Part Qualified Accountant

Hays Accounts and Finance • Permanent • Halesowen, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom • £35k - £40k / year • 5h ago

Your new company
Hays Accountancy & Finance are supporting a growing and innovative business in their search for a Part-Qualified Assistant Accountant. This is an excellent opportunity to join a dynamic organisation experiencing continued growth, where you will play a key role within a small, supportive finance team and gain broad exposure across all areas of finance. Reporting directly to the Finance Director, you will have the opportunity to develop your technical accounting skills whilst contributing to the financial success of the business.

Your new role
As a Part-Qualified Accountant, you will support the Finance Director across a varied and hands-on role, taking responsibility for day-to-day accounting activities whilst contributing to management reporting, forecasting and business performance analysis.Key responsibilities will include:

Overseeing the purchase ledger, including processing supplier invoices, supplier reconciliations and maintaining strong supplier relationships.
Overseeing the sales ledger function, raising customer invoices, reconciling bank accounts and assisting with credit control activities.
Assisting in the preparation of monthly management accounts and financial reports for senior management.
Supporting treasury activities, including supplier payments, cash flow monitoring and cash forecasting.
Assisting with longer-term forecasting, project profitability analysis and financial reporting to the wider group.
Supporting statutory compliance including VAT, HMRC requirements, Companies House submissions, audits and group reporting.
Developing and improving financial reports and analysis to support business decision-making.
Deputising for the Finance Director when required and contributing to continuous improvement initiatives within the finance function.

What you'll need to succeed
To be successful in this role, you will be a proactive and motivated finance professional who is currently studying towards a recognised accounting qualification such as ACCA, CIMA or ACA.You will ideally have:

Previous experience assisting with management accounts or similar finance positions.
Previous experience/ understanding of purchase ledger, sales ledger and general accounting processes.
Strong Excel skills, including the ability to manipulate data and create financial reports.
Excellent attention to detail and strong analytical skills.
The ability to prioritise workloads and work independently using your own initiative.
A positive, solutions-focused approach with excellent communication skills.
A desire to develop professionally and take on increasing responsibility within a growing organisation.

What you'll get in return

Competitive salary dependent on experience.
Study support towards your professional qualification.
Exposure to all aspects of the finance function and direct mentoring from an experienced Finance Director.
Opportunity to develop management accounting, forecasting and business partnering skills.
A varied and challenging role within a growing international business.
Supportive and collaborative working environment.
Career progression opportunities as the company continues to expand.

What you need to do now

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