Assistant Accountant

Sheridan Maine - Accountancy & Finance Recruitment; Dorchester; Hybrid; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A recruitment firm is seeking an Assistant Accountant to join a friendly finance team in Dorchester. This role involves supporting financial analysis, budgeting, and reporting tasks. Candidates should ideally be studying towards AAT, CIMA, ACCA, or ACA and possess strong analytical and Excel skills. A competitive salary and flexible hybrid working arrangements are offered.

Benefits

Flexible hybrid working arrangements

Competitive salary

Great benefits package

Supportive team for career development

Qualifications

• Strong analytical skills to interpret data and spot trends.
• Highly organized and detail-focused.
• Confident Excel user with a good grasp of financial systems.

Responsibilities

• Support financial analysis and data processing for monthly reporting.
• Assist in forecasting, budgeting, and variance analysis.
• Prepare reports to provide visibility on revenue and margins.
• Raise sales invoices and support payment collection.
• Reconcile costs and maintain accurate financial records.

Skills

Analytical skills

Organizational skills

Excel proficiency

Problem-solving mindset

Education

Studying towards AAT/CIMA/ACCA/ACA

Job description

Sheridan Maine is partnering with an innovative, growing business to recruit an Assistant Accountant to join their friendly and collaborative finance team. This is a fantastic opportunity to build on your accounting experience, broaden your skills, and work alongside a highly talented and supportive team.

What you’ll be doing as an Assistant Accountant:

• Supporting financial analysis and data processing as part of the month-end and reporting cycles.
• Assisting with forecasting, budgeting, and variance analysis.
• Preparing clear reports to provide visibility on revenue, orders, and margins.
• Raising sales invoices and supporting timely payment collection.
• Reconciling costs and ensuring accurate financial records.
• Helping with ad hoc projects and wider finance tasks as needed.

What we’re looking for from the successful Assistant Accountant:

• Ideally studying towards AAT/CIMA/ACCA/ACA (or qualified by experience).
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret data and spot trends.
• Highly organised, detail-focused, and able to meet deadlines.
• Confident Excel user with a good grasp of financial systems.
• A proactive team player with a problem-solving mindset and a willingness to learn.

What’s in it for you?

• A supportive team who’ll help you develop and grow your career.
• Flexible hybrid working arrangements.
• Competitive salary and a great benefits package.
• Exposure to an exciting and fast-moving business environment.

If you’re looking for the next step in your finance career and want to be part of a forward-thinking business, we’d love to hear from you!

You are required to be eligible to work in the UK full time without restriction.

Due to the high volume of applications we receive it is not always possible to respond to unsuccessful applicants. Therefore, if we have not responded to your application within five days, please assume that on this occasion your application has not been successful.