Assistant Accountant

Sewell Wallis are working on a progressive Assistant Accountant opportunity with our Huddersfield based client; a successful SME business who are going through an exciting period of growth!

This is a newly created role that will report into a personal, friendly and supportive Finance Manager who is willing to offer further month end training to someone who is driven, helpful and eager to learn.

Whilst also incorporating transactional finance duties, the successful person will eventually gain exposure to the full month end process and as the business grows, there will be the opportunity to take ownership of the management accounting duties as a whole.

This role would suit someone who is AAT qualified, or working towards their ACCA or CIMA studies, has experience of working within transactional finance and someone who has gained exposure to parts of the month end process - ideally accruals, prepayments, journals and balance sheet reconciliations as a minimum.

What will you be doing?

• Supporting in the preparation of timely and accurate monthly management accounts.
• Producing accruals, prepayments and journals.
• Reconciling bank statements and identifying and logging fixed assets.
• Assisting with nominal ledger including processing journals and month-end adjustments.
• Performing balance sheet reconciliations and VAT returns.
• Review processes and suggest/ implement improved ways of working.
• Manage the full purchase and sales ledger process.
• Chase debt when required.
• VAT returns.
• Bank reconciliations.

What skills are we looking for?

• AAT Qualified or Part-Qualified CIMA or ACCA.
• Self-motivated and able to work efficiently independently and as a team.
• Keen to learn and develop.
• Friendly, proactive and positive nature.

What's on offer?

• Flexibility with start/ finish times.
• 23 days holiday + 1 day for every year worked, rising to 25 days.
• Study support.
• Free parking.
• The opportunity to work in a collaborative, friendly and supportive team.
• Career progression and exposure to the full management accounting process.

Send us your CV below, or contact Chloe Wilford for more information.

To apply please send your CV, quoting our reference and specifying which website you saw this position advertised on. Due to the high volume of applications please accept that if we have not responded to your application within seven days, your application has not been successful. Sewell Wallis is a specialist recruitment company with a vast amount of experience in our industry we offer permanent, temporary and interim recruitment support for accounting and finance, human resources and business support positions. We recruit at all levels within finance from Purchase Ledger Administrator and Credit Controller level through to Financial Controller and Director positions. With offices in Sheffield and Leeds, we are well situated to cover all of South Yorkshire, West Yorkshire and Manchester. Please visit our website for more information on accountancy and finance jobs and human resources or business support positions.