Assistant Accountant

Smart Recruitment is currently recruiting on behalf of a well-known international organisation that retains its family roots in Somerset, UK.

We are currently supporting them with a position based at their Somerset location, for an Assistant Accountant. This is a key role within a small accounts/finance team, and provides a great opportunity for someone to develop their skills within a complex engineering / manufacturing environment. It would be an ideal position for a recently qualified accountant who has an interest in ERP Planning systems.

They require an enthusiastic individual, with good communication skills, to work directly with the Financial Controller on monthly reporting, the planning and implementation of budgets, and the provision of business information.

Duties will include:

Carrying out routine compliance accounting for the site:

– Manage VAT accounting to include monthly submission of VAT reclaims, EC sales listings and intrastat reports

– Auto enrolment reporting
– National Statistics
– Bank reporting

As well as the above, there are some other projects that are short / medium term that require someone to be flexible enough to get involved and assist with:
Current 2016 project work:

– Migration from current version of ERP 2009 to newer version, with a go-live date of January 2017
– A Feasibility study for potential future merger
– Pension filing reorganisation

In order to be suitable for this position we would expect the following

– CIMA / ACCA Qualification
– Good knowledge/experience of financial and management accounting
– Experience of costing and manufacturing processes
– Experience of ERP project work -previous Microsoft Axapta exposure advantageous but not essential
– Good communication and presentation skills, able to communicate business issues to non-accountants
– Good Microsoft skills and experience in volume data management
– Ambitious self-starter able to run a number of tasks concurrently and to meet delivery deadlines.
– A team worker – working with both production and accounts teams to meet the company objectives.

Please apply with a covering letter detailing why you feel you are suitable for this role. It is a great opportunity to join a well-respected company that looks after its people. We look forward to hearing from you.