Assistant Accountant

Our client is a world-leading manufacturer. They design a wide range of multi-award-winning products. You will be working as part of a highly focused Finance Team that supports all aspects of the business operations. This is a varied role but will predominantly focus on financial control and reporting information for manufacturing and sales, together with broader Operations and overhead control.

What will your role as an Assistant Accountant look like?

• Fixed Assets register maintenance
• General ledger financial journals for month-end accounts preparation
• Monthly management accounts and balance sheet reconciliations
• Preparation and running of month-end cost absorption into stock.
• Monthly & Adhoc reporting for manufacture i.e.: Stock levels / WIP / Labour efficiency
• Maintenance of customer pricing
• Maintenance of master data files, used by AP team and GL team, for preparation of monthly accounts
• VAT returns
• Annual stock take
• Overseeing the Monthly Tax analysis.
• Payroll processing to monthly deadlines including SAP journal creation
• Assist in the maintenance of the payroll and T&A system
• Liaising with staff and management to resolve payroll queries
• Service Income analysis and query resolution
• Assisting the production of, and audit of, the annual accounts
• Overseeing the Foreign Currency, Petty Cash and Bank accounts
• Overseeing and providing cover for expenses processing

What can you expect in return?

• To join a growing business, driven through technological excellence
• Become part of a team that is highly motivated and dedicated to ensuring products surpass the demands of the customer at every level
• You can expect to be rewarded, supported and valued at all stages of your journey
• To be the next member of the market-leading team

Are you the right person for the job?

• You will have already gained experience working within a finance team, preferably in a manufacturing environment.
• An understanding of Payroll systems, Excel and working with SAP, whilst not essential, would be attractive to us.
• Your excellent interpersonal ability, together with your attention to detail is key, as working to deadlines and resolving queries is an important aspect of the role.
• As you would expect, our client is seeking a pro-active, team-player wishing to further develop their career with a market-leading employer

If you have experience and qualifications in the areas above, with the ability to work as part of a team, with focused and individual skill sets, then our client wants to hear from you.