Assistant Accountant

Assistant Accountant to work on a temp - perm basis.
This role is designed to provide hands-on support across the full transactional finance function, covering holiday/sickness and peak periods (particularly month-end). It offers exposure across both day-to-day finance operations and month-end / reporting activity.
Typical responsibilities are expected to include:
- Supporting month-end close activity, including journals (accruals, prepayments, depreciation) and balance sheet reconciliations
- Assisting with management accounts preparation, budgeting support and audit readiness
- Purchase ledger processing (invoices, expenses, payment runs) and sales ledger support where required
- Daily banking activity, cash posting and bank reconciliations across multiple ledgers/sites
- Supporting VAT processes and checks ahead of returns
- Credit control and cashflow support, including debtor reporting and query resolution
- Liaising with internal stakeholders and external customers/suppliers to resolve finance queries
- Producing and supporting ad-hoc reporting for operational teams (e.g. variance analysis, flash-style reports)
- Providing cover and continuity across transactional finance during holidays, sickness and busy periods
Systems exposure (varies by task / cover):
- Core accounting systems (e.g. Sage / Net Suite-type environments)
- Expense processing platforms
- Purchase ledger / PO systems
- Bespoke operational or job-based finance systems
- Excel for reconciliations, analysis and reporting (including pivots / lookups)
Overall shape of the role:
A genuinely varied Assistant Accountant position suited to someone who enjoys rolling up their sleeves, switching between transactional work and month-end support, and acting as a dependable "go-to" within a small finance team