Assistant Accountant l East Sussex

Assistant Accountant, Crowborough, East Sussex (hybrid working available)

35 hours per Week 

Salary £30,000-35,000pa + full study support + yearly bonus

An independently owned and highly successful SME is seeking an ambitious Assistant Accountant to join them in a newly created role. This is a highly entrepreneurial setting with a real sense of excitement about what the future could hold for the business, and expansion plans already taking shape.

Reporting to the Finance Director as part of a 3-person team, this growth-driven role comes with fantastic progression prospects. We’re looking for an Accounts Assistant or existing Assistant Accountant who has achieved at least Level 3 AAT or equivalent and is keen to continue their studies. Someone who has a solid understanding of double-entry bookkeeping including prepayments, accruals, and depreciation. Someone with a real passion for finance and a desire to prove themselves and progress their career.

You will enjoy a varied role with high-level responsibility after training including month and year-end duties. In addition, you will be offered a promotion to Management Accountant and potentially Financial Controller if expected performance and business growth is achieved. Lastly, you will receive an excellent package including a detailed and generous study support package, yearly bonus, good pension, private medical, hybrid working, and more!

Duties:

• Assist the Finance Director with the preparation of monthly management account schedules and other reporting
• Accruals, prepayments and journal entry
• Maintenance of fixed asset register
• Bank reconciliations
• Credit card reconciliations and administration
• Credit control, including new customer applications and chasing overdue debts
• Preparing payment runs
• Processing expense and business mileage claims
• Holiday and sickness cover for purchase ledger clerk
• Monitoring of email inbox, responding to customers and colleagues as required
• Assist with financial audit preparations
• Provide support to the Finance Director with ad hoc tasks as they arise

Please apply via website or contact Georgina at Harvey John for more information.

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