Assistant Accountant

Headstar; Farsley; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 39,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Life assurance

Employee recognition awards

Potential study support

25 days' holiday + bank holidays

Job summary

Headstar is seeking an aspiring finance professional to join a tightly alignedAccounts team where every member is involved in the bigger picture.

You’ll report to the Financial Controller and take on month-end reconciliations, manage accruals, prepayments and intercompany balances, and support group reporting. You’ll also analyze expenditure, help improve processes and provide cover across purchase and sales ledgers as the business grows.

Qualifications

• Genuine grounding in accounting and understanding of month-end processes.
• Experience working in a finance or accounts team.
• Proficient in Excel and quick to learn new systems.
• Willingness to get involved in different areas of finance.
• Ability to work independently with initiative.
• Collaborative attitude and flexibility to help colleagues.
• Experience in high-volume transactional environment is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Prepare month-end balance sheet reconciliations.
• Manage accruals, prepayments and intercompany balances.
• Support monthly management accounts and group reporting.
• Analyse departmental expenditure and update KPIs.
• Assist with compliance and sustainability reporting.
• Help improve financial processes, documentation and internal controls.
• Provide occasional cover across purchase and sales ledger.
• Get involved in ad hoc projects as the business grows.

Skills

Accounting basics

Month-end processes

Independent working

Collaborative attitude

Adaptability

Financial analysis

Attention to detail

Education

Experience in finance/accounts team

Tools

Excel

Job description

There's a difference between working in a finance team and actually being part of one. In some businesses, you're responsible for your little corner of the accounts department. You do your bit, someone else does theirs, and you occasionally exchange pleasantries near the kettle.

This isn't one of those businesses.

There are four people in the finance team. Which means everyone knows what's going on, everyone helps each other out, and there's nowhere to hide if you're the sort of person who thinks purchase ledger is beneath them.

But it also means you'll learn a lot.

The job:

You’ll report directly to the Financial Controller, with responsibilities including:

• Preparing month-end balance sheet reconciliations.
• Managing accruals, prepayments and intercompany balances.
• Supporting monthly management accounts and group reporting.
• Analysing departmental expenditure and updating KPIs.
• Assisting with compliance and sustainability reporting.
• Helping improve financial processes, documentation and internal controls.
• Providing occasional cover across purchase and sales ledger.
• Getting involved in ad hoc projects as the business grows.

Who would suit it?

Someone who's already got some experience in accounts and is starting to feel like they've outgrown the job they're doing.

Ideally, you'll have:

• A good grounding in accounting and an understanding of month-end processes.
• Experience working in a finance or accounts team.
• Confidence using Excel and the ability to learn new systems.
• A willingness to get involved in different areas of finance.
• Enough initiative to work independently without needing constant direction.
• A collaborative attitude and the flexibility to help colleagues when needed.
• Experience in a high-volume transactional environment would be useful, but it's not essential.

What's on offer?

• An annual salary of up to £35k (depending on experience).
• 25 days' holiday plus bank holidays.
• Life assurance.
• Employee recognition awards.
• Potential study support.