Assistant Accountant

Please note - this is a 1-month rolling contract. 

The Assistant Accountant plays an important role within the External Reporting & Treasury team, supporting the day-to-day financial operations of the business. The role is responsible for payment processing, bank reconciliations, journal postings, treasury administration and assisting with month-end accounting activities.

Working closely with colleagues across Finance and the wider business, youll help ensure payments are processed accurately and on time, financial records are maintained to a high standard and robust financial controls are followed. This role offers an excellent opportunity for someone looking to develop a career in accounting and treasury within a large, complex organisation.

This role offers excellent development opportunities, including exposure to treasury, external reporting, statutory accounts and wider financial accounting activities.

Key Responsibilities:

- Prepare and process weekly supplier and employee expense payment runs.
- Upload and manage payment files through PTX (Bottomline) and ERPX.
- Process owner refunds, payroll files, tariff refunds and other BACS payments.
- Review payment requests to ensure appropriate approvals and supporting documentation are in place.
- Maintain payment logs and supporting documentation.
- Perform monthly bank reconciliations across multiple bank accounts and investigate unreconciled transactions.
- Support cash reporting and treasury administration.
- Assist with banking queries and relationship management.
- Prepare and post journals accurately and in a timely manner.
- Support month-end and year-end close activities.
- Assist with intercompany accounting where required.
- Support statutory audit requests and provide documentation.
- Assist with maintaining strong financial controls and identifying process improvements.
- Support colleagues across Finance with payment and banking queries.

Essential Skills:

- Good understanding of double-entry bookkeeping and accounting principles.
- Experience of bank reconciliations and journal postings.
- Understanding of payment controls and financial processes.
- Strong Microsoft Excel skills.
- Excellent attention to detail.
- Strong organisational and time management skills.
- Ability to prioritise workload and meet deadlines.
- Good communication skills.
- Analytical and problem-solving ability.
- Ability to work both independently and as part of a team.
- A proactive approach with a continuous improvement mindset.
- Previous experience within a finance or accounting environment.
- Experience processing payments and maintaining financial records.
- Experience using finance systems (ERP experience desirable).
- AAT qualified or studying AAT, ACCA or CIMA (or equivalent experience).
- Degree in Accounting, Finance or Business.
- Taking ownership and accountability.
- Working collaboratively across teams.
- Delivering accurate work with high attention to detail.
- Building positive working relationships.
- Looking for opportunities to improve processes.
- Demonstrating integrity and professionalism in all financial activities.
- Showing enthusiasm to learn and develop.