Assistant Accountant

Pinewood Group; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 36,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Birthday leave

Pension scheme 5% employer contrib.

Private medical healthcare - Bupa

Life assurance 4x salary

Volunteer days

Job summary

Pinewood Group is seeking an Assistant Accountant to support the Senior Finance Manager and assist the Financial Accountant and Management Accountant. The role covers revenue and cost recognition at month end, and the preparation of monthly management accounts by cost centre to support business partnering.

You will maintain the balance sheet with reconciliations, contribute to CAPEX processes, and assist with regulatory returns.

Qualifications

• Degree level education or equivalent experience
• Experience of accounting within a high-volume workload Finance function
• Preparation of both the P&L and balance sheet for internal management reporting
• Balance sheet reconciliations and analysis
• Strong across MS Office applications, with at least intermediate Excel skills
• Exposure to MS Dynamics 365 is desirable

Responsibilities

• Account for revenue recognition and cost recognition at month end
• Prepare monthly balance sheet reconciliations with explanations
• Prepare monthly management accounts by cost centre and present to the business
• Support CAPEX processes including capitalisation and disposals
• Assist with regulatory returns (VAT, EC sales list, CIS) and HMRC submissions
• Allocate central costs between entities and cost centres
• Load budgets into D365 for consolidation and reporting
• Support external audit with information and explanations

Skills

MS Excel

Attention to detail

Analytical mindset

Deadline-driven

Problem-solving

Team collaboration

Education

Degree level education

Tools

MS Dynamics 365

Financial systems

Job description

The Assistant Accountant reports to the Senior Finance Manager, offering support to the Financial Accountant and the Management Accountant roles, in delivery of accurate and timely monthly accounts. The role delivers accounting for aspects of revenue, cost recognition and balance sheet accounting. The role also supports the financial control environment through the completion of accurate monthly balance sheet reconciliations and analysis.

• Accounting for aspects of revenue recognition (e.g. Media Hub, Recharges, Energy) and cost recognition, at each month end, ensuring the income statement and balance sheet are correctly reported
• Preparing monthly balance sheet reconciliations, ensuring that all accounts are reconciled, with the balances explained and supported by third party information and/or calculations. Clearing reconciling items within the same month end (for quarter ends) or by the next month end
• Preparation of monthly management accounts by cost centre. Presentation of the management accounts to the business and provision of partnering support as required
• Supporting the Accountant with the CAPEX process, including review of approvals, capitalisation, disposals and verification of fixed assets
• Preparing data required to support the Financial Accountant with the population of regulatory returns (e.g. ONS) and HMRC returns, including but not limited to VAT, EC sales list and CIS returns
• Supporting the quarterly / annual process to allocate central costs between legal entities and cost centres.
• Providing financial review of the annual budget and forecast information, to support cost/profit centre managers and the finance team. Load budgets into D365 for consolidation and reporting
• Supporting the wider finance department with D365 system updates including issuance of project & resource codes and testing during upgrades
• Delivering information, analysis and explanations to support the annual external audit process

Nature and scope

The role’s key responsibilities are to accurately account for aspects of revenue, cost and the balance sheet at each month end, maintaining the financial control environment through the preparation of cleared and supported reconciliations for the balance sheet.

The role is suitable for a current professional accounting student, who has some existing practical experience and has demonstrated the ability to pass exams. The candidate must have a good foundational understanding of accounting for the income statement and balance sheet, including non-trading aspects, and understand how the P&L and balance sheet work together.

The role will follow the Pinewood finance processes and accounting policies, adopting accepted accounting standards. The role must adhere to a tight reporting timetable, delivering accurate data alongside colleagues, for quarterly external reporting. Additional complexity in the role is from understanding data in other business systems and utilising this information to create accurate accounting.

Internal contacts will be within the finance team (AP/ AR /Billing / Group reporting/ Investor Relations) and across Pinewood at junior/ middle management level. The role will also interact with external audit team members.

Skills and experience

• Degree level education or equivalent experience
• Experience of accounting within a high-volume workload Finance function
• Preparation of both the P&L and balance sheet for internal management reporting
• Balance sheet reconciliations and analysis
• Strong across all MS Office applications, with at least intermediate Excel skills
• Exposure to Financial systems
• Problem-solver, and ability to deliver solutions
• Proven ability of working to tight deadlines
• Strong attention to detail and analytical mindset
• Proactive in developing accounting knowledge through studies
• Hardworking and reliable
• Current student (ACCA/ACA/CIMA)
• Preparation of non-complex management accounts
• Worked with MS Dynamics 365

Other information

• Role location: Pinewood Studios with the option to work circa 1 day a week from home
• Competitive starting salary and discretionary annual bonus of up to 10% of salary.
• 25 days’ holiday as standard with the option to buy 5 additional days, plus English public holidays.
• Birthday leave, which gives employees an extra day annual leave to be used in the month of their birthday
• Pension scheme 5% employer contribution and 3% minimum employee contribution.
• Comprehensive private medical healthcare from Bupa, including cover for pre-existing conditions, dental and optical cover.
• Income Protection for yourself, up to 75% of salary.
• Life assurance of 4 x annual salary.
• Two days per year volunteering allowance for our local communities.
• Invest@Work Saving Account with Fidelity.
• Various other staff perks including but not limited to, gym and retail discounts, free film screenings and staff events.

Our values

Teamwork

Respect

Integrity

Can-do

Closing date for applications is 20th October 2026

Pinewood Group is an equal opportunities employer. We are highly committed to building a diverse and inclusive culture for our people and actively welcome applications from people of all backgrounds.

As such we would invite you to please complete our Diversity Monitoring Survey. We collect this information for equality monitoring purposes, as permitted by law, but you do not have to complete this form. If you choose to provide this information, you will help us to develop our equal opportunities policies and to monitor each stage of recruitment. All the information you provide will be anonymous and is not considered with your application.

Please let us know if you require any reasonable adjustments to be made to any stage of the recruitment process in your cover letter.