Accounts Assistant/Assistant Accountant
Genuine temporary to permanent role
Stoke on Trent
Start ASAP
£30000- £3500K
Role Overview
The Assistant Accountant will support the finance function within a fast-paced manufacturing environment, providing accurate financial reporting, cost control support, and day-to-day accounting assistance. The role is key in ensuring timely month-end processes, stock and cost accounting, and compliance with internal controls. Due to the nature of the environment flexibility is key.
Key Responsibilities
- Assist with month-end close, including accruals, prepayments, journals and balance sheet reconciliations
- Support preparation of management accounts and variance analysis
- Maintain and reconcile stock, WIP and cost of sales
- Assist with standard costing and production variance analysis
- Responsible for cost allocation specifically for Time allocation (timesheets) and expense
- Process fixed assets, depreciation and capital expenditure reporting
- Assist with VAT returns and statutory reporting requirements
- Support audits and liaise with internal and external stakeholders
- Improve financial processes and controls
- Support implementation of SAP system (currently XERO)
- Provide support for transactional accounting function
Skills & Experience Required
- 2–3 years’ experience in an accounting or finance role, ideally within manufacturing
- AAT qualified/ or Part-qualified ACCA / CIMA / ACA
- Experience with stock, WIP, and cost accounting desirable
- Strong Excel skills (pivot tables, lookups)
- Experience using XERO and SAP
- Strong attention to detail and analytical mindset