Assistant Accountant

Hours
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Full Time/ Part Time (4-5 days Per Week)

Duration
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Initial 12-month fixed-term contract, with the possibility of a permanent appointment

Pay
:
Circa £36,000 + Benefits

We are looking for an exceptional Assistant Accountant to join our happy and high-performing Finance team. This position presents a rare opportunity to join The Royal Yacht Britannia (Tripadvisor's No.1 Visitor Attraction), a leading five-star visitor attraction and exclusive events venue celebrated for its outstanding quality and customer experience, as well as the team behind our sister ship, Fingal—Scotland’s only luxury floating hotel, awarded Scotland’s AA Hotel of the Year 2023/24 and Edinburgh’s No.1 hotel on Tripadvisor.

This role offers an outstanding opportunity to gain broad accounting experience across one of the visitor attraction and hospitality industry’s leading businesses.

• 6.6 weeks/33 days pro-rata, annual holiday entitlement (one week/5 days pro-rata more than statutory min).
• Hybrid working opportunities.
• Performance and loyalty payment scheme.
• 10% employer pension contribution, with a choice to contribute up to a further 5% yourself, which would then be matched by us as well! (so 20% potential contribution to your pension).
• Free car parking for staff.
• Up to one week/5 days pro-rata, long service holiday entitlement.
• Life Assurance.
• Employee Assistance Programme.
• Complimentary tickets and staff discount (Britannia and Fingal Hotel and other luxury hotels).
• Study Support available.

The Finance team is involved in a wide range of activities, ranging from day-to-day financial processing, to playing a role in formulating the organisation’s financial strategy. We provide support to the managers and staff of Britannia and Fingal, who are responsible for delivering exceptional experiences to our visitors. We are looking for an Assistant Accountant to join the friendly team on board (your office would be on Britannia!).

The core purpose of the role is to provide support to the Senior Finance Manager, Finance Manager and wider Finance team in both management and financial accounting disciplines.

Critical to the success of the role will be to gain an active understanding of each department, so that direction and advice can be given on all aspects of month end reporting, budgets, forecasting, and other financial and non-financial matters relating to the development of the company.

Furthermore, the business is in an exciting phase of digital development and as we adopt the automation of traditional accounting processes and embrace real-time reporting, the role will expand and adapt accordingly to support data analysis across the business (including non-finance systems) to ensure sound financial decision making.

The post holder is required to use their initiative and be pro-active in supporting the Senior Finance Manager in seeking to improve the company's financial position, performance, and mitigation of risks.

The post holder will support the Finance Managers, Managers, and Directors in monitoring and taking remedial action to ensure financial performance meets key corporate performance indicators.

• Working in conjunction with the Senior Finance Manager, Finance Manager, and wider Finance team to ensure the delivery of high standards of transactional processing, as well as providing excellent financial guidance and support to the business.
• Support the Senior Finance Manager and Finance Manager in the preparation of the monthly management accounts, including undertaking tasks such as accruals & prepayments, stock adjustments, fixed assets, and tax, all in accordance with the month end timetable.
• Preparation and review of monthly management information packs for Directors and Managers.
• Post month end, meet with certain Directors to review performance against budget and provide guidance as and when required.
• Support the Senior Finance Manager to ensure the delivery of revenue and capital budgets in accordance with budget timetable.
• Support the Senior Finance Manager in the preparation of the Annual Reports for both the Group…