Assistant Accountant

The Finance Business Support team partners with all Business Support departments to deliver timely commercial and financial information, analysis, and insight that supports effective decision-making.

We are looking for a commercially focused Assistant Accountant to join the team. This is a highly visible role, partnering closely with Business Support stakeholders and the Leadership Team to deliver meaningful financial insight, challenge, and support effective decision-making. You will play a key role in driving financial performance, producing accurate and timely reporting, and identifying opportunities to improve profitability and operational efficiency across the business.

Your main responsibilities will include: -

• Prepare and post month-end journals, accruals, and prepayments to support accurate financial reporting.
• Analyse financial performance and present clear insight, challenge, and recommendations to key stakeholders.
• Prepare monthly balance sheet reconciliations, ensuring risks, variances, and key movements are clearly explained.
• Support the budgeting and forecasting process, working with stakeholders to understand cost drivers and future requirements.
• Identify opportunities to improve profitability, efficiency, reporting quality, and financial control across Business Support areas.

To be successful in this role, you will: -

• Demonstrate a clear commitment to service excellence.
• Have previous experience working in a fast-paced finance environment.
• Demonstrate strong attention to detail and a high level of accuracy in their work.
• Have strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Be able to manage competing priorities, work under pressure, and meet tight deadlines.
• Have strong IT skills, including confident use of Microsoft Excel to analyse and present financial information.
• Be interested in developing their finance career, with study support available if required.

• 25 days holiday (plus bank holidays) as a minimum and the opportunity to buy more
• A pension - contribute 4% and we’ll match you (after year 1, we’ll match your contributions up to 6%).
• Life cover that you can increase.
• Access to confidential support and counselling, when you need it.
• A health plan that gives you money back on everyday medical costs for all the family, as well as access to a digital GP.

• Exclusive range of high street discounts including cinema, tech, travel, fashion, food and drink.
• Get paid as you earn - access to up to 20% of your pay before payday.
• Opportunity to buy dental cover and critical illness cover.