Assistant Accountant

Marks Sattin; Gloucester; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

Marks Sattin is hiring an Assistant Accountant in Tewkesbury with 1 day of work-from-home. The role comprises a broad range of responsibilities across payroll and financial accounting, with study support offered to develop your career in a dynamic manufacturing environment.

Approximately half of the role involves payroll; the rest covers reconciliations, analysis, reporting and month-end tasks. AAT qualification or ACCA/CIMA study is preferred, with strong Excel and detail-oriented work ethic

Qualifications

• AAT qualification or working towards ACCA/CIMA.
• Strong Excel and data handling skills.
• Excellent communication, organized and proactive.

Responsibilities

• Ownership and completion of weekly and monthly payrolls.
• Payroll-related queries handling and ensuring payroll accuracy and compliance.
• Completion of general ledger journals.
• Production of monthly headcount and people-related reporting.
• Recharging costs within the Group.
• Perform balance sheet reconciliations and investigate variances.
• Assist with quarterly VAT returns preparation and submission.
• Analyze expenditure for Corporation Tax reporting.
• Support monthly reporting processes and submission of results to Group.
• Assist with annual stocktakes and audits.

Skills

Payroll

Reconciliations

Analysis

Reporting

Month-end

VAT

Corporation Tax

Stocktakes

Audits

Education

AAT qualification

ACCA/CIMA studies

Tools

Excel

Job description

Assistant Accountant

Tewkesbury with 1 day WFH

£30,000 - £35,000

This role offers a broad range of responsibilities across payroll and financial accounting, providing an excellent opportunity for someone looking to develop their career within a dynamic manufacturing environment. There are opportunities for development as evidenced by the Finance Manager who began with the business in this position and, to that end, study support is on offer.

Approximately half the role has a payroll element so applicants will need to be interested in that side of Finance. The other half requires some experience of reconciliations, analysis, reporting and month-end so we are looking for candidates who can demonstrate more than just transactional finance experience.

About the Role:

• Ownership and completion of weekly and monthly payrolls
• Processing payroll-related queries and ensuring payroll accuracy and compliance
• Completion of associated general ledger journals
• Production of monthly headcount and people-related reporting
• Recharging of costs within the Group
• Performing balance sheet reconciliations and investigating variances
• Assisting with the preparation and submission of quarterly VAT returns
• Analysing expenditure for Corporation Tax reporting requirements
• Supporting the monthly reporting process and submission of results to Group
• Supporting annual stocktakes
• Assisting with internal and external audits

About You:

The ideal candidate will have experience in a similar role and ideally be AAT qualified and/or actively studying towards ACCA or CIMA. You will also have a good working knowledge of Microsoft Excel, have excellent communication skills, be efficient, proactive, self-motivated and highly organised with good attention to detail.

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