Assistant Accountant

CMA are pleased to be assisting their client who are a privately owned and growing business – with the recruitment of the newly created position of Assistant Accountant. This role reports to the Head of Finance and sits within the central office in Basingstoke, Hampshire with the occasional need to go to other branches.

What will the role involve?

• Responsible for the bookkeeping and accounting for a number of branches. Bank reconciliations, purchase ledger, fixed asset control, month end close bookings through to trial balance;
• By working with the operations managers, understand variances to normal run rates and budgets;
• Balance sheet reconciliations and control;
• Required reporting for your branches;
• Adhoc projects and reporting as required.

Suitable Candidate

• Some experience with bookkeeping or accounting. Would suit AAT level 3/4 or similar, looking to continue studies;
• Good IT skills – Xero or Sage 200 an advantage. Advance Excel (vlookup/pivot tables). Higher levels of data manipulation an advantage;
• Excellent communication skills. There will be a need to work with practice managers and operations managers who do not always understand ‘finance speak’;
• Attention to detail and be proactive;
• As a young, growing company, there is a real need to be able to adapt to changes as the business needs grow. Candidates will need to be able to demonstrate the required skills and flexibility.

‘A successful candidate should meet all of the criteria above’.

Additional Benefits And Information

• You will receive excellent on the job training and the opportunity to continue/begin your accountancy studies. As the business is growing, there will be excellent career opportunities in the future.

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