Assistant Accountant

Anderson Knight; Glasgow; Hybrid; GBP 30,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company is seeking an experienced Assistant Accountant to support the Finance Manager. This hybrid role involves managing transactional processes and financial reporting across multiple businesses, ideal for someone looking to grow in a dynamic finance team.

Qualifications

• Prior experience of purchase and sales ledger essential.
• Experience of a high-volume environment desirable.

Responsibilities

• Allocation of bank receipts & payments.
• Reconciliation of supplier statements.
• Production of monthly accounts pack for group laboratories.

Skills

Attention to detail

Initiative

Enthusiasm

Flexibility

Tools

Sage 50

Xero

Excel

Job description

Anderson Knight are currently recruiting for an experienced Assistant Accountant for our client in Hillington. The role offers hybrid working of two days per week in the office and a salary of £30,000 per annum.

The primary responsibility of this role is to closely support the Finance Manager in providing robust transactional management and group financial reporting on a daily basis. This will likely span purchase ledger, sales ledger and banking across a portfolio of 4 or 5 businesses across the group as well as taking each company to trial balance and producing a reconciled monthly accounting pack for each.

The role would suit someone who is looking for a varied and expanding role as part of a growing finance team.

Responsibilities:

• Allocation of bank receipts & payments.
• Reconciliation of supplier statements.
• Aged debt monitoring.
• Processing of monthly payment runs.
• Reconciliation of control accounts.
• Production of monthly accounts pack for group laboratories
• Production of ad-hoc reports for management.
• Provide support to the Finance Manager and Financial Controller where required.

Skills:

• Prior experience of purchase and sales ledger essential
• Experience of a high-volume environment desirable
• Sage 50 & Xero experience highly advantageous
• Strong Excel skills beneficial

Desirable behavioural attributes

• Attention to detail.
• Initiative and enthusiasm.
• A desire to challenge and improve processes.
• Flexibility to plan and prioritise a diverse workload.

If this is something you would be interested in hearing more about, please contact Richard Brown at Anderson Knight for a confidential chat.