Assistant Accountant
| Posting date: | 02 September 2025 |
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| Salary: | £27,000 to £35,000 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 02 October 2025 |
| Location: | LE8 4GZ |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | Paul Mitchell Associates |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 47079-49396 |
Summary
Assistant Accountant
Reporting to: Management Accountant
Location: Leicester
Our client is a highly successful privately owned business, enjoying a period of sustained expansion is looking to recruit an Assistant Accountant.
JOB SUMMARY:
To assist the Management Accountant to prepare financial information to allow the business to make well-informed decisions.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Working closely with the Management Accountant to ensure the timely and accurate production of the monthly / quarterly management accounts as well as assisting with Year End financial accounts
- Oversee the expenses and ensuring compliance to policy. Analysis of spend, and highlight any areas for improvement
- Credit card reconciliations
- Monitor key expenditure areas
- Reconcile nominal control accounts monthly, for the Management Accountant to review
- Assist with Year End reconciliations
- Produce P11D calculations and summaries
- Prepare quarterly VAT returns
- Provide Ad hoc cover for Payroll processes
Knowledge / Skills / Qualifications:
- Excellent communication skills.
- Demonstrate strong organisational and efficiency skills
- Good working knowledge of computer software packages (e.g.Word, Excel)
- Ambitious, with aspirations to progress and develop skills to manage a team in the future
- Minimum AAT qualified, but ACCA or CIMA part-qualified is desirable
- Team orientated
- Professional and able to remain calm under pressure
- Highly organised
- Accurate and numerate
- Proactive, demonstrating initiative and problem-solving skills
Salary £27,000 to £35,000
Family friendly hours
- Excellent communication skills.