Assistant Accountant

Sewell Wallis is currently working with a well-established business based in Worksop, Nottinghamshire, which is looking to recruit an Assistant Accountant due to an internal promotion. This is an excellent opportunity for someone wanting to gain valuable experience and develop professionally, while contributing to the success of a thriving company.

This is a great role for someone with Assistant Accountant level experience, who wants to continue to grow within a professional and supportive environment.

What will you be doing?

• Producing Monthly Accounts for overhead cost centres and assisting with budgets and forecasts.
• Reconciling and processing of prepayments, accruals and standard charges.
• Balance Sheet reconciliation.
• Oversee and assist in the completion of all bank account reconciliations.
• Assist in the preparation of Statutory Accounts and Tax Packs and ensure year-end schedules required for tax packs are completed on a monthly basis.
• Reconciliation of PSA to ensure correct calculation and submissions to HMRC.
• Monthly reconciliation of inter-company accounts with other group companies.
• Quarterly preparation of VAT returns.
• Processing Intercompany Journals.
• Replenishing and reconciling petty cash.
• The administration and reconciliation of Fixed asset control accounts and produce related reports for management at all levels within the business.
• Managing the capital approval processes, ensuring compliance with regional and group policies.

What skills are we looking for?

• Studying towards an accounting qualification (AAT, ACCA, CIMA).
• A great communicator.
• A confident Excel user (e.g., VLOOKUPs and Pivot Tables).
• Someone experienced in a similar role to an Assistant Accountant with experience in Balance Sheet reconciliations.

What's on offer?

• Full study support
• Hybrid working
• Progression opportunities
• Private health care
• Discount schemes.

Send us your CV below or contact Eleanor Kirk for more information.

To apply please send your CV, quoting our reference and specifying which website you saw this position advertised on. Due to the high volume of applications please accept that if we have not responded to your application within seven days, your application has not been successful. Sewell Wallis is a specialist recruitment company with a vast amount of experience in our industry we offer permanent, temporary and interim recruitment support for accounting and finance, human resources and business support positions. We recruit at all levels within finance from Purchase Ledger Administrator and Credit Controller level through to Financial Controller and Director positions. With offices in Sheffield and Leeds, we are well situated to cover all of South Yorkshire, West Yorkshire and Manchester. Please visit our website for more information on accountancy and finance jobs and human resources or business support positions.