Graduate Accounts Assistant

Hays Accountancy and Finance; Port Talbot; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading recruitment agency seeks a Graduate Accounts Assistant for a permanent role in Port Talbot. This opportunity offers a diverse range of accounting responsibilities and support for professional accreditation like ACCA or CIMA. Ideal candidates will have a degree related to finance and possess strong IT skills, particularly with MS Excel.

Benefits

Support for ACCA/CIMA qualification

Financial support for training materials and exams

Qualifications

• Degree in Accountancy and Finance or related subject.
• Experience with MS Excel or equivalent for data handling.
• Understanding of financial accounting principles is an advantage.

Responsibilities

• Processing and posting bank payments and reconciliations.
• Preparation of accruals and CIS returns.
• Supporting various monthly reconciliation duties and sales invoice processing.

Skills

IT Savvy

Data Analysis

Use of MS Excel

Education

Degree in Accountancy and Finance

Degree in Business or Applied Mathematics

Tools

Financial Accounting Software

Job description

Graduate Accounts Assistant
Permanent / Full-time
Port Talbot
Competitive Salary (plus support for professional study)

This role is a perfect opportunity for someone who is looking for a career in accountancy and to qualify as a Chartered Accountant. Working as part of a close-knit, office-based team, your role will be varied and mentally stimulating!
Working for an industry leader, your duties will span the full spectrum of statutory accounting, but will focus on the following

• Processing & posting bank Payments
• Bank Reconciliations
• Preparation of accruals
• CIS Returns
• Making supplier payments and eventually managing the payment runs
• Various monthly reconciliation duties
• Processing Sales Invoices
• Supporting the wider office team with administration tasks

Ideally, you will have a degree in Accountancy and Finance, but we will consider a degree in a subject which incorporates finance and accounting, such as business, or potentially various applied mathematics courses. You will also need to be highly IT savvy, with good experience of using MS Excel, or an equivalent programme for data analysis and export. Experience or training in financial accounting software would be highly advantageous.
This role will give you the chance to study your ACCA (or CIMA), with release to attend college, as well as financial support for training, materials and exams.
It's a fantastic opportunity as support for the Chartered qualification in industry is becoming a very rare thing indeed!
For further information, please call Emma Lewis on 01792 642 042, or apply by uploading a copy of your CV.

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