Assistant Accountant

Howarth Morris ,
Speke, Liverpool, Merseyside

Overview

Our client is a £10m turnover award winning international manufacturing company based on the outskirts of Widnes. In this newly created Assistant Accountant role, you will be working directly alongside the Finance Controller in a varied role offering the scope to develop and take on more responsibility over the next 1-2 years. Your initial remit will include: Preparation of monthly management accounts up to trial balance. Bank reconciliations (multi-currency). Fixed asset reconciliation. Prepayments and accruals. All other balance sheet reconciliations. Posting of journals. Support and develop the departments systems and policies. Preparing reports, budgets, commentaries and financial statements. Calculation of commissions. Management of the expense system. Financial administration including internal audits. Applicants must have a minimum of 1 - 2 years previous experience in most if not all of the areas above. You will have excellent organisation and communication skills, will be self-motivated and will have a good standard of MS Excel skills. Manufacturing and Sage 200 experience is preferable but not essential. The salary bracket for this opportunity is £22 - 25k (possibly with some flexibility for the right candidate). This is a fantastic role for someone who is ambitious, keen to develop and looking for progression. Howarth Morris are committed to Progressing Businesses and Progressing Careers. Providing a complete temporary, contract & permanent Finance & Human Resources recruitment solution, we work with a broad range of businesses ranging from owner managed SMEs to FTSE 100 and Blue Chip Multinationals - supporting them with their recruitment needs throughout the UK. We are dedicated to the career management of Part Qualified and Qualified Finance & HR Professionals across ACA, ACCA, CIMA, AAT, ICM, CIPP and CIPD and work to support our candidates with not just securing their next move but with their longer term career management. We are committed to providing businesses with Finance and HR professionals who will make a real difference and who will add real business value. Visit our website for more information on our unique profile and market leading service and call or email today to hear more about this and other exciting local and UK wide opportunities.