Assistant Accountant

Ruby group are looking for an Assistant Accountant to join a well known business that is a household name. A role covering Maternity reporting into the Senior Management Accountant. Your responsibilities will be to develop a strong working relationship with the Financial Accountant, Senior Management Accountant and Management Accountant, to enable timely sharing of information and the production of a full set of monthly management accounts. Regular reconciliation of balance sheet accounts to ensure assets and liabilities are stated correctly, as well as ensuring appropriate periodic charges are processed for locations. Maintenance and reconciliation of fixed asset registers. Support the annual audit process, preparing schedules and answering audit questions. Assisting with the preparation of the Annual Statutory Accounts for the smaller entities and preparation of the Corporation Tax pack. Monitoring CAPEX and Project spend against budgets. Profit and loss accounting, Variance analysis . Producing reports for senior manager, Sales, cash flow and KPI reporting. 

The ideal applicant will be working towards a professional qualification in either ACCA, CIMA and be at least finalist level. You Must have at least two years experience producing A set of financial or management accounts gained whilst working in a high volume multi site environment. Excellent communication skills are essential as you will be dealing with senior managers, stakeholders and external customers. This is a 10 month contract due to start immediately. Our client offers an excellent working environment, culture and benefits package. Candidates with Coda or Cognos experience will have an advantage. If you are immediately available or on short notice please submit your CV.