Assistant Accountant

Resourcery Group Limited; Liverpool City Region; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 35,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working after probation

Company pension

Healthcare

Job summary

Resourcery Group Limited is hiring an Assistant Accountant in Liverpool. The role targets someone with grounding in transactional finance who will develop month-end and management accounting skills within a manufacturing environment.

You will support daily purchase and sales ledgers, assist with reconciliations, journals and accruals, and work with the Site Finance Manager to improve processes and controls. Hybrid working is available after probation.

Qualifications

• Grounding in transactional finance required.
• Develop month-end and management accounting experience.
• Proactive and willing to learn in a busy environment.

Responsibilities

• Support day-to-day purchase and sales ledger
• Process and reconcile cash and bank transactions
• Complete bank and balance sheet reconciliations
• Assist with supplier payments and invoice queries
• Support month-end activities and posting journals
• Assist accruals and prepayments
• Prepare monthly financial information
• Investigate discrepancies and maintain accuracy
• Collaborate with site colleagues on finance queries
• Help improve finance processes and controls

Skills

AAT qualification/early stages

Finance experience roles

Excel

Deadline-driven

ERP systems (SAP/Dynamics 365)

Month-end accounting

Transitional finance exposure

AP/AR/Bank reconciliations

Manufacturing experience (nice-to-have

Education

AAT qualification in progress

CIMA/ACCA early stage

Tools

SAP

Dynamics 365

Job description

• Assistant Accountant
• Learning and development opportunity
• £30-35k plus study support

Assistant Accountant £30,000-35,000 + study support Liverpool Permanent

Are you looking to take the next step in your finance career and gain broader accounting experience within a successful manufacturing environment?

We're recruiting an Assistant Accountant to join an established finance team, offering a great opportunity for someone with a grounding in transactional finance who now wants to develop their month-end and management accounting experience.

You will work closely with the Site Finance Manager, taking responsibility for day-to-day financial processing while gradually becoming more involved in month-end reporting and accounting activities. You will be:

• Supporting the day-to-day running of purchase ledger and sales ledger
• Processing and reconciling cash and bank transactions
• Completing bank and balance sheet reconciliations
• Assisting with supplier payments and resolving invoice queries
• Supporting the Site Finance Manager during month end
• Preparing and posting journals
• Assisting with accruals and prepayments
• Supporting the preparation of monthly financial information
• Investigating discrepancies and helping ensure financial information is accurate
• Working with colleagues across the site to resolve finance queries
• Supporting ongoing improvements to finance processes and controls

For this Assistant Accountant role, you will ideally be someone who already has some hands-on finance experience and is keen to broaden their skillset.

• AAT qualified or studying towards AAT, or in the early stages of CIMA/ACCA
• Experienced within an Accounts Assistant, Finance Assistant, Assistant Accountant or similar role
• Comfortable working across transactional finance, including AP, AR and bank reconciliations
• Keen to develop your knowledge of month-end accounting
• Confident using Excel and working with financial data
• Proactive, organised and willing to learn
• Comfortable working in a busy, deadline-driven environment
• Experience using a larger ERP system (SAP, Dynamics 365 etc) would be advantageous
• Manufacturing experience is useful but not essential

You'll get:

• £30,000 - £35,000 salary
• Full study support towards your professional qualification
• 25 days holiday
• Company pension
• Healthcare
• Hybrid working once probation has passed
• Excellent exposure to month-end and management accounting
• Opportunity to work closely with an experienced Finance Manager
• Experience within a fast-paced manufacturing environment
• Long-term opportunities to progress as your experience and qualification develop