Assistant Accountant
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What you'll do
- Prepare journals, prepayments, accruals, provisions, and other balance sheet entries
- Reconcile intercompany balances and support settlement processes
- Liaise with divisional finance teams to ensure completeness and accuracy of central transactions
- Assist with management accounts preparation, including variance analysis and commentary
- Complete assigned balance sheet reconciliations to a high standard
- Collate inputs for business plans, including costs, revenues, and KPIs
- Assist with budget and forecast submissions for central entities
- Support weekly and monthly cashflow forecasting to ensure adequate reserves
- Prepare actuals and forecasts for central cost centres to support spend management
- Manage purchase requisitions and receipting of goods/services
- Provide training and guidance to non-finance users to ensure accurate data entry
What they're looking for
- Strong Excel skills and analytical capability
Nice to have
- Experience in a multi-entity finance environment (preferred)
- Exposure to energy, manufacturing, or production sectors (beneficial)
- Working knowledge of accounting standards and ERP systems (preferred)
Summarised by NextRaise from the employer’s description, which follows in full below.
Full description from employer
I am delighted to be partnering with a growing energy group who operates across the UK and Ireland. Its core focus is on owning, operating, and developing power generation assets that contribute to national energy security and the transition to lower-carbon solutions.
Key Responsibilities include:
Month-End & General Accounting
- Prepare journals, prepayments, accruals, provisions, and other balance sheet entries
- Reconcile intercompany balances and support settlement processes
- Liaise with divisional finance teams to ensure completeness and accuracy of central transactions
- Assist with management accounts preparation, including variance analysis and commentary
- Complete assigned balance sheet reconciliations to a high standard
Forecasting & Budgeting
- Collate inputs for business plans, including costs, revenues, and KPIs
- Assist with budget and forecast submissions for central entities
- Support weekly and monthly cashflow forecasting to ensure adequate reserves
Cost Centre & Systems Support
- Prepare actuals and forecasts for central cost centres to support spend management
- Manage purchase requisitions and receipting of goods/services
- Provide training and guidance to non-finance users to ensure accurate data entry
Candidate Profile
Skills & Experience
- Strong Excel skills and analytical capability
- Experience in a multi-entity finance environment (preferred)
- Exposure to energy, manufacturing, or production sectors (beneficial)
- Working knowledge of accounting standards and ERP systems (preferred)
Behaviours
- Organised and able to manage competing priorities
- High attention to detail and strong problem-solving ability
- Clear communicator with strong relationship-building skills
- Collaborative team player with a proactive, supportive attitude
Please get in touch for more details: Please get in touch for more details: laura.hudson@markssattin.com/0113 5132452
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