Assistant Accountant

Nxtgen Recruitment; Cambridgeshire and Peterborough; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A recruitment agency is looking for a Temporary Assistant Accountant to join a busy finance team for an initial 6-month period in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough. This role involves supporting financial statements preparation, assisting with audits, and managing cashbooks. Ideal candidates will have finance experience, familiarity with Excel, and can work in a fast-paced environment. An AAT qualification or part CIMA/ACCA is preferred but not essential. The pay rate will depend on experience.

Qualifications

• Comfortable working across financial accounting, reconciliations, and reporting activities.
• Experience working in a structured or regulated environment.

Responsibilities

• Support preparation of financial statements for group and subsidiary entities.
• Assist with external audit requests and quarterly reporting submissions.
• Process intercompany recharges and complete monthly balance sheet reconciliations.

Skills

Prior experience in finance or accounting

Confident in using Excel

Ability to handle large volumes of data

Proactive and adaptable

Education

AAT qualification or part CIMA/ACCA

Job description

NXTGEN are supporting a well known and complex organisation with the appointment of a Temporary Assistant Accountant on an initial 6-month basis. This role has been created to provide additional support within a busy finance function during a period of change and increased reporting requirements. The Temporary Assistant Accountant will sit within a central finance team and work closely with senior finance stakeholders, supporting statutory and management reporting, audit activity and key compliance processes. This is a hands on role offering broad exposure across corporate accounting, controls and reporting within a large, structured environment. As a Temporary Assistant Accountant, you will play a key role in ensuring accurate, timely and well controlled financial information, while supporting the wider finance team with both planned and ad hoc activity. This assignment would suit someone who enjoys operating in a fast paced environment and is comfortable picking things up quickly.

Key Responsibilities

• Supporting the preparation of financial statements for the group and subsidiary entities
• Assisting with external audit requests, ensuring information is provided accurately and within agreed timelines
• Supporting quarterly reporting submissions, including loading reporting packs for group reporting purposes
• Processing intercompany recharges and supporting the timely agreement of intercompany balances
• Completing and owning a number of monthly balance sheet reconciliations
• Preparing and maintaining monthly Excel based cashbooks and posting entries to the general ledger
• Assisting the wider finance team with ad hoc finance and reporting requests as required

The successful candidate will have prior experience within a finance or accounting role and be comfortable working across financial accounting, reconciliations and reporting activities. An AAT qualification or part CIMA/ACCA qualification would be desirable but not essential. You will be confident using Excel and have experience working with large volumes of data, ideally within a structured or regulated environment.

Given the nature of the assignment, you will need to proactive, adaptable and comfortable working to deadlines, with the ability to engage effectively with stakeholders across finance and the wider business.

Rate / Salary

Rate or salary will be dependent on experience and background