Assistant Accountant

Assistant Accountant – Fundraising Woking | Hybrid (2 Days in the Office) | Permanent | Growing Business with Purpose £30,000–£38,000 + Bonus & Benefits Are you looking for a varied, operationally focused finance role where your work genuinely makes a difference? We're partnering with a growing fundraising organisation to recruit an Assistant Accountant to join their collaborative finance team. This is a hands-on role offering real variety, supporting the day-to-day finance operations across the business. From payroll and VAT through to reconciliations and bookkeeping, you'll play a key role in ensuring the finance function runs smoothly. This opportunity is ideal for someone who enjoys operational finance and wants to remain close to the numbers within a supportive and flexible working environment. About This Business This is a growing organisation with a genuine sense of purpose, working with a wide range of clients to deliver successful fundraising campaigns. The culture is friendly, collaborative and down-to-earth, with everyone working together to support the wider business. They offer genuine flexibility around working hours, trusting their people to manage their own workload while maintaining a healthy work-life balance. The Role! As Assistant Accountant, you'll support the day-to-day finance operations across the business, ensuring financial processes are completed accurately and efficiently. You'll be responsible for: • Processing payroll across multiple entities. • Preparing and submitting RTI returns and pension uploads. • Managing quarterly VAT returns and ensuring compliance. • Reconciling bank accounts and maintaining accurate financial records within Xero. • Reviewing, approving and processing employee expenses. • Processing supplier invoices and supporting payment runs. • Supporting the month-end close process, including reconciliations, journals and assisting with reporting. • Assisting with month-end reporting and wider finance administration. • Supporting bookkeeping activities across multiple entities. • Working with finance systems including Xero, BrightPay and Pleo. • Providing operational finance support across the wider business. • Identifying opportunities to improve finance processes and support continuous improvement initiatives. About You You'll enjoy the operational side of finance and be looking for a role where you can remain hands-on across a broad range of finance responsibilities. You'll come from a strong bookkeeping or transactional finance background and have practical experience managing VAT, payroll and day-to-day finance processes. You're organised, detail-oriented and enjoy working as part of a collaborative team. Wish List • Strong bookkeeping or transactional finance experience. • Good knowledge and practical experience of preparing VAT returns. • Experience supporting month-end activities. • Experience processing payroll. • Confident using Xero or similar accounting software. • Good working knowledge of Microsoft Excel. • Excellent attention to detail and organisational skills. • Comfortable working across multiple entities. • Proactive, reliable and happy to support wherever needed. Why Join? • £30,000–£38,000 + bonus. • 35-hour working week. • Hybrid working with 2 days per week in the Woking office. • Flexible start and finish times to support a healthy work-life balance. • Enhanced pension and private medical cover following probation. • Join a growing business where you'll play a key role within a supportive, close-knit finance team.