Assistant Accountant | £30,000-35,000 + study support | Liverpool | Permanent
Are you looking to take the next step in your finance career and gain broader accounting experience within a successful manufacturing environment? We’re recruiting an Assistant Accountant to join an established finance team, offering a great opportunity for someone with a grounding in transactional finance who now wants to develop their month-end and management accounting experience.
You’ll work closely with the Site Finance Manager, taking responsibility for day-to-day financial processing while gradually becoming more involved in month-end reporting and accounting activities. You will be:
Supporting the day-to-day running of purchase ledger and sales ledger
Processing and reconciling cash and bank transactions
Completing bank and balance sheet reconciliations
Assisting with supplier payments and resolving invoice queries
Supporting the Site Finance Manager during month end
Preparing and posting journals
Assisting with accruals and prepayments
Supporting the preparation of monthly financial information
Investigating discrepancies and helping ensure financial information is accurate
Working with colleagues across the site to resolve finance queries
Supporting ongoing improvements to finance processes and controls
For this Assistant Accountant role, you will ideally be someone who already has some hands-on finance experience and is keen to broaden their skillset.
AAT qualified or studying towards AAT, or in the early stages of CIMA/ACCA
Experienced within an Accounts Assistant, Finance Assistant, Assistant Accountant or similar role
Comfortable working across transactional finance, including AP, AR and bank reconciliations
Keen to develop your knowledge of month-end accounting
Confident using Excel and working with financial data
Proactive, organised and willing to learn
Comfortable working in a busy, deadline-driven environment
Experience using a larger ERP system (SAP, Dynamics 365 etc) would be advantageous
Manufacturing experience is useful but not essential
You will get:
£30,000 – £35,000 salary
Full study support towards your professional qualification
25 days holiday
Company pension
Healthcare
Hybrid working once probation has passed
Excellent exposure to month-end and management accounting
Opportunity to work closely with an experienced Finance Manager
Experience within a fast-paced manufacturing environment
Long-term opportunities to progress as your experience and qualification develop