Senior Assistant Accountant

Trial Balance; Highweek; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A consulting services firm in the United Kingdom is seeking an experienced Assistant Accountant for a full-time, permanent position. This role involves managing key accounting functions including bookkeeping, accounts payable and receivable, and producing management accounts. The successful candidate should have at least two years of relevant experience, AAT qualification or equivalent, and strong IT and communication skills. The company offers excellent employee benefits and a supportive work environment.

Benefits

Financial benefits

Non-financial benefits

Excellent staff retention

Qualifications

• Minimum two years of experience in a similar accounting role.
• Partially or fully AAT qualified or suitably qualified through experience.
• Good IT aptitude is essential.

Responsibilities

• Manage day-to-day bookkeeping for the accounting function.
• Lead accounts payable function and liaise with suppliers.
• Oversee accounts receivable and invoicing of customers.
• Assist with the production of management accounts.
• Ensure statutory reporting deadlines are met.

Skills

Bookkeeping

Accounts Payable Leadership

Accounts Receivable Management

Credit Control

Management Accounts Production

Bank Reconciliation

VAT Reporting

Excellent MS Excel Skills

Communication Skills

Education

AAT Qualification or Relevant Experience

Tools

Digital Accounting Systems

Job description

Trial Balance Consulting are delighted to have been exclusively engaged by a new client, a long established and highly respected services business, that seek to recruit an experienced Assistant Accountant to join their team. The role is offered as a full time, permanent contract to be based at the company headquarters in Newton Abbot.

Working closely alongside a highly experienced Finance Director, this will be a broad and interesting role where the successful candidate can work towards overall control of the operational finance lifecycle of a busy and prosperous business.

Key responsibilities include:

• Day‑to‑day bookkeeping for a busy accounting function
• Assume leadership of the accounts payable function, liaising with suppliers, uploading invoices and overseeing supplier payment runs
• Lead the accounts receivable function, invoicing customers and setting up new customer accounts
• Management of the credit control function
• Assist the FD with the production of management accounts
• Ensure that statutory reporting deadlines are met
• Bank reconciliations
• Produce cash flow statements and general forecasts
• Maintenance of the fixed asset register
• Balance sheet reconciliation
• Assume a lead role in VAT reporting
• Posting accruals and prepayments
• Assist the wider finance team as and when required

For this role we seek a motivated and career driven Assistant Accountant with at least two years of recently gained experience in a similar capacity. Candidates may be part/fully AAT/professionally qualified or suitably qualified through vocational experience. The company is keen to implement digital system improvements so good IT aptitude and excellent MS Excel skills essential. This is a highly visible role that works with an energetic team and liaises with colleagues throughout the business so excellent communication/interpersonal skills required.

The successful candidate will benefit from a well-supported and developing role with a company that can boast excellent staff retention and superb financial/non‑financial benefits. For further details and to apply, please contact Steve Roach quoting reference SR10423 as soon as possible.