Senior Assistant Accountant

JR United Kingdom; Paisley; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the STEM recruitment sector is looking for a Senior Assistant Accountant to bolster its finance team in Scotland. The role involves preparing financial reports, supervising accounts payable, and providing insights on budget management while fostering junior team members' development. This position offers a blend of remote and office work, with competitive benefits included.

Benefits

Flexible home and office working

Bonus linked to performance

28 days holiday plus public holidays

Annual leave purchase scheme

Five days paid caregiver leave

Private healthcare

Access to retail discounts

Qualifications

• Part qualified accountant (CIMA/ACCA/ACA) or equivalent.
• Good knowledge of financial and management reporting.
• Experience in coaching and leading more junior team members.

Responsibilities

• Lead monthly accounts close and prepare payroll postings.
• Produce monthly variance reports and support with audits.
• Act as the primary finance contact in the absence of the Controller.

Skills

Financial reporting

Analytical skills

Communication skills

MS Excel

Coaching

Education

CIMA/ACCA/ACA part qualified Accountant or equivalent

Tools

SAP ERP

Dynamics 365

Job description

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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 close.

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
• 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
• 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

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

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