Assistant Accountant (Maternity Cover)

Elevation Accountancy and Finance are delighted to be supporting a well known business in Rotherham as they look to recruit a full time Accounts Assistant on a Fixed Term Contract to cover a period of maternity leave.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Support to deliver the timely and accurate production of the monthly financial statements and associated financial set reporting to the UK leadership team and Corporate teams
• Manage and ensure 100% compliance in expenses
• Manage the company car fleet and insurance
• Treasury management, including bank reconciliations
• Ensuring Accounting policies and controls are continuously reviewed maintained and policed
• Cashflow reporting and forecasting
• Tax planning and reporting, incl VAT
• Support on internal audits, including management of resulting action plans
• Work with the wider finance team to deliver on annual external audit
• Manage, organise and deliver key information for annual R&D claim
• Ensure all GB policies are actively enforced and new/amended policies are appropriately rolled out/communicated to the relevant stakeholders

Person Specification:

• Strong ethos of responsibility and accountability
• Ability to work independently, take initiative, set priorities and see projects/initiatives through to completion
• Technically skilled and mathematically inclined
• Effective written and oral communication skills
• A dynamic and ambitious individual who will embrace a hands-on role
• Happy to roll up sleeves and work at a detailed level
• Technically proficiant and see IT as an enabler
• Strict ethos of hitting deadlines, proactively managing deliverables and delivery of error free work first time
• Ability to work to strict and short reporting timelines
• A team player with a positive can-do attitude
• Works well under pressure
• Ability to work cross functionally within a small team to deliver the required organizational results
• Passion for detail but with the ability to see the bigger picture
• Confidence to work with and challenge all levels of the business

If this looks like a role of interest then please get in touch or apply now!