Assistant Management Accountant - £35,000 - £40,000 – Reading, Berkshire (Hybrid Working)

Trace Recruit is delighted to be supporting the CFO of a specialist service provider, who is on the hunt for an Assistant Accountant.

This exciting opportunity will work closely with the finance team and will play a key role in maintaining accurate financial records, ensuring timely payments, and supporting the month-end close process.

About Your New Role:

• Process invoices, ensuring accuracy and compliance.
• Manage the end-to-end AP process, including invoice approvals and payment runs.
• Management of Accounts Receivables and cash allocations
• Reconcile supplier statements and resolve discrepancies in a timely manner.
• Maintain strong relationships with vendors and internal stakeholders.
• Assist in preparing and posting journal entries, including accruals and prepayments.
• Reconcile key balance sheet accounts.
• Support the finance team with variance analysis and reporting.
• Assist with VAT returns and other financial compliance tasks.
• Ad-hoc projects/support where needed.

  
Your Skills & Qualifications:

• Experience working in a similar role.
• Experience in double entry bookkeeping, debits & credits and supporting with month end.
• Comfortable working with large data sets.
• Strong attention to detail and accuracy.
• Energetic and enthusiastic.
• A friendly and proactive demeanour, good team player.
• Advanced Excel user.
• Ideally have used Sage and Xero.

This is a superb opportunity for a finance professional with AP & Month End experience to support an exciting and growing business and to expand their knowledge.
This role is perfect for someone immediately available or can start at short notice.

We will be reviewing CVs throughout the process so please apply as soon as you are able to.
  
At Trace, we are committed to fostering an inclusive and diverse workplace and believe that, in any business, it is imperative that all members of staff feel appreciated and respected in their roles. Our job is simply to find the best candidate on the market, regardless of their age, race, religion, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, or any other factor irrelevant to their qualifications and competencies.

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