Assistant Accountant

CMA is currently working with an international business in Eastleigh who have forged a fantastic reputation within their industry sector. The role of the Assistant Accountant is to support the UK Finance Manager in all aspects of financial accounting and financial analysis across multiple sites, providing financial input to commercial decisions of the business. This is a really varied role which will incorporate aspects of financial and management accounting.

What will the Assistant Accountant role involve?

• Assist in preparing monthly accounts to trial balance and submit to corporate within the deadlines required to include journal postings
• Prepare reports on performance explaining key variances to budget where applicable, KPIs
• Prepare and ensure all balance sheet reconciliations are completed on a timely basis and advising UK finance manager on any actions to rectify outstanding balances
• Prepare the Accruals and prepayments and manage the Fixed assets register
• Assist with ensuring cycle count procedures are followed and any differences understood
• Prepare budgets and forecasts and assist with providing information for the year-end financial audit

Suitable Candidate for the Assistant Accountant vacancy:

• Part qualified ACCA or CIMA or AAT qualified and looking to commence with further qualifications
• Experience working in cross functional teams
• Strong analytical and problem solving skills
• Excellent communication skills, a real team player with a strong team ethos

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