Assistant Accountant

Salary/Rate:£28000 - £31200 per annum
Job type:Perm
Location:Harrogate, North Yorkshire

About the Role

Sewell Wallis are delighted to be partnering with a highly respected and well-known business in Harrogate, North Yorkshire, to recruit an experienced Assistant Accountant.

This is a fantastic chance to join a forward-thinking company on a permanent basis, where you'll gain full exposure to the management accounts process within a large, successful organisation.

If you're an Assistant Accountant who enjoys working in a fast-paced environment and providing real value to the wider team, this role is one you won't want to miss.

The business has been through an exciting period of growth and transformation, making now the perfect time to join. With new projects constantly in motion and a strong record of staff retention, this is a company that invests in developing its people. You'll need solid experience in accruals, prepayments, journals and balance sheet reconciliations - but beyond that, they'll support you to broaden your skills.

What will you be doing?

  • Assisting with the preparation of monthly management accounts.
  • Producing and posting journals.
  • Supporting with posting and reconciling month-end sales recharges.
  • Managing monthly prepayments and accruals.
  • Completing monthly balance sheet reconciliations.
  • Producing monthly financial packs for clients and property managers.
  • Performing bank account reconciliations.

What skills are we looking for?

  • Part-qualified CIMA or ACCA.
  • Previous experience in a similar role.
  • Excellent Excel and analytical ability.
  • Self-motivated with the ability to work both independently and collaboratively.
  • Strong communication and interpersonal skills..
  • Eager to learn and ambitious to progress.

What's on offer?

  • Salary up to £31,200 per annum (DOE).
  • Hybrid working: 3 days office, 2 days home.
  • Flexible start/finish times.
  • The chance to work with an industry leader.
  • Free onsite parking.
  • Full study support.

For further details, please contact Emma.

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.

Job ref: EJ/6205Post Date: 05.09.25

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