes managing accounts payable, month-end accounting, and processing payroll, ideal for candidates pursuing ACA, ACCA, or CIMA qualifications. Offering a competitive salary with full study support, this position encourages a work-life balance with a hybrid working pattern.

Benefits

Employer pension contribution

25-days annual leave

Annual competitive bonus

Qualifications

• Ideally part-qualified accountant (ACA/CIMA/ACCA) or at least taken some exams post exemptions.
• Ability to work under pressure in a fast-growing environment.
• Confident in dealing with a wide range of stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Manage accounts payable invoices and payments.
• Processing corporate employee’s expenses through ‘Pleo’.
• Month-end accounting including posting month-end journals.

Skills

Attention to detail

Strong communication skills

Intermediate Excel skills

Education

Part-qualified accountant (ACA/CIMA/ACCA)

Tools

Pleo

Job description

Equifind are representing a Cannon Street based, UK leading FinTech firm who are looking to hire an Assistant Accountant.

Long term they see this as the ideal training ground for someone with 1-2 years’ experience, who would like to continue studying towards their ACA/ACCA/CIMA exams; and ultimately become a qualified accountant for the business.

The company are in to work life balance, employee well-being and giving people broad experience in a structured way.

The Role

The key responsibilities for this permanent Assistant Accountant role for a Cannon Street based, UK leading FinTech firm will be:

• Manage accounts payable invoices and payments.
• Processing corporate employee’s expenses through ‘Pleo’ (an expense management system).
• Monitoring the group cash position.
• Bank reconciliations.
• Month-end accounting, including updating quarter-end working papers.
• Posting month-end journals (fixed assets, depreciation, prepayments, accruals).
• VAT returns.
• Recharges.
• Processing monthly payroll.
• Monitoring and reconciliation of the intercompany balances.
• Assisting with audit process for year-end.
• Ad-hoc projects.

Application Criteria

To be considered for the role of permanent Assistant Accountant role with a Cannon Street based, UK leading Private Equity firm, candidates should ideally be:

• Ideally part-qualified accountant (ACA/CIMA/ACCA) or at least taken some exams post exemptions
• Have an ambition or real desire to pursue the CIMA, ACA or ACCA qualification
• Ability to work under pressure in a fast-growing environmentConfident in dealing with a wide range of stakeholders
• Attention to detail is essential
• Strong communication skills
• Ideally intermediate Excel skills (Pivot Tables, V-Look Up, SumIf)
• Willing to be part of a team and engage with others

Compensation

The permanent Assistant Accountant role with a Cannon Street based, UK leading FinTech firm will be paid a competitive market based salary with full study support (CIMA, ACCA, ACA).

• Hybrid working pattern. 3-days per week in the office. 2-days WFH, remotely
• Employer pension contribution.
• 25-days annual leave.
• Other benefits.
• Annual competitive bonus.