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Date Added: Wed 01/01/2025

Assistant Accountant

Wigton, UK
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Company: QUEST SEARCH AND SELECTION LTD

Job Type: Permanent, FullTime

Salary: Salary negotiable

Quest Search & Selection are partnering with this B2C business that has circa 2000 people employed nationally.

As an Assistant Accountant, you will assist in posting month-end journals and submitting monthly accounting reports and producing annual budgets and forecasts. You maybe part qualified, qualified or working towards your AAT Level 3 or 4.

Key Responsibilities of this Assistant Accountant :

  • Generate monthly managerial financial statements according to the established reporting schedule for various business divisions.
  • Produce annual budgets and forecasts.
  • Support budget holders with analysis and review of the accounts.
  • Create reconciliations for the balance sheet.
  • Manage records of fixed assets.
  • Prepare quarterly VAT returns
  • Produce monthly journal postings

Requirements for this Assistant Accountant :

  • At least 2 years' + experience ideally within Financial/Commercial or Management Accounts
  • Operating as a Management, Assistant, Executive or Coordinator level or above
  • Proficiency with various software tools, including spreadsheet and database applications
  • The ability to work under pressure to tight deadlines.
  • A proactive and solution-oriented approach to problem-solving.
  • Strong accuracy and attention to detail.
  • Excellent interpersonal skills and a collaborative team-oriented mindset.

Benefits that come along with this Assistant Accountant -

  • Company pension
  • Salary £35,000 - £40,000
  • Happy to invest (study leave and financial costs) fo you to gain a AAT or chartered financial qualification.
  • Great head office environment (this is a fully office-based role)
  • Employee discount
  • On-site parking
  • Store discount

If this opportunity sounds like you and you feel you have the right experience, then please apply quoting the reference no. JO-#removed# .

We request that candidates send their CV as a Microsoft Word document where possible.

Quest Search and Selection is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.

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