Assistant Accountant
Job description
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Our client, a global sportswear brand, is a growing business that is committed to hiring for the long term. They offer a supportive management team, clear career progression opportunities, and study support to help you develop professionally. You’ll be joining a collaborative workforce where teamwork and development are genuinely encouraged.
This is an excellent opportunity for a part-qualified accountant to join a dynamic commercial finance team. You will gain exposure to a broad range of accounting responsibilities including month-end, balance sheet reconciliations, and cash flow, while working closely with senior finance leadership.
This role is ideal for someone looking to step into a well-rounded Assistant Accountant position with genuine progression opportunities.
Core Accounting Duties
- Posting sales and purchase invoices and credit notes
- Maintaining and reconciling the cashbook across multiple currencies
- Performing monthly balance sheet reconciliations
- Supporting VAT reconciliations
Month-End & Reporting
- Assisting with monthly and quarterly close processes
- Supporting preparation of management accounts
- Maintaining and updating financial reports and Excel worksheets
Cash Flow & Payments
- Assisting with weekly cash flow and payment runs
- Monitoring the accounts inbox and ensuring timely processing
Business Support
- Assisting with budgeting and forecasting processes
- Supporting the Financial Controller with ad-hoc tasks
- Ensuring financial controls and procedures are followed
We are looking for a motivated and detail-oriented finance professional who thrives in a fast-paced environment.
Essential:
- AAT qualified or part-qualified ACCA/CIMA
- Minimum 2 years’ experience in a finance role (industry or practice)
- Strong understanding of double-entry bookkeeping
- Good Excel skills
- Experience working to deadlines in a busy finance environment
Desirable:
- Experience with Sage 200 or similar ERP systems
- Experience with multi-currency transactions
- Knowledge of management accounts processes
- Excellent salary
- Study support and clear career progression
- Exposure to a international commercial finance environment
- Hands-on experience across a wide range of accounting functions
- Excellent salary package
- Annual bonus
- Annual salary review
- 25 days annual leave + bank holidays
- Additional days off between Christmas and New Year (subject to business closure)
- 1 day working from home after probation (non-contractual, at company discretion)
- Pension contribution
- 60% discount on company products via eCommerce
- Sample sales 2+ times per year
- Sick pay
If you are a part-qualified accountant looking to take the next step in your career within a supportive and growing organisation, we would love to hear from you.
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⭐ Highlight your AAT qualification or ACCA/CIMA part-qualified status prominently as this is essential for the role
📊 Quantify your finance experience: "Managed month-end for 3 entities, completing reconciliations within 5 working days"
🌐 Emphasise any multi-currency experience as the role involves maintaining cashbooks across multiple currencies
🎯 Showcase your Excel skills with specific examples like pivot tables, VLOOKUP functions, or financial modelling
🤝 Mention experience with ERP systems, particularly Sage 200, as this is specifically desirable for the role
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- •Completed monthly balance sheet reconciliations for 8 accounts within 3 working days, identifying and resolving £12,000 in unexplained variances
- •Processed 200+ purchase invoices weekly using Sage 200, maintaining 99.5% accuracy rate across multi-currency transactions
- •Supported quarterly VAT returns preparation, ensuring compliance deadlines were met and reducing reconciliation time by 25%
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Dear Hiring Manager,
Provallar's commitment to long-term career development and study support makes this Assistant Accountant position particularly appealing to me. With my AAT qualification and experience in balance sheet reconciliations and month-end processes, I am well-positioned to contribute to your dynamic commercial finance team from day one.
My background in managing multi-currency transactions and supporting VAT reconciliations aligns perfectly with the international scope of your sportswear operations. I have consistently delivered accurate financial reporting while working to tight deadlines, and I am eager to expand my expertise in management accounts preparation and cash flow management.
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Interview questions
10 questions generated from this advert.
Technical
- ›Walk me through your month-end process from start to finish
- ›How do you approach balance sheet reconciliations when there are unexplained variances?
- ›Explain how you would handle VAT reconciliation discrepancies
- ›What Excel functions do you use most frequently in your accounting work?
- ›How do you manage cash flow forecasting in a multi-currency environment?
Behavioural
- ›Tell me about a time when you had to meet a tight deadline in a finance role
- ›Describe a situation where you identified an error in financial records and how you resolved it
- ›Give an example of when you had to work collaboratively with other departments
- ›Tell me about a time when you had to learn a new accounting system or process
- ›Describe how you prioritise tasks during busy periods like month-end
STAR answer examples
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Tell me about a time when you had to meet a tight deadline in a finance role
Describe a situation where you identified an error in financial records and how you resolved it