Assistant Accountant

apartmentMacildowie Recruitment and Retention placeLoughborough calendar_month 

Assistant Accountant - 12-Month Fixed Term Contract

Location: NW Leicestershire – commutable from NW Leicester, Coalville, Ashby, Hinckley, Swadlincote
Salary: £29,000 - £31,000pa

Hours: 37.5 hours per week - 4 days office/1 day work from home

The Role

We are currently recruiting for an Assistant Accountant to join a busy and supportive finance team on a 12-month fixed-term contract.

Reporting to the Financial Controller, you will be part of a small team in a friendly, collaborative, open-plan office environment. This is a hands-on opportunity offering exposure to supporting with month-end processes and management accounts preparation, plus financial reporting.

Key Responsibilities
  • Preparation and posting of accruals and prepayments
  • Posting invoice accrual journals
  • Completing balance sheet reconciliations following month-end close
  • Managing reconciliations and recharge processes
  • Supporting monthly forecasting and annual budgeting
  • Assisting the Management Accountant with the production of information for the monthly accounts
  • Weekly cashbook reconciliations
  • Processing and posting journals
  • Reviewing and reconciling stock balances
  • Providing holiday cover across the finance team
  • Producing ad hoc financial reports and analysis as required
About You
  • Previous working experience in a similar level accounting role
  • Strong experience and understanding of debits, credits, journals, and reconciliations
  • Experience supporting month-end and management accounts processes
  • Comfortable working with financial data and overhead analysis
  • Good Excel skills, including lookups and pivot tables
  • Ideally AAT qualified, studying, or equivalent experience
  • Able to work both independently and as part of a team
  • Well organised with strong attention to detail
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