Accounts Assistant

About the role
As an Assistant Accountant, you are responsible for maintaining accurate reconciliations and delivering accurate, timely insights. Supports Finance Business Partner in maintaining strong financial control across Commercial, Customer and Reporting.

Tell me more, tell me more
Our client is currently looking for a new recruit in joining their team. Please read on!You can also ask our friendly recruitment team any questions you may have about the role, between 8:30am-5:30pm Monday to Friday.

Shifts:
Monday - Friday (37.5 hours per week)

Experience and Skills Required:

• High degree of numeracy and good analytical skills - able to analyse complex data
• Sound communication skills and ability to communicate clearly, effectively and appropriately at all levels
• Flexibility and ability to work under defined timescales
• Excellent attention to detail
• Ability to build and maintain strong working relationships at all levels with key stakeholders
• Strong planning and time management skills.
• Ability to work effectively on your own initiative and as part of a team

Qualification and Experience

• AAT qualified or relevant degree or equivalent
• Computer-literate with a sound understanding of MS Excel functionality (Ability to develop expertise in lookups and pivot tables).
• Previous experience working within a finance function.
• Sound knowledge of basic accounting principles, including double entry, accruals, prepayments and an understanding of relationships between the balance sheet and profit and loss account.
• Experience of performing account reconciliations
• Experience using Microsoft Power BI and Power Query (desirable)

Core Traits

• Analytical mindset, able to interpret complex data and provide insights
• Curious and inquisitive, challenging the status quo
• Attention to detail
• Time management skills
• Commercial awareness
• Organised and self-motivated
• Clear and articulate communicator
• AAT qualified, studying towards a professional qualification or demonstrating a desire to commence professional studies.

Responsibilities

• Perform general ledger coding and provide supporting narrative on invoices, analysing charges to ensure accuracy and alignment with colleagues, addressing issues where appropriate.
• Support balance sheet management, completing reconciliation of accounts for scheduled routes along with other direct operating costs, ensuring accuracy and completeness.
• Assist with third-party supplier contract validation, ensuring forecasts align with contractual terms and identifying discrepancies, following up with actions to relevant teams.
• Monitor revisions to airport charges and forecast assumptions, summarising financial impact for stakeholders
• Support month-end close activities with the accountable Finance Business Partner
• Liaise with the Commercial team to ensure understanding of and provide accurate provisions for airport incentives.
• Assist with quarterly competitor analysis, gathering and consolidating external financial results
• Assist the Assistant Finance Business Partner in performing analysis of the overhead costs along with commentary and variance investigation.
• Assist with audit requests, ensuring information and supporting documentation are provided within agreed timeframes.
• Support Accounts Payable Assistants with queries and invoice processing as required
• Maintain the chart of accounts and profit centre structures, ensuring alignment with business ownership and reporting requirements.
• Identify and implement workflow improvements to drive efficiencies, maintaining updated process documentation

What's in it for you? - Our client loves to reward their people for doing a great job.

• This is a 4-5 month contract.
• An hourly rate, in-scope IR35, either PAYE or Hays-approved Umbrella company
• This role provides hybrid working access from the comforts of your own home and only going to our state-of-the-art office in Didsbury, Manchester (3) days per week.

Next Steps
Once you've applied, one of our friendly recruitment consultants will give you a call and talk you through the screening process. If your application is successful, you'll be involved in a live virtual interview with one of our client's hiring managers to get to know you better.We look forward to speaking to you!

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