Full job description*Assistant Accountant
*Learning and development opportunity
*£30-35k plus study support
Assistant Accountant | £30,000-35,000 + study support | Liverpool | Permanent

Are you looking to take the next step in your finance career and gain broader accounting experience within a successful manufacturing environment?
We’re recruiting an Assistant Accountant to join an established finance team, offering a great opportunity for someone with a grounding in transactional finance who now wants to develop their month-end and management accounting experience.

You’ll work closely with the Site Finance Manager, taking responsibility for day-to-day financial processing while gradually becoming more involved in month-end reporting and accounting activities. You will be:
*Supporting the day-to-day running of purchase ledger and sales ledger
*Processing and reconciling cash and bank transactions
*Completing bank and balance sheet reconciliations
*Assisting with supplier payments and resolving invoice queries
*Supporting the Site Finance Manager during month end
*Preparing and posting journals
*Assisting with accruals and prepayments
*Supporting the preparation of monthly financial information
*Investigating discrepancies and helping ensure financial information is accurate
*Working with colleagues across the site to resolve finance queries
*Supporting ongoing improvements to finance processes and controls
For this Assistant Accountant role, you will ideally be someone who already has some hands-on finance experience and is keen to broaden their skillset.
*AAT qualified or studying towards AAT, or in the early stages of CIMA/ACCA
*Experienced within an Accounts Assistant, Finance Assistant, Assistant Accountant or similar role
*Comfortable working across transactional finance, including AP, AR and bank reconciliations
*Keen to develop your knowledge of month-end accounting
*Confident using Excel and working with financial data
*Proactive, organised and willing to learn
*Comfortable working in a busy, deadline-driven environment
*Experience using a larger ERP system (SAP, Dynamics 365 etc) would be advantageous
*Manufacturing experience is useful but not essential
You will get:
*£30,000 – £35,000 salary
*Full study support towards your professional qualification
*25 days holiday
*Company pension
*Healthcare
*Hybrid working once probation has passed
*Excellent exposure to month-end and management accounting
*Opportunity to work closely with an experienced Finance Manager
*Experience within a fast-paced manufacturing environment
*Long-term opportunities to progress as your experience and qualification develop