Assistant Accountant
| Posting date: | 11 November 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £28,000 to £35,000 per year |
| Additional salary information: | Excellent Benefits |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 11 December 2025 |
| Location: | Beeston, Yorkshire, LS11 |
| Company: | IPS Group Limited |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 58442997 |
Summary
We’re looking for a proactive and detail-focused Assistant Accountant to join our clients busy finance team. This role is perfect for someone who enjoys variety, takes pride in accuracy, and wants to grow their career in a supportive and forward-thinking environment.
You’ll be hands-on with all things finance - from managing the purchase ledger and reconciling bank accounts to preparing management accounts and supporting wider finance projects. It’s a role with real ownership, responsibility, and progression built in.
Benefits
- Study support
- 25 days’ holiday + bank holidays
- Quarterly profit share bonus
- Company pension scheme
- 3x salary life assurance
- Healthcare cash plan and EAP
- Hybrid working
- Genuine career development in a friendly, supportive team
Duties of Assistant Accountant:
- Take full responsibility for processing supplier invoices and matching them to POs
- Work closely with internal teams to resolve any queries
- Prepare and process regular supplier payment runs
- Build positive relationships with suppliers and ensure everything is up to date
- Carry out daily and monthly bank reconciliations for several accounts
- Post and allocate transactions correctly
- Manage company credit cards
- Prepare monthly management accounts for a smaller group entity
- Post journals, accruals, and prepayments
- Reconcile key profit and loss and balance sheet accounts
- Submit accurate monthly reporting to the Financial Controller
- Maintain key balance sheet reconciliations (fixed assets, VAT, payroll, accruals, intercompany)
- Provide occasional cover for credit control — sending invoices and chasing outstanding payments
- Assist with year-end audit work and preparation of supporting schedules
- Help document and improve finance processes and controls
Your Growth Path
This is a great opportunity for someone looking to take the next step in their accounting career. Over time, you’ll gain experience and responsibility across:
- More areas of the UK management accounts
- Group month-end reporting and consolidation
- Full ownership of the management accounts for the main UK trading entity
Essential:
- Solid experience in an Assistant Accountant or similar role
- Good knowledge of purchase ledger and reconciliations
- Confident Excel skills
- Strong attention to detail and great organisational skills
- The ability to meet deadlines and manage your own workload
- Clear communication skills and a collaborative approach
You’ll be hands-on with all things finance - from managing the purchase ledger and reconciling bank accounts to preparing management accounts and supporting wider finance projects. It’s a role with real ownership, responsibility, and progression built in.
Benefits
- Study support
- 25 days’ holiday + bank holidays
- Quarterly profit share bonus
- Company pension scheme
- 3x salary life assurance
- Healthcare cash plan and EAP
- Hybrid working
- Genuine career development in a friendly, supportive team
Duties of Assistant Accountant:
- Take full responsibility for processing supplier invoices and matching them to POs
- Work closely with internal teams to resolve any queries
- Prepare and process regular supplier payment runs
- Build positive relationships with suppliers and ensure everything is up to date
- Carry out daily and monthly bank reconciliations for several accounts
- Post and allocate transactions correctly
- Manage company credit cards
- Prepare monthly management accounts for a smaller group entity
- Post journals, accruals, and prepayments
- Reconcile key profit and loss and balance sheet accounts
- Submit accurate monthly reporting to the Financial Controller
- Maintain key balance sheet reconciliations (fixed assets, VAT, payroll, accruals, intercompany)
- Provide occasional cover for credit control — sending invoices and chasing outstanding payments
- Assist with year-end audit work and preparation of supporting schedules
- Help document and improve finance processes and controls
Your Growth Path
This is a great opportunity for someone looking to take the next step in their accounting career. Over time, you’ll gain experience and responsibility across:
- More areas of the UK management accounts
- Group month-end reporting and consolidation
- Full ownership of the management accounts for the main UK trading entity
Essential:
- Solid experience in an Assistant Accountant or similar role
- Good knowledge of purchase ledger and reconciliations
- Confident Excel skills
- Strong attention to detail and great organisational skills
- The ability to meet deadlines and manage your own workload
- Clear communication skills and a collaborative approach
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