Assistant Accountant

Location Redcar
Discipline: Accountancy & Finance
Job type: Permanent
Salary: £25,000 - £32,000 per annum DOE
Contact name: Emily Watson

Contact email: emily@sirecruitment.com
Job ref: 22393
Published: 6 months ago

​My client is seeking a forward-thinking and adaptable Assistant Accountant who is eager to secure a role involving collaboration with like-minded individuals.

Working within a close-knit team based in Redcar, they are excited to welcome a driven and enthusiastic addition!

This role requires someone with a solid understanding of transactional accounting, experience in managing month and year-end processes, and exceptional Excel skills.

Responsibilities:

  • Bank reconciliation

  • Resolve all invoice queries

  • Managing sales ledger & purchase ledger

  • Financial reporting

  • Assisting with the monthly management accounts process

  • Assisting with budgeting, forecasting, and balance sheet reconciliations

  • Working closely with the management team

Benefits:

  • Competitive salary (£25,000-£32,000 DOE)

  • Performance-based bonus and profit share

  • Training and development opportunities

  • Bupa, Critical Illness, Death in Service, Workplace Pension

  • 25 days holiday + Bank Holidays

  • Working hours: 9am - 5:30pm Monday to Friday (office-based)

Requirements:

  • Ideally studying towards AAT, ACCA, or CIMA

  • Knowledge of transactional accounting, and experience managing the month and year-end process

  • Excellent IT skills (particularly Excel)

  • Strong critical thinking skills, using logic and reasoning to identify alternative solutions to problems

  • Ability to build collaborative and strategic work relationships & contribute to team success

  • Action-oriented with a focus on driving execution

For more information please contact Emily Watson from our Middlesbrough Office.