Job Description:

Role: Group Assistant Accountant 
Salary: Competitive, dependent on experience 
Location: Towcester, Northamptonshire 

The Accountancy & Finance Division at The ONE Group is currently recruiting for an excellent opportunity for an Assistant Accountant to join a growing Group multi-entity Finance team. This role offers broad exposure across management accounts, month-end reporting, reconciliations, cash reporting and audit support, with the opportunity to develop your accounting knowledge and take on greater responsibility over time.

Key Responsibilities

• Prepare and post journals, accruals and prepayments.
• Support month-end close and the preparation of management accounts schedules.
• Complete balance sheet reconciliations, investigating and resolving reconciling items.
• Maintain accurate bank postings, cashbooks and supporting financial records.
• Assist with daily cash reporting and updates to the Group cash flow model.
• Support intercompany reconciliations across multiple Group entities.
• Provide information and schedules to support Group reporting and consolidation.
• Prepare supporting documentation and schedules for external audit.
• Respond to routine accounting and audit queries.
• Maintain clear, accurate and review-ready working papers and audit trails.
• Support improvements and standardisation across finance processes and controls.
• Work across different entities, ledgers and finance processes as part of a shared-service environment.
• Support the integration of newly acquired entities into established finance processes where required.

Skills & Experience Required

• AAT currently studying or qualified or studying ACCA or CIMA
• Sound understanding of double-entry bookkeeping and core accounting principles.
• Strong balance sheet reconciliation experience.
• Experience preparing or posting journals, accruals and prepayments.
• Good Excel skills and confidence working with financial data.
• Strong attention to detail and a high level of accuracy.
• Ability to investigate discrepancies and resolve routine accounting queries.
• Willingness to learn, develop and take on increasing responsibility.

Desirable

• Experience within a multi-entity or Group Finance environment.
• Exposure to management accounts and month-end reporting.
• Intercompany reconciliation experience. 

This is a fantastic opportunity to joining an established multi-entity business who are going from strength to strength – the role offers the successful candidate a clear path to progression and lots of opportunities to develop your skills and experience along the way. My client is looking to progress very quickly in the recruitment process, please apply ASAP to avoid disappointment or contact Dhruti Patel at The ONE Group for further information.