Graduate Accountant

Ashdown Group; Newcastle upon Tyne; Hybrid; GBP 28,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

Ashdown Group is seeking a Graduate Accountant to join the finance team in a hybrid role (2 days remote, 3 days in the office). You will support monthly management accounts, journals, accruals and reconciliations, while helping with budgeting and cash flow analyses.

You will interact with non-finance colleagues to explain financial information clearly. The role involves end-to-end transactional duties, VAT returns, and supplier payments, offering a strong foundation for a long-term career in

Qualifications

• Pursuing CIMA or ACCA with study support provided.
• Experience in management accounting and month-end processes.
• Strong analytical skills and ability to explain financial information to non-finance staff.

Responsibilities

• Prepare monthly management accounts including journals, accruals, and prepayments.
• Perform balance sheet reconciliations and assist with month-end close.
• Support budgeting, forecasting, and cash flow projections; conduct variance analysis.
• Process purchase invoices and supplier payments; maintain the purchase ledger.
• Liaise with suppliers, assist with VAT returns, and keep accurate financial records.

Skills

Financial analysis

Budgeting

Forecasting

Variance analysis

Cash flow

Month-end close

Balance sheet reconciliations

Supplier payments

VAT returns

Education

Pursuing CIMA or ACCA

Job description

A highly successful company is looking for an accomplished Graduate Accountant to join its team. Please note this role is hybrid - you'll work from home 2 days per week with 3 days in the office. Working as part of the finance team, you'll play an important role in providing accurate, timely and meaningful financial information to support business decision-making. You'll assist with the preparation of monthly management accounts, including journals, accruals, prepayments and balance sheet reconciliations, while supporting month-end and year-end close processes. You'll also be involved in budgeting, forecasting, cash flow projections and variance analysis, helping to identify trends and investigate differences between actual and budgeted performance. This will involve working with colleagues across the organisation and explaining financial information clearly to non-finance stakeholders. Alongside the management accounting responsibilities, you'll have a broad range of transactional finance duties. These will include processing purchase invoices and supplier payments, reviewing the purchase ledger, preparing monthly creditor analysis, reconciling company credit cards and processing foreign supplier payments. You'll also liaise with suppliers to resolve queries, support VAT returns and maintain accurate financial records. In order to be suitable for this role you must be a personable finance professional with great analytical skills. It is expected that you will be pursuing CIMA or ACCA qualifications and study support will be provided. You'll be comfortable working independently while also being a collaborative team player, with the confidence to build effective relationships across the wider organisation. This is a fantastic opportunity for a motivated finance professional to broaden their experience, develop their management accounting skills and build a strong foundation for a successful long-term career in finance.