Assistant Accountant

Assistant Accountant

Location:

Liverpool
Salary: 30.1K
Full-Time, Permanent.
Office-based with 1 day remote.

We are looking for an experienced Assistant Accountant to join a growing business in Liverpool!
The ideal candidate will be either qualified by experience or working towards a qualification in ACCA, CIMA, or AAT. This person should also have audit experience and the ability to build strong relationships with internal stakeholders.

Key Responsibilities

• Supporting preparation of weekly management accounts with KPIs and supporting information
• Supporting preparation of monthly management accounts
• Completing variance analysis of weekly accounts vs monthly accounts vs budgets
• Completing bank reconciliations and cash at hand reconciliations
• Preparing weekly/monthly payroll analysis and journals
• Calculating and scheduling accruals & prepayments
• Preparing balance sheet reconciliations and investigating variances as required
• Supporting the finance team in preparation of annual budgets & forecasts
• Internal audits to sites to maintain/strengthen controls
• Assisting with year-end audits & auditors
• Producing supporting information for taxation computation on a monthly basis

Experience & Skills

• Qualified by experience or working towards ACCA, CIMA, or AAT
• Three years' experience within a similar role, working independently to complete monthly management accounts
• Excellent IT skills including MS Excel
• Great communication skills and ability to relay key information to colleagues and internal/external customers
• Strong attention to detail with high accuracy

Benefits

• Financial study support for accountancy qualification
• 22 days annual leave rising to 25 with each year's service.
• Company pension
• Medical cash plan scheme for private healthcare
• Life assurance plan
• Perk Box for retail & other discounts
• Coaching, training, and clear career progression
• Cycle-to-work scheme
• Wellbeing support via our Employee Assistance Scheme
• And much more!

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