Assistant Accountant

Morson Edge; Scotland; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A financial services provider is looking for an Assistant Financial Accountant for a site-based role in Scotland. The candidate will work within a small team, preparing financial reports and supporting project accounting. Essential skills include finance experience, knowledge of SAP and strong proficiency in Microsoft applications. This opportunity offers the flexibility to work from home on Fridays, making it an appealing role for those looking to grow in the accounting field.

Qualifications

• Previous finance experience is required.
• Knowledge of SAP is essential.
• Experience in financial accounting or management accounting is beneficial.

Responsibilities

• Prepare contract status reports for all contracts.
• Chair review of these reports with Project management.
• Raise invoice requests.
• Perform reconciliations of projects and project closure.
• Ensure integrity of the data contained within projects.
• Initiate improvements to reporting mechanisms.

Skills

Business Systems experience (SAP/BPC)

Commercial awareness

Identifying risks and opportunities

Education

Part qualified accountant or qualified by experience

Tools

Microsoft suite

SAP

Job description

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Assistant Financial Accountant to work in a small team of 6 within manufacturing and small boats for BAE Systems at their Hillend site in Dunfermline. This is a site-based role with the opportunity to work from home on Fridays.

The role will involve:

• Prepare contract status reports (CSRs) for all contracts
• Chair review of these reports with Project management function
• Raise invoice requests
• Reconciliations of projects and project closure
• Update all deliverable data
• Run, update and copy over macros
• Support Project Accounting Manager

Typical duties are:

• Ensure integrity of the data contained within the projects
• Maintain and update all trading on the Manufacturing suite of projects
• Project portfolio reviews
• Monthly journal vouchers
• Reconcile data through thorough understanding of interfaces to and from financial systems
• Initiate improvements to reporting mechanisms to extract maximum benefit from the reporting applications
• Analysis of the SSR within BPC, keep budgets and comments up to date
• Ad hoc reports analysis as required

The successful candidate will have previous finance experience along with an awareness of SAP. Excellent knowledge of Microsoft suite is required along with continuous improvement drive

Skills

• Business Systems experience (SAP/BPC)
• Commercial awareness beneficial e.g. to support bid process
• Identifying risks and opportunities on the project

Qualifications

• Part qualified accountant who is currently studying for professional exams or qualified by experience within a project environment would be an advantage
• Previous experience may have been as an Accounting Assistant in the Project Job Family or may have experience in financial accounting, financial reporting or management accounting either at the Assistant Accountant level or at Accountant Assistant level

Morson is acting as an employment business in relation to this vacancy.

CIMA; ACCA; FCCA; ACMA; GCMA; ACA; AAT; project accountant; management accountant; reporting accountant; finance manager; finance controller; FPA; forecasting; audits; SAP; financial accountant; assistant accountant; accountant assistant