Assistant Accountant
hace 1 día
Marston Green
About the Business A great opportunity to join a well-established distribution business in Marston Green as an Assistant Accountant. The business offers a friendly, fast-paced finance environment where you’ll gain broad, hands-on exposure across the full transactional cycle through to month-end. Reporting to the Management Accountant, this role is ideal for someone looking to build a strong technical foundation and develop their career within a supportive group finance team. Main Duties: As an Assistant Accountant, your main duties include: • Uploading sales invoices from the TMS system into NetSuite and reconciling the sales daybook against the TMS invoice report, • Supporting the wider team with the processing of purchase invoices, payments, and receipts, ensuring accuracy and timely record-keeping, • Posting funds received to NetSuite in a timely and accurate manner, • Producing weekly bank reconciliations for review and updating the cash forecast model with cashbook transactions, • Posting month-end journals, prepayments and accruals in line with the finance calendar, • Completing monthly balance sheet reconciliations and preparing the month-end file ready for review, • Assisting with budgeting and forecasting activity for the wider group, • Maintaining accurate member account records and flagging any changes that may impact the business, • Producing sales and cost of sales analysis as required, • Liaising with clients via phone and email, and supporting the Management Accountant with month-end queries, • Contributing to the design and improvement of financial procedures and controls, alongside ad hoc finance projects, • Providing holiday cover across the team where needed Location / Office / Culture The role is hybrid with 3 days in the office and 2 days from home. The business operates from a modern, easily accessible office in Marston Green, offering a welcoming and collaborative team environment. You’ll work closely with the Management Accountant and wider finance team. What We Are Looking For The ideal candidate will have: • Demonstrable experience in a similar transactional or assistant-level finance role, • No requirement to be qualified or actively studying – open to candidates qualified by experience, • Solid working knowledge of Excel and confidence working with accounting systems (NetSuite experience advantageous), • Strong attention to detail and ability to work to tight month-end deadlines Why Join the business • Hybrid working with 3 days in the office, • Broad role offering exposure across the full finance function, • Supportive Management Accountant and wider team to learn from, • Stable, well-established group with a strong reputation in its sector, • Genuine opportunity to develop your skills and progress your finance career About Us We are a local accountancy recruitment specialist. We appreciate that roles are often online for a long period of time. If you want to check if this role is still live or just want more details before applying, call us directly. Ref: BR69762