Associate Accountant

Job Description

The Associate Accountant will play a vital role in supporting the finance department with various accounting tasks. The Associate Accountant will assist in maintaining accurate financial records, preparing financial reports, and ensuring compliance with accounting principles and regulations.

The role needs strong communication skills and will have regular and independent communication with management, peers in finance and other business functions.

Duties and responsibilities include:

• Bookkeeping
• Payroll processing
• Verifying financial statements, ledgers and accounts and making corrections where appropriate
• Financial reporting
• Budgeting and Forecasting
• General financial analysis
• Reconciliation of bank and balance sheet accounts
• Systems development & documentation
• Providing accounting services to all areas of the business as necessary;

Requirements:

• Professional accountancy qualification or equivalent - AAT qualified or ICASL/ACCA/CIMA Part qualified.
• University degree 1/2 year or completed HND in accounts field will be an added advantage
• 1 - 2 years’ experience preferably in UK accounting industry
• Previous UK experience in Accountancy and Taxation
• Experience in QB, XERO, IRIS, TaxCalc is preferable
• Good English, communication and team working skills.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office package is essential.
• Must be willing to work on UK shift