Assistant Accountant - Multi-Currency & Group Reporting

Brellis Recruitment Ltd; Harwell; On-site; GBP 33,000 - 38,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discretionary bonus up to 5%

Early finish Friday 12:45

25 days holiday + bank holidays

Varied all-round role

Supportive team

Job summary

Banbury-based global engineering manufacturer is hiring an Assistant Accountant to join the finance team. This is a newly created role to support the Finance Manager as the business grows, with an office-based setup.

The role offers £33,000 to £38,000 plus up to 5% discretionary bonus, early finish on Fridays, and 25 days holiday. The candidate will handle month-end tasks, multi-currency transactions, intercompany reconciliations, VAT returns, forecasting and audits.

Qualifications

• Around 5 years' experience in an accounting or finance role.
• Strong understanding of double-entry bookkeeping.
• Experience with multi-currency transactions and intercompany reconciliations.
• Confident Excel skills, including VLOOKUPs and pivot tables.
• AAT Level 3 or 4, or qualified by experience.

Responsibilities

• Support month end close to tight group reporting deadlines.
• Process multi-currency transactions, journals and revaluations.
• Manage intercompany transactions and reconciliations.
• Prepare the monthly VAT return.
• Support forecasting, budgeting and performance reporting.
• Assist with internal and external audits.
• Review employee expenses against policy.
• Provide cover for purchase and sales ledger when needed.

Skills

Double-entry bookkeeping

Multi-currency transactions

Intercompany reconciliations

Excel

VLOOKUP

Pivot tables

VAT returns

AAT Level 3/4

Education

AAT Level 3/4

Job description

Banbury-based global engineering manufacturer is hiring an Assistant Accountant to join the finance team. This is a newly created role to support the Finance Manager as the business grows, with an office-based setup.

The role offers £33,000 to £38,000 plus up to 5% discretionary bonus, early finish on Fridays, and 25 days holiday. The candidate will handle month-end tasks, multi-currency transactions, intercompany reconciliations, VAT returns, forecasting and audits.