Assistant Accountant

Assistant Accountant focuses on be to support the day to day tasks, including performing key month end, budgeting and reporting processes, ensuring deadlines are achieved with a high level of accuracy.

What the role involves

• Be to support the day to day tasks, including performing key month end, budgeting and reporting processes, ensuring deadlines are achieved with a high level of accuracy.
• Ensure costs are analysed and accruals posted to deliver accurate and timely monthly actual reporting.
• Supporting the business in ensuring cost allocation is to the correct cost elements/functional cost centres.
• Working with Business Partners to support daily Business requests and queries.
• Supporting reporting role to build in more efficient processes and high accuracy, especially budget process.
• Communicate any cost risks and opportunities throughout the year to assist in accurate forecasting and minimise surprises.

Skills and requirements

• Support external audit process where required, particularly with audit preparation in advance and sampling request evidence gathering.
• AAT qualified or Part Qualified or equivalent working experience.
• Strong Microsoft skills essential (Excel, Power.
• Point), ERP (preferably SAP or similar ERP systems).

Confirmed role details

• To provide accounting support to two internal teams, Onsite at a large helicopter manufacturer, based in Yeovil.
• Role is initially set up for a 12 month temporary contract and is subject to review after this.
• Document processes to aid reduction of single point failures, allow for holiday cover.

Candidate fit

• Technical finance knowledge, accuracy, reporting discipline, and careful judgement.