Accounts Assistant

About the Role

We're looking for a proactive and detail-oriented Assistant Accountant to join our finance team. This is a fantastic opportunity for someone with a strong foundation in accounting who's ready to grow their skills in a fast-paced and supportive environment.

You'll play a key role in ensuring accurate financial reporting, managing recharges, and supporting month-end processes. If you're passionate about numbers, process improvement, and working collaboratively, we'd love to hear from you.

Key Responsibilities

• Post monthly recharges accurately and on time.
• Reconcile quarterly recharges and communicate variances.
• Support month-end close processes across P&L and balance sheet.
• Prepare and post journals with supporting commentary.
• Complete balance sheet reconciliations with full documentation.
• Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to meet SLAs and KPIs.
• Contribute to finance team improvement initiatives.
• Respond to ad-hoc financial data requests.

What We're Looking For

Essential:

• Minimum 12 months experience in a General Ledger role.
• Strong analytical and reconciliation skills.
• Ability to work independently and meet deadlines.
• A team player with a proactive "can do" attitude.
• Experience in process improvement and stakeholder engagement.

Desirable:

• AAT qualified or studying towards ACA, ACCA, or CIMA.
• Experience with ERP systems (e.g., Business Central).
• Advanced Excel skills.
• Familiarity with P&L, accruals, prepayments, and variance analysis.

Please be aware this advert will remain open until the vacancy has been filled. Interviews will take place throughout this period, therefore we encourage you to apply early to avoid disappointment.

Tate is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.

Tate is committed to promoting equal opportunities. To ensure that every candidate has the best experience with us, we encourage you to let us know if there are any adjustments we can make during the application or interview process. Your comfort and accessibility are our priority, and we are here to support you every step of the way. Additionally, we value and respect your individuality, and we invite you to share your preferred pronouns in your application.