Senior Assistant Accountant

S Three; Glasgow; Hybrid; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global talent partner in the STEM field seeks a Senior Assistant Accountant in Glasgow. This role includes month-end accounts close, insightful monthly management reporting, and serving as the primary finance contact during the Controller's absence. Candidates should possess strong analytical skills, relevant qualifications, and ideally experience with SAP or Dynamics 365, with benefits including flexible work options and comprehensive leave policies.

Benefits

Flexible working options

Bonus linked to performance

28 days holiday allowance

Annual leave purchase scheme

Five days paid Caregiver leave

Five paid volunteering days per year

Private healthcare and dental insurance

Company share scheme participation

Retail discounts

Hybrid working policy

Qualifications

• Part qualified in CIMA/ACCA/ACA or equivalent, or qualified by experience.
• Good knowledge of financial and management reporting.
• Experience in coaching and team leadership is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Lead responsibility for month-end close and reporting.
• Prepare monthly journals, payroll, accruals, and prepayments.
• Provide support and guidance to junior team members.

Skills

Analytical skills

Good communication skills

Intermediate MS Excel

Education

CIMA/ACCA/ACA part qualified Accountant or equivalent

Tools

SAP ERP

Dynamics 365

Job description

SThree are delighted to announce that we're looking for a talented Senior Assistant Accountant to join our team! The chosen candidate will support SThree's overall purpose to 'bring skilled people together to build the future'.

The Senior Assistant Accountant will be responsible for taking a lead role in the delivery of high quality financial and management information for the relevant regional or core functions accounting team. The role will also act as the primary contact for their region in the absence of the Controller.

About us

SThree is the global STEM-specialist talent partner that connects sought-after specialists in life sciences, technology, engineering and mathematics with innovative organisations across the world. We are the number one destination for talent in the best STEM markets: Recruiting highly skilled professionals and discovering life-changing jobs for the unsung heroes who will positively shape our future. Elevating expertise and energising progress for everyone.

What are the day-to-day tasks?

Month-End Duties

• Take a prominent role supporting the controller in monthly accounts close for countries within region or core functions.
• Prepare and post monthly journals including payroll postings, accruals and prepayments and regional specific cost adjustments.
• Produce payroll reconciliations and review and approve journals of low complexity and materiality.
• Support AP Non-Trade with invoice coding and posting review.
• Trend analysis and comparison against plan & prior year before month end

Reporting & Insight

• Prepare draft insightful monthly management variance reports for both Income statement and Balance sheet supporting controller.
• Periodic reconciliation of regional entity balance sheet accounts with a focus on agreed key accounts.
• Report monthly with actions to the controller to maintain a clean balance sheet.
• Proactively work with relevant stakeholders to ensure all outstanding balances are followed up with clear notes, timelines and actions for resolution.
• Assist in preparing regional cost Budget/Reforecast for your region.

Management

• Primary finance contact for your team in the absence of the Controller.
• Support and guide more junior regional team members and provide regular coaching and knowledge share.

Controls

• Awareness of and adherence to relevant controls for own processes
• Where appropriate, seek opportunities to recommend improvements to existing internal controls.
• Produce clear audit trails in your own work to meet required internal standards.

External Audits

• Support with larger deliverables or take lead on simpler group and local audit deliverables.

Skills, Knowledge & Experience:

• CIMA/ACCA/ACA part qualified Accountant or equivalent, or qualified by experience is desirable
• Good knowledge of financial and management reporting
• Good written and oral communication skills, able to communicate financial matters to non-technical experts
• Analytical skills with previous experience in creating and writing commentary for management desirable
• Intermediate command over MS Excel - Advanced level is desirable
• Experience of SAP ERP/Dynamics 365 is desirable
• Previous coaching and/or team lead experience desirable
• Ensuring tasks are completed in a timely and effective manner through prioritisation

Benefits for our U.K. teams include:

• The choice to work flexibly from home and the office, in line with our hybrid working principles
• Bonus linked to company and personal performance
• Generous 28 days holiday allowance, plus public holidays
• Annual leave purchase scheme
• Five days paid Caregiver/Dependant leave per annum
• Five paid days off per year for volunteering `
• Private healthcare, discounted dental insurance and health care cashback scheme
• Opportunity to participate in the company share scheme
• Access to a range of retail discounts and saving
• Hybrid working policy, in line with our function-specific guidelines

What we stand for...

We're committed to ensuring for our colleagues, candidates and communities, that all processes are equitable, and everyone is treated with fairness and dignity where everyone belongs, is valued and is connected. If you need any assistance or reasonable adjustments in submitting your application, please let us know, and we'll be happy to help.

What we stand for..

We create community and deliver change that transforms the future for everyone. With this in mind, we're committed to ensuring for our colleagues, candidates and communities, that all processes are equitable and everyone is treated with fairness and dignity where everyone belongs, is valued and is connected.

If you need any assistance or reasonable adjustments in submitting your application, please let us know, and we'll be happy to help.