Assistant Accountant
Chester / Hybrid following 3 month probation in office
£30,000
We’re looking for an Assistant Accountant to join us who can demonstrate the below:
- AAT Level 3 qualification is desirable; however, candidates qualified by experience will also be considered
- Prior experience in industry at this level and within this role
- Strong Excel skills and good general system proficiency
- Experience of mentorship and being a line manager for a team
- Good technical knowledge and an understanding of what “good” looks like within this role
What you’ll be doing
Supporting the Finance Manager by acting as a key point of contact within the finance function and providing leadership across the team. Bridging the gap between senior and junior team members by mentoring, developing, and motivating employees, promoting a positive culture and alignment with departmental goals to improve overall team performance. Maintaining effective financial controls within the department, ensuring resources are allocated efficiently, deadlines are met, and departmental objectives are achieved. Contributing to the accurate and timely production of financial information, maintaining high-quality ledger management and proactively resolving issues to improve transparency and visibility of financial data for senior stakeholders. In addition:
- Assisting in the Preparation of monthly management accounts, working with the FM to complete MGT Accts up to the point of review by FM within team deadlines
- Monthly balance sheet reconciliations and posting of journals
- Month-end processes – Including Intercompany recharges, Disposals, and purchases
- Supplier reconciliations and queries
- VAT return preparation and checks assisting in accurate VAT coding and compliance
- Preparing and processing payment runs and reporting
- Reviewing and analysing credit control activities weekly and daily with the team, guiding focus and feedback to seniors
- Day to day operational tasks, email inbox management and delegation of tasks to the team. Responsible for ensuring work is completed and organising the team
- Delegating tasks and managing workload across sales and purchase ledger clerks
- Handling internal and external queries. Assisting with the audit. Assisting with queries from seniors
- AP/AR control and Bank, Accounts Receivable and Payable Reconciliation. Keeping Ledgers clean and ensuring good management of all nominals and ledgers
- GL control ensuring accuracy of postings and data
- Assisting with Cash flow management and ensuring accurate data entry into cash flow models
What we offer
We’re an Investors in People Silver employer, and we invest in our people with the right tools, support, and training to help you succeed.
Benefits include:
- 25 days’ holiday plus bank holidays, as well as your birthday off.
- Hybrid working after three months’ probation.
- Medicash healthcare plan, including optical, dental, physiotherapy, and more.
- Events throughout the year, including an end-of-year party.
- Funding for qualifications and apprenticeship schemes.
- Enhanced maternity and paternity leave.
- Pension contributions of 5% from you and 5% from us.
- £1,000 employee referral bonus.
- Monthly wellbeing hour.
- Tech scheme and retail cashback scheme.
- Service reward scheme.
- Cycle to Work scheme.
- Casual dress code.
Ready to apply?
If you enjoy helping people, solving problems, and keeping things running smoothly, we’d love to hear from you. Apply today with your latest CV and a member of our recruitment team will be in touch.
Before you go...
For Proximo, having a friendly, diverse, and inclusive atmosphere is crucial to achieving our best-in-class goal. When everyone feels free to be their best selves at work, Proximo thrives. We want our people base to match the variety of our customer base. While we strive to maintain a culture where employees feel appreciated and valued for their individual potential, we celebrate diversity. Our dedication to diversity is authentic, continuously developing, and top-down driven. Proximo takes great satisfaction in being open to everyone. No matter your gender, sexual orientation, disability, race, marital status, ethnicity, religion, or social class, we encourage you to apply. We support diverse workplaces where our employees may always give and display their best selves.
We'd love to hear from you if you need flexibility in time, locations, or ways you do your job. Additionally, we want to make sure you receive help during the application process so you can give it your all. Please indicate on your application form if you need any reasonable adjustments made during the application process.
