Assistant Accountant

Assistant Accountant
Permanent
Based in Gatwick (hybrid - extremely flexible 1 - 2 days in the office)
£30,000 - £35,000 plus study support and further benefits
Ref: TA17238

Tony Alan Recruitment currently has an exciting job opportunity for an Assistant Accountant to join a leading business in the Gatwick area on a permanent basis.

This is an entry level role that will support the Financial Accounting team in all Financial Accounting tasks/deliverables and will be responsible for processing direct debit payment collections, preparing monthly balance sheet reconciliations and investigating discrepancies.

You will receive full training on all aspects of the job and be able to grow and develop internally within the business.

Your duties will include:

• Posting bank statements and allocating transactions
• Journaling of daily cash transactions
• Preparation/processing of both UK and foreign payments
• Monitoring of daily cash management activities
• Updating Monthly reconciliations
• Investigating and resolving discrepancies with bank and suspense account reconciliations
• Preparation of monthly balance sheet reconciliations
• Help the Financial Accountant act as a liaison for the external audit teams during external audits
• Day to day cash management; helping to review project payment requests and setting up direct debit collections
• Assisting with the month end close process and various regular month end journals

Key requirements:

• Strong analytical skills, with a good eye for detail
• An enquiring mindset and a desire develop accounting knowledge on the job in conjunction with your studies towards AAT/CIMA/ACCA
• Collaborative communication skills and an ability to offer great "customer service" when responding to internal queries from non-finance minded stakeholders
• Good organisational skills and an ability to manage and prioritise their own workload
• Intermediate Excel skills are essential

This is a fantastic opportunity for a recent graduate or someone who has just started their career in finance.

If you feel that you would be suitable for this position then please apply with your CV.

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