Job Title: Assistant Accountant
Reports to: Senior Assistant Accountant
Position Type: Part time (18 hours per week- 3 days per week )
Location: Hybrid
Salary: £28,000 - £32,000 pro-rata, depending on experience
Innovate Healthcare are a forward-thinking, preventative, and holistic Vocational Health company, who employ a variety of health professionals to enable employees with functional, psychological, cognitive, and emotional impairments or health conditions to overcome barriers to maintaining or returning to work. Our ethos is focused on the fact that ‘work is healthy’ and our Vocational Model ensures the employee and employer are involved in the return-to-work process.
We have an exciting opportunity for an Assistant Accountant to join our team. This will be a varied role, that offers a fantastic opportunity for an individual to work in a fast-paced growing organisation with the opportunity to progress their career as the business expands.
What you’ll be doing:
- Take ownership of Purchase ledger and ensure that invoices are accurately coded and that costs are recovered for cost of sales purchases,
- Perform monthly Supplier statement reconciliations,
- Assist with problematic customer and supplier accounts and help maintain effective credit control and supplier payments,
- Coordinate payment runs to support smooth financial operations,
- Raise customer invoices on Meddbase/Xero when the need arises,
- Monitor and manage the Accounts inbox, categorising emails and sorting into folders and investigating and resolving queries efficiently,
- Monitor and process staff expenses, ensuring expense forms, receipts, and approvals are completed and ready for payment by the following Friday,
- Provide ad-hoc reporting and other activity as required,
- Place the core objectives of the finance team at the centre of everything we do and take accountability for the role.
What You'll Need To Succeed:
- Well-rounded accounting experience within a busy, high-volume SME environment - AAT or QBE required.
- Strong numeracy skills and proficiency with Microsoft Office and Xero accounting software.
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills—both written and verbal.
- Exceptional attention to detail, self-motivated, persistent, resilient, and committed to meeting deadlines.
- A proactive problem solver who takes responsibility and effectively resolves issues.
- Friendly, motivated and enjoys being part of a team.
What you’ll get in return:
- Competative salary
- Hybrid role
- 33 days of annual leave, including 8 bank holidays, pro-rata, plus Birthday Day Off
- Flexible working opportunities
- Company Sick Pay
- Simply Health membership
- Physical Health Allowance
- Refer a Friend scheme worth £250 per successful referral
- Comprehensive Employee Assistance Programme, including face-to-face/virtual counselling
- Opportunities for professional development and growth
- A supportive and inclusive work environment
Pay: £28,000.00-£32,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- Additional leave
- Casual dress
- Cycle to work scheme
- Free parking
- Health & wellbeing programme
- On-site parking
- Sick pay
- Work from home
Ability to commute/relocate:
- Stockport SK1 2BT: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)
Application question(s):
- What level of AAT or equivalent qualification do you have?
Experience:
- accounting: 2 years (preferred)
Work Location: In person
