Assistant Accountant

Sewell Wallis is currently working with a Huddersfield-based client who is looking to appoint an Assistant Accountant to their growing finance team.

To be successful for this Assistant Accountant role, you will be AAT qualified or working towards your ACCA or CIMA studies with strong experience working within transactional finance and some exposure to parts of the month-end process - ideally accruals, prepayments, journals and balance sheet reconciliations as a minimum.

What will you be doing?

• Assist the Finance Manager with financial matters throughout the year.
• Assist in preparing monthly financial statements and management reports.
• Reconcile bank statements and maintain accurate financial records.
• Support month-end and year-end closing activities, including journals and balance sheet reconciliations.
• Manage the full purchase and sales ledger process. Handle intercompany recharges and reconciliations.
• Contribute to budgeting and forecasting processes.
• Prepare VAT returns accurately and within deadlines.
• Help ensure compliance with relevant financial regulations and internal controls.
• Liaise on payroll matters and oversee expenses processing.
• Provide general administrative support to the finance team when required.

What skills are we looking for?

• Previous experience in a finance or accounting position, including payroll.
• AAT Qualified or Part-Qualified CIMA or ACCA.
• Confident user of Microsoft Excel, with experience in accounting software. Knowledge of Xero is an advantage.
• Friendly, proactive and positive nature.

What's on offer?

• 23 days holiday + 1 day for every year worked, rising to 25 days.
• Study support.
• Free parking.
• 30 -35 hours per week - the business can be flexible on how they are worked, i.e. 4 full days, 5 days at reduced hours, etc.
• 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 Becky Gibson 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.