Junior Accountant

Equifind are representing a West End based, UK leading Private Equity firm who are looking to hire an Junior Accountant. Long term they see this as the ideal training ground for someone with 2-years+ experience, who would like to continue studying towards their ACCA/CIMA exams; and ultimately become a qualified accountant for the business. The company are in to work life balance, employee well-being and giving people broad experience in a structured way. The Role: The key responsibilities for this permanent Junior Accountant role for a West End based, UK leading Private Equity firm will be: • Manage accounts payable invoices and payments. • Processing corporate employee’s expenses through ‘Pleo’ (an expense management system). • Monitoring the group cash position. • Bank reconciliations. • Month-end accounting, including updating quarter-end working papers. • Posting month-end journals (fixed assets, depreciation, prepayments, accruals). • VAT returns. • Recharges. • Processing monthly payroll. • Monitoring and reconciliation of the intercompany balances. • Assisting with audit process for year-end. • Ad-hoc projects. Application Criteria: To be considered for the role of permanent Junior Accountant role with a West End based, UK leading Private Equity firm, candidates should ideally be: • Ideally a qualified AAT accounting professional or part-qualified accountant • Have an ambition or real desire to pursue the CIMA or ACCA qualification • Ability to work under pressure in a fast-growing environment • Confident in dealing with a wide range of stakeholders • Attention to detail is essential • Strong communication skills • Ideally intermediate Excel skills (Pivot Tables, V-Look Up, SumIf) • Willing to be part of a team and engage with others Compensation: The permanent Junior Accountant role with a West End based, UK leading Private Equity firm will be paid a competitive market based salary with full study support (CIMA, ACCA). • Hybrid working pattern. 3-days per week in the office, 2-days WFH, remotely • Employer pension contribution. • 25-days annual leave. • Other benefits. • Annual competitive bonus.