Assistant Accountant

Trial Balance; Penryn; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading manufacturing business in Penryn is looking for a full-time Assistant Accountant to join their friendly team. You will assist in month-end tasks, VAT reporting, and statutory reports while demonstrating strong Excel and accounting skills. The client offers a competitive salary and benefits, including study support and healthcare.

Benefits

Study support for active studiers

Healthcare

Generous holiday entitlement

Qualifications

• AAT qualified or equivalent experience.
• Knowledge of Excel including pivot tables and VLookups.
• Experience in financial and management accounting principles.

Responsibilities

• Assist with month-end duties including sales reports and VAT.
• Prepare year-end statutory reports and monthly management accounts.
• Maintain ledgers and assist with payroll.

Skills

Excel

Financial Accounting

Management Accounting

Collaboration

Sage

Education

AAT Qualification

Job description

What’s on your wish list for your accountancy career? If a varied and challenging role with a great company working for a very supportive Manager hits the mark, this could be just the role for you…

Trial Balance has been assigned exclusively by a repeat client, a very successful manufacturing business based in Penryn, to source a high calibre Assistant Accountant to join their friendly accounting team. The role is full time onsite, however 4 days per week would be considered for suitable candidates.

Your duties in this broad ranging position will include assisting with month end duties to include sales reports, European VAT and Intrastat reporting and group reconciliations; management reporting, assisting with the preparation of year end statutory reports, monthly management accounts, ledger maintenance and payroll.

This role would suit an AAT qualified applicant or a candidate with a similar level of workplace gained experience. You should be able to demonstrate a decent working knowledge of Excel, to include pivot tables, VLookups and complex formulas. Additionally the successful candidate will need a broad skillset in financial and management accounting principles, along with a collaborative working style and strong IT skills, ideally to include Sage.

In exchange our client offers a competitive salary along with excellent benefits to include study support for active studiers, healthcare and a generous holiday entitlement.

Don’t miss out on this exciting opportunity to join a firm on the up. Please contact Steve Roach for more information or apply quoting job reference SR10002.