Senior Accounts Assistant Finance

This is a broad role in a small busy team. You will work closely with the Finance Director and your work will feed directly into decisions made by the Managing Director and the Board.

Key responsibilities

• Producing monthly management accounts budget monitoring reports and group cash-flow forecasts

• Helping prepare annual budgets and medium-term financial plans

• Supporting Heads of Department on budgets and performance and leading financial reviews for our Gosforth and Durham offices

• Running payroll for the group and its SPVs monthly intercompany rebalancing and balance sheet reconciliations

• Working with our external accountants on statutory accounts and corporation tax returns

• Covering VAT returns credit control company secretarial duties and purchase ledger supervision when the Finance Director is away

• Developing our Sage reporting and finance processes

• Supporting HR and office administration including contracts onboarding and systems set-up

About you

• 4 years experience in a finance role

• Experience of budgets financial planning and management accounts to tight deadlines

• AAT Level 4 qualified studying or willing to study

• Sage experience is useful but not essential

• Organised accurate and comfortable managing a varied workload

• A good communicator who works well on your own and as part of a team

What we offer

We want people who will get stuck in and become part of the team and we will invest in them in return. That includes support with your AAT studies and room to take on more responsibility as the group grows