Assistant Accountant

Assistant AccountantConfidential Opportunity | Growing Business | Excellent Career Development Salary: Competitive + Benefits Are you looking for a role where you can do more than process transactions? Do you want to join a business that's growing, investing, and committed to developing its people? We're recruiting on behalf of a highly successful and expanding business seeking an ambitious Assistant Accountant to join its finance team. This is an exciting opportunity to become part of a fast-paced organisation where finance plays a key role in supporting continued growth. Reporting to an experienced Finance Manager, you'll enjoy a varied role that combines day-to-day finance responsibilities with exposure to management accounting and month-end reporting. You'll be trusted to take ownership of your work while receiving the support and development needed to progress your career. The RoleThis is a fantastic opportunity for someone who enjoys working with numbers, thrives in a busy environment, and wants to broaden their accounting experience. Your responsibilities will include: • Managing purchase and sales ledger activities. • Processing journals, bank reconciliations, and general ledger transactions. • Supporting credit control and maintaining strong customer relationships. • Preparing balance sheet reconciliations and month-end schedules. • Assisting with accruals, prepayments, and management accounts. • Producing accurate financial information to support business decisions. • Resolving supplier, customer, and internal finance queries. • Identifying opportunities to improve processes and enhance financial controls. As the business continues to grow, you'll have the opportunity to develop your management accounting skills and take on greater responsibility within the finance function. About YouWe're looking for someone who enjoys working in a collaborative environment and takes pride in producing accurate, high-quality work. You'll ideally have: • Previous experience in an Accounts Assistant, Finance Assistant or Assistant Accountant role. • A solid understanding of purchase ledger, sales ledger, reconciliations, journals, and double-entry bookkeeping. • Experience using accounting software such as Xero, Sage, QuickBooks, Microsoft Dynamics, or similar ERP systems. • Strong Excel skills and confidence analysing financial information. • Excellent organisational skills with the ability to prioritise and meet deadlines. • A proactive approach and a willingness to learn and develop. • AAT qualified or studying towards AAT (desirable but not essential). Why Join?This is more than just another finance role. It's an opportunity to join a business that's on an exciting growth journey, where you'll be given real responsibility, exposure to wider finance activities, and the chance to build a long-term career. You'll benefit from: • A supportive and collaborative finance team. • Genuine opportunities for career progression. • Exposure to management accounting and commercial finance. • A varied role where no two days are the same. • The chance to make a real impact as the business continues to grow. If you're an ambitious finance professional looking for your next challenge, we'd love to hear from you. Apply today for a confidential discussion and find out more about this exciting opportunity.