Assistant Accountant

SThree plc; Glasgow; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading STEM consultancy in Glasgow seeks an Assistant Accountant to deliver high-quality financial information for the Management Accounting team. You will prepare monthly journals, produce reconciliations, and work closely with stakeholders. Candidates should be part-qualified CIMA/ACCA/ACA or equivalent with strong financial reporting skills. This role offers hybrid work flexibility, competitive benefits, and a supportive environment.

Benefits

Flexible working from home and office

Bonus linked to performance

28 days holiday allowance

Health care options

Access to retail discounts

Qualifications

• Good knowledge of financial and management reporting preferred.
• Intermediate command over MS Excel; advanced level desirable.
• Experience in creating and writing commentary for management.

Responsibilities

• Prepare and post monthly journals including payroll postings.
• Produce payroll reconciliations.
• Assist in the monthly variance analysis and commentary production.

Skills

Financial reporting

Communication skills

Analytical skills

MS Excel

SAP ERP/Dynamics 365

Education

CIMA/ACCA/ACA part qualified Accountant or equivalent

Job description

An exciting opportunity has come up at SThree for a talented Assistant Accountant here at SThree. Reporting to the Financial Controller, the Assistant Accountant role is based in our Glasgow office at Cadworks, on a fixed term contract (12 months), hybrid working basis .

The Assistant Accountant is responsible for the delivery of high quality financial and management information for the Management Accounting team. The successful candidate will have the ability to handle large amounts of data, and work with stakeholders at all levels.

Who will you be working for?

SThree is the global STEM-workforce consultancy. We connect sought-after specialists with dynamic organisations around the world. We advise businesses, build expert teams, and deliver project solutions to drive innovation across STEM sectors, helping them to Outpace tomorrow, together.

What are the key expectations of this role?

• Prepare and post monthly journals including payroll postings, accruals and prepayments and specific cost adjustments.
• Produce payroll reconciliations
• Support AP Non-Trade with invoice coding and posting review.
• Trend analysis and comparison against plan & prior year before month end close.
• Understand business impact of own processes to maintain accurate accounting.
• Support specific group related accounting matters where applicable.
• Assist in the monthly variance analysis and commentary production providing insightful analysis in a clear and concise manner.
• Develop good understanding of the business revenue streams for Perm, Contract (including Employed Contractor) and all other income.
• Monthly reconciliation of balance sheet accounts with a focus on agreed key accounts.
• Proactively work with relevant stakeholders to ensure all outstanding balances are followed up with clear notes, timelines, and actions for resolution.
• Awareness of and adherence to relevant controls for own processes
• Support with larger deliverables or take lead on simpler group and local audit deliverables.

Skills, Knowledge & Experience…

• Good knowledge of financial and management reporting preferred.
• Good written and oral communication skills, able to communicate financial matters to non-technical experts.
• Analytical skills with previous experience in creating and writing commentary for management desirable.
• Intermediate command over MS Excel - Advanced level is desirable.
• Experience of SAP ERP/Dynamics 365 (desirable but not essential)

Qualifications

• CIMA/ACCA/ACA part qualified Accountant or equivalent, or qualified by experience

Benefits for our U.K. teams include:

• The choice to work flexibly from home and the office, in line with our hybrid working principles
• Bonus linked to company and personal performance
• Generous 28 days holiday allowance, plus public holidays
• Annual leave purchase scheme
• Five days paid Caregiver/Dependent leave per annum
• Five paid days off per year for volunteering
• Private health care, discounted dental insurance and health care cash back scheme
• Opportunity to participate in the company share scheme
• Access to a range of retail discounts and saving

What we stand for...

We're committed to ensuring that all processes are equitable, and everyone is treated with fairness and dignity where everyone belongs, is valued and connected. If you need any assistance or reasonable adjustments in submitting your application please let us know, and we'll be happy to help.

What we stand for..

We create community and deliver change that transforms the future for everyone. With this in mind, we're committed to ensuring for our colleagues, candidates and communities, that all processes are equitable and everyone is treated with fairness and dignity where everyone belongs, is valued and is connected.

If you need any assistance or reasonable adjustments in submitting your application, please let us know, and we'll be happy to help.