Asssistant Accountant

TN United Kingdom; Bishop's Cleeve; On-site; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the construction industry is seeking an Assistant Accountant to join their finance team. This role involves supporting the Financial Accountant with key responsibilities such as maintaining financial records, managing supplier controls, and assisting with audits. The position offers flexible working options and a competitive hourly rate based on experience, along with potential permanent benefits including private medical insurance and generous holiday allowance.

Benefits

Flexible working options

Free car park on site

Holiday allowance

Salary sacrifice car scheme

Up to 39 days annual leave with service

Private medical insurance

Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption leave

Life assurance at 4 x annual salary

Share save and share incentive schemes

Employee rewards portal

Qualifications

• Understanding of balance sheet reporting and financial controls.
• Experience with balance sheet reconciliations and audits.

Responsibilities

• Ensure integrity and accuracy of financial records.
• Assist with statutory and regulatory returns and audits.

Skills

Communication

Numeracy

Attention to Detail

Tools

Excel

Job description

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Your newpany
Hays have the honour of working with a big client within the construction industry and are currently growing as a business and require an extra head within their finance team.

Your new role

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an Assistant Accountant role reporting to the Financial Accountant. You will be working in a small team of 3 within the Financial Control team. Your role will be supporting the Financial Accountant with the following key responsibilities:

• Assisting in ensuring the integrity, accuracy, and timeliness of all financial records.
• Assisting with controls around supplier management, validating changes to masterfile records.
• Assisting with effective management of company credit cards.
• Processing journals and interfaces from other systems.
• Assisting with the preparation and delivery of statutory and regulatory returns, internal and external audits.

What you'll need to succeed

To be successful in this role, you will:

• Have a good understanding of balance sheet reporting, financial controls, financial systems, processes and procedures.
• Have some experience of performing balance sheet reconciliations and assisting with audits.
• Be an excellent communicator with excellent IT skills, knowledge of Excel and a high degree of numeracy, accuracy and attention to detail.
• Be able to prioritise tasks and manage conflicting demands.
• Have a strong customer focus with a high service standard.

What you'll get in return

Flexible working options available.
Hourly rate of between £16-20 dependent on experience
Free car park on site
Holiday allowance
Benefits if the role was to go permanent are as follows:

• Salary sacrifice car scheme available to all employees
• Up to 33 days annual leave plus bank holidays increasing to up to 39 days with service
• 2 Volunteering days per annum
• Private medical insurance, with employee-paid cover
• Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption leave
• Life assurance at 4 x your annual salary
• Share save and share incentive schemes
• Employee rewards portal with many more benefits…