Assistant Accountant Peterborough, England
Job description
Taylor Rose MW is a Top 60 Law firm with a national footprint across England and Wales. We are committed to developing our employees and to delivering outstanding service to our customers. Our vision is to continue to deliver #smart #modern #law and to embrace and develop our employees through their legal career.
We are currently looking for a new Assistant Accountant to join our Peterborough Finance Team.
As an Assistant Accountant, you are to provide administrative and financial support as part of the Corporate Finance team to companies within the wider AIIC group. This is a newly created position, and the successful applicant will have the opportunity to shape the future of the role and will be encouraged to use their initiative to add benefit to the company where they find the opportunity. The role will include a wide range of responsibilities with a primary focus on the timely and accurate reporting of subsidiary results to internal and external stakeholders.
This role involves but is not limited to:
Bookkeeping for several group entities
Daily bank reconciliations and postings
Assist in the preparation of monthly management accounts
Liaise with management teams to ensure individual company needs are being met
Monthly balance sheet reconciliations
Provide commentary and analysis on key balances
Provide assistance in the annual audit
Assist in the preparation of VAT returns
Requirements:
Ability to plan and prioritise to meet deadlines.
High levels of accuracy and attention to detail.
Good working knowledge of Microsoft packages.
Ability to work under own initiative.
Strong communication skills, both verbally and written
AAT or similar accounting qualification
Experience of accounts software packages
Understanding of the controls and systems environment
Taylor Rose MW will contact you by telephone or email regarding your application. We do not ask for personal details upon application and all emails will come from a legitimate email address. If you are asked to respond to an application with your personal details, then please contact the Recruitment team.
Company Core Values:
Aspirations: To be the best that you can, motivated to do things better, works smarter not harder, embraces changes, learns from mistakes, takes an interest in the vision of the business
Integrity: Open and honest, shows respect, admits mistakes, looks at ways to improve and share ideas
Innovation: Creative and Dynamic, Adaptable to change, seeks ways of doing things better, get involved with work that makes a difference, continuously learns new things for personal development
Commitment: Relationships for the long-term
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent
Salary: £25,000.00-£30,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- Casual dress
- Company events
- Company pension
- Gym membership
- Wellness programme
Schedule:
- 8 hour shift
- Day shift
- Monday to Friday
Ability to commute/relocate:
- Peterborough, PE1 5DD: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)
Application question(s):
- Do you have an AAT (Association of Accounting Technicians) qualification?
Education:
- Bachelor's (preferred)
Experience:
- Accounting: 1 year (preferred)
- Finance: 1 year (preferred)
Work Location: One location
