Assistant Accountant

Sharp Consultancy is working with a well-established manufacturing business based in Chesterfield who are looking to recruit an Assistant Accountant to join their finance team on a full-time, permanent basis.

This is an excellent opportunity for an ambitious finance professional looking to further develop their accounting skills within a busy manufacturing environment. Ideally, you will be AAT qualified or at the later stages of your studies, with a desire to continue building your experience and progress your career within finance.

Working on-site as part of the finance team, you will support the day-to-day accounting function, helping to ensure financial information is accurate, timely and well maintained. This role would suit someone with a solid grounding in finance who is keen to take on additional responsibility and develop their technical knowledge.

Key responsibilities will include:

• Assisting with the preparation of monthly management accounts.
• Supporting month-end processes, including accruals and prepayments.
• Reconciling balance sheet accounts and investigating discrepancies.
• Preparing and maintaining financial reports and supporting schedules.
• Assisting with purchase ledger, sales ledger and bank reconciliations as required.
• Supporting budgeting and forecasting activities.
• Ensuring financial records are accurate and up to date.
• Working closely with colleagues across the finance team to support the smooth running of the department.

The ideal candidate will:

• Have previous experience in an accounts or finance role.
• Be AAT qualified or working towards the later stages of the qualification.
• Have a good understanding of core accounting principles.
• Possess strong numerical skills and excellent attention to detail.
• Be confident using Excel and accounting systems.
• Have a proactive approach, with the ability to organise workloads and meet deadlines.
• Be keen to learn, develop and take the next step in their finance career.

What's on offer?

• Salary of £33,000 – £36,000, depending on experience.
• Full-time, permanent employment.
• Office-based working in Chesterfield.
• Study support
• 25 days holiday + bank holidays
• The opportunity to develop your accounting experience within an established manufacturing business.
• A varied role offering exposure to a broad range of finance activities.

For more information, please apply or contact Tom Davage at Sharp Consultancy.

Sharp Consultancy is a finance and accountancy recruitment specialist assisting accounting and finance divisions of businesses in the Yorkshire and Derbyshire area. With over 30 years' experience we pride ourselves on sourcing excellent finance professionals across all divisions of an accounts function.

Candidates must be eligible to work in the UK full time without restriction. To apply please send your CV to the e-mail address stated, quoting our reference and specifying which website you saw this position advertised on. Due to the high volume of applications, we receive it is not always possible to respond to unsuccessful applicants. Therefore, if we have not responded to your application within seven days, please note that on this occasion your application has not been successful.