Assistant Accountant

Page Personnel is working with a household name to recruit an Assistant Accountant to join a growing accountancy function based in Chester.

Client Details

Last year, this company saw revenues increase through the introduction of new products and increasing their customer base through investment in their sales and marketing teams to help drive sales forward. They will offer a highly diverse role which will give the Assistant Accountant some valuable exposure in what is a proven and progressive team, offering scope for development into a qualified finance role.

Description

Reporting to the Financial Controller, your duties will be:

• Assisting the production of monthly management accounts, including analysis of the P&L looking at cost of sales, cost of production, spend and overheads

• Assisting in the reconciliation of the balance sheet and other nominal / ledger reconciliations

• Support in the preparation of annual budgets with variance analysis and investigation, as well as monthly forecasting and re-forecasting

• Preparing weekly and monthly MI reports to be distributed across the rest of the business

Profile

For this role, it is essential you have the following:

• Some experience working in a fast paced finance role

• Great attitude and hungry to learn and progress within finance

• AAT Qualified / CIMA or ACCA part qualified accountant

• Good communicator with strong attention to detail

• Good Excel skills - look ups, pivots ideally

Job Offer

As Assistant Accountant, you will receive:

• Attractive basic salary

• Full study package for CIMA / ACCA

• Excellent pension contribution

• 25 days holidays

• Free on site parking

• Excellent training