Assistant Accountant

Paul Mitchell Associates; East Midlands; On-site; GBP 27,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A private business based in Leicester is seeking an Assistant Accountant to support the Management Accountant. The role involves preparing financial reports, assisting with reconciliations, and ensuring compliance with company policies. Candidates should be AAT qualified with strong communication skills and ambition to grow. The salary is competitive, ranging from £27,000 to £35,000, with family-friendly hours.

Benefits

Family friendly hours

Qualifications

• Minimum AAT qualified; ACCA or CIMA part-qualified is desirable.
• Excellent communication and organisational skills are essential.
• Proactive with problem-solving abilities and calm under pressure.

Responsibilities

• Assist the Management Accountant with financial information preparation.
• Ensure timely and accurate production of management accounts.
• Reconcile nominal control accounts monthly for review.

Skills

Excellent communication skills

Strong organisational and efficiency skills

Good working knowledge of computer software packages

Ambitious and willing to progress

Team orientated

Professional and able to remain calm under pressure

Highly organised

Accurate and numerate

Proactive with problem-solving skills

Education

Minimum AAT qualified

ACCA or CIMA part-qualified (desirable)

Tools

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

Job description

Overview

Assistant Accountant

Reporting to: Management Accountant

Location: Leicester

Our client is a highly successful privately owned business, enjoying a period of sustained expansion is looking to recruit an Assistant Accountant.

Job Summary

To assist the Management Accountant to prepare financial information to allow the business to make well-informed decisions.

Key Responsibilities

• Working closely with the Management Accountant to ensure the timely and accurate production of the monthly / quarterly management accounts as well as assisting with Year End financial accounts
• Oversee the expenses and ensuring compliance to policy. Analysis of spend, and highlight any areas for improvement
• Credit card reconciliations
• Monitor key expenditure areas
• Reconcile nominal control accounts monthly, for the Management Accountant to review
• Assist with Year End reconciliations
• Produce P11D calculations and summaries
• Prepare quarterly VAT returns
• Provide Ad hoc cover for Payroll processes

Knowledge / Skills / Qualifications

• Excellent communication skills.
• Demonstrate strong organisational and efficiency skills
• Good working knowledge of computer software packages (e.g.Word, Excel)
• Ambitious, with aspirations to progress and develop skills to manage a team in the future
• Minimum AAT qualified, but ACCA or CIMA part-qualified is desirable
• Team orientated
• Professional and able to remain calm under pressure
• Highly organised
• Accurate and numerate
• Proactive, demonstrating initiative and problem-solving skills

Salary £27,000 to £35,000

Family friendly hours