Assistant Accountant

Durham

£35,000 - £40,000

Permanent

BMC Recruitment are delighted to be partnering with a large organisation in Durham area to assist them with their search for an Accountant join the team on a permanent basis. 

You will be either part qualified or fully qualified and will responsible for managing a small finance team and assisting the Financial Controller with all higher level management accounts including analysis and forecasting.

Key responsibilities:

• Provides general accounting support to the finance leadership team
• Integral to the production of monthly management accounts and the efficient running of the finance function
• Management of the finance team (3 people)
• Maintains process controls, account reconciliations
• Assists in the preparation of management accounts, raising NL journals, preparing accruals and prepayments, reconciling balance sheet accounts
• Preparing financial / variance analysis
• Oversees bank payments and sundry banking duties
• Preparing quarterly VAT and other regulatory returns
• Preparation of year-end and statutory accounts

About you:

• Part or Fully Qualified ACCA / CIMA / ACA
• Experience of line management
• Excellent IT skills
• Able to oversee improvement projects
• An analytical, challenging mindset
• Attention to detail
• Ability to develop positive working relationships
• Good communication skills – both written and verbal
• Deadline-orientated and an ability to stick to time constraints