Assistant Accountant

Main Purpose of Role

Reporting directly to the Management Accountant, the role will suit an accounting graduate or part-qualified accountant (CIMA/AAT), wishing to expand their technical and analytical skills. This ‘hands on’ position will appeal to a trainee accountant who would like to be involved in a wide range of areas – transactional finance, month end, analysis & reporting.

Key Tasks & Accountabilities:

• Assisting the Management Accountant in the day-to-day financial & transactional requirements for Severfield Nuclear and other group companies including:
• Daily reporting of cash book position to Group finance team and posting of cashbook
• Assisting in the purchase ledger process including coding invoices and processing bank payments.
• Assisting with fortnightly and monthly cash forecasting and reporting
• Collation and preparation for posting of timesheet hours and reconciliation to payroll & agency invoices
• Summarising timesheet information for submission to payroll.
• Processing and monitoring expenses and credit card expenditure.
• Agreement of intercompany balances, receipts and payments
• Working closely with the commercial & admin teams to ensure all sales invoices are raised in a timely manner (including intercompany)
• Preparation of monthly bank reconciliations
• Fixed Assets reconciliations
• Preparation of journals for monthly postings on fixed assets and prepayments
• Assisting in preparation of other balance sheet reconciliations
• Monitoring of contract and non-contract costs
• Assisting in the preparation of weekly and monthly management accounts and accompanying cost analysis
• Assisting with preparation of information for the statutory financial statements
• Rolling forward accounting excel files
• Assist with the preparation of the quarterly forecast/annual budget processes.
• Periodic production/maintenance analysis & cost centre reporting – including relevant reviews with stakeholders.
• Assisting the Management Accountant and Finance Director to ensure good internal controls are maintained and applied across the business.
• Completion of statutory disclosures, including Office of National Statistics returns.
• Other ad hoc work to support the wider finance function as required, including holiday cover for other finance roles

Key skills required for the role:

• Ability to work quickly, accurately and independently
• Excellent organisation skills
• Excellent attention to detail
• An ability to work to deadlines
• Strong Microsoft Excel and Word skills
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Eager to learn new skills across a range of areas in order to develop their business analytical and troubleshooting skills
• Good team player, positive attitude, willing to share information and contribute to a team environment
• Ability to work independently / from home

Knowledge & Experience:

• Solid understanding of the basic accounting principals and day-to-day management accounting requirements alongside a willingness to develop statutory reporting knowledge.
• Accounting graduate; or Part qualified CIMA/AAT, with the intention to complete their current qualification with potential for future development and training.