Accounts Assistant

Assistant Accountant - Cambridge

Robert Half Cambridge are currently working with a rapidly growing health care agency who are recruiting for a Assistant Accountant to join their finance team based in Cambridge.

Overview of role

Day to day duties of the Assistant Accountant will include but not be limited to:

As an Accounts Assistant focusing on purchase ledger you will utilise your existing experience to play a key role in delivering a wide range of financial tasks, quickly taking on significant responsibility across the finance function.

• Processing supplier invoices and credit card transactions
• Expenses: processing internal and recharged expenses
• Running time and budget analysis reports on projects to support Project Managers
• Book-keeping across all group companies using Opera 3, Rapport 3 and Web expenses
• Advising our scientific teams on expenses
• Innovating and suggesting improvements across financial and administrative systems
• Projecting a positive image of the Operations Division and actively seeking to reduce the administrative burden placed on others

The ideal candidate Profile:

• Practical experience working within an accounts function, especially purchase ledger
• Experience of book-keeping and other aspects of financial or management accounting
• Excel skills
• Excellent attention to detail
• A high degree of written accuracy
• A strong commitment to continuing professional development Part AAT qualified
• Experience of working in an SME operating internationally
• Advanced Excel knowledge, including pivot tables and IF and VLOOKUP functions

Salary & Benefits

Role of Assistant Accountant is paying up to 24k plus excellent benefits

The salary range/rates of pay is dependent upon your experience, qualifications or training.

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