Your Company:A highly successful professional services business is seeking an Accounts Assistant to join the team in the Cosham area. With a wide selection of services available to their clients and a strong history of success in delivering these to the highest standard, this is a business that is seeing stable and significant growth moving into the next few years, thus making it an attractive venture to join.The position holder will be an intricate part of the finance team, providing support to the senior leadership with reporting, analysis and a plethora of other transactional duties.Your Role & Responsibilities:While in this position your duties may include but are not limited to:

• Managing transactional duties including processing supplier invoices, raising sales invoices, preparing payment runs, following up on outstanding customer payments and providing supplier and customer support when needed for discrepancies and queries
• Handling the reconciliation of bank statements, the general ledger accounts, customer accounts and balance sheets
• Managing the intercompany accounts and ensuring that financial records are accurate and complete
• Providing support for the internal and external audit process by maintaining documentation, ensuring activities are compliant with regulations and policies
• Providing support on financial reporting including preparing the monthly, quarterly and annual statements, preparing the reports and accompanying analysis and ensuring that deadlines are met
• Monitoring financial performance against the set-out budgets, and collect data to support findings
• Supporting on both month-end and year-end closing processes
• Providing ad-hoc support with administrative responsibilities and ensuring that records and files are kept updated and accurate

What you will need to Apply:The ideal candidate for this role will have or be working towards a CIMA or AAT/ACCA qualification or be in possession of a finance related degree. Applicants should have good experience within a comparable finance role, with strong experience in transactional finance responsibilities such as sales and purchase ledger and reconciliations. Excellent proficiency with account software is required, alongside knowledge of accounting principles. Fantastic communication skills would be highly sought after. Applicants must have a full clean driving license and be aware that this role will incur a small amount of travel.What you will get in Return:A salary up to £30,000 is on offer for this role, including additional benefits such as competitive pension, study support, good holiday and other perks and rewards. Additionally, this role will be an excellent progressive career move for an ambitious finance professional who is seeking their next step in their career, to take on further responsibility and develop their skills and knowledge while working within a growing, dynamic and supportive environment.If you are interested in the role and would like more information, please reach out toSian Peters - Recruitment PartnerM: E: