Assistant Financial Accountant

The Aurora Group; United Kingdom; Hybrid; GBP 31,000 - 33,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading educational services provider is seeking an Assistant Financial Accountant to support financial operations in a remote setting with weekly office attendance. This role involves key financial tasks, including journal posting, reconciliations, and aiding in the preparation of statutory accounts. Ideal candidates will possess relevant qualifications and display strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

Benefits

Life assurance

Enhanced Pension Scheme

Enhanced annual Leave

High street discounts via Perkbox

Employee assistance programme

Car lease scheme

Fully funded training and qualifications

Health cash back plan

Qualifications

• Experience in statutory and management accounts.
• Proven record in financial roles.
• Comfortable using finance software.

Responsibilities

• Support month end journal posting and reconciliations.
• Prepare statutory accounts for legal entities.
• Manage cash card process.

Skills

Attention to detail

Analytical skills

Problem-solving skills

Initiative

Excel skills

Education

Part qualified accountant

Tools

Unit 4

Microsoft programmes

Job description

Overview and Responsibilities

Assistant Financial Accountant

Location: Remote/Home-based (with one day per week to central office) some travel to Aurora Central Office Services will also be required

Salary: £31,000 - £33,000

Hours: 40 hrs per week

The Aurora Group

The Aurora Group is one of the largest providers of SEND educational and care services in the country, supporting over 1,200 children, young people and adults, and employing over 1,500 staff spread across 27 services around England.

Due to the growth of our business; we’re currently looking for an Assistant Financial Accountant. Whilst the role is home based, there is a requirement to travel to Twigworth, Gloucestershire once a week where ourCentral Officeprovides financial support, leadership and governance to the group as well as a number of our sites across the country.

The Role:

You will be supporting both the Fees Accountant and Financial Accountant performing month end journal posting and reconciliations and ensuring day to day cash card management and fee queries

Key Duties:

• Assisting in the preparation in production of the year end statutory accounts for all legal entities
• Responsible for preparing monetary and revenue balance sheet reconciliations.
• Manage the Soldo (cash card) process and system.
• Liaise with the Financial Controller with tax advisors and external auditors.
• Assist with VAT submissions for the group.
• To understand the fee structure and assist in building and maintaining of the fee models.
• Ensure revenue is appropriately accounted for on a monthly basis.

Please note that duties will vary and you will be expected to contribute to the overall aims of the team when required. Please see the link below for our full job description:

Job Description - Assistant Financial Accountant

Skills and Qualifications

Experience:

Successful candidates are likely to demonstrate:

• Part qualified accountant or qualified by experience with experience in similar functions.
• A proven and demonstrable record of experience in statutory and management accounts.
• Desire to show initiative and continuous improvement of current processes and procedures.
• Comfortable using finance software and systems including Unit 4, Microsoft programmes and web-based programmes.
• Strong accuracy skills with high attention to detail, whilst having the ability to see the bigger picture.
• Able to cope under pressured deadlines.
• Able to take ownership for tasks.
• Strong excel skills, with a desire to learn more. Strong logic required to build complicated formulae.
• Strong analytical skills, problem solving skills.

Benefits and Additional Information

Be part of our successful team and also benefit from a generous package that includes:

• Life assurance
• Enhanced Pension Scheme
• Enhanced annual Leave
• Perkbox - offering high street discounts
• Employee assistance programme
• Car lease scheme
• Fully funded training and qualifications
• Free membership to our Health cash back plan - Claim back money on services such as dental, optical, physio and many more.

How to Apply:

You can apply online if you require any more information please contact [e-mail]

Successful applicants will be subject to pre-employment safeguarding checks including an enhanced disclosure and barring service (DBS) check.

The post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the Aurora Group is therefore permitted to ask job applicants to declare all convictions and cautions (including those which are "spent" unless they are "protected" under the DBS filtering rules) in order to assess their suitability to work with children.

The Aurora Group is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of the children and young adults in our care and is a disability confident and equal opportunities employer.

This advert could be taken down at any point in time without prior notice if the position is filled.

Please note that candidates that are shortlisted might be subject to an online search.