Assistant Accountant
$35,000–$43,750 year
Hybrid · Bransgore, England, United Kingdom
Job Summary
Assistant Accountant needed to support day-to-day finance and improve financial visibility, reporting, and controls across an SME in the construction/manufacturing SIPs sector. Responsibilities include raising and processing sales invoices, posting purchase invoices and expenses, bank reconciliations and allocation of receipts/payments, managing credit control and overdue payments, handling supplier, expense and payroll-related payment runs, maintaining financial records in Xero, assisting with month-end processes (accruals, prepayments, reconciliations), preparing VAT and CIS returns, supporting cashflow reporting, project cost tracking and WIP reporting, cost control and invoicing alignment with project progress, and collaboration with project managers and operational teams to ensure financial accuracy, with a focus on improving finance processes and reporting systems."
Required Qualifications
- AAT Level 3 minimum or equivalent bookkeeping / finance experience
- Strong working knowledge of Xero
- Experience within construction or project-based environments
- Experience with invoicing, reconciliations, supplier payments and credit control
- Experience supporting month-end processes
- Working knowledge of VAT and CIS
- Strong Excel and spreadsheet skills
- Highly organised with strong attention to detail
- Able to manage competing priorities within a fast-moving environment
- Practical, solutions-focused and commercially aware
- Strong communication skills with the ability to work collaboratively across teams
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