An exciting opportunity has arisen for an ambitious Finance Graduate/ACCA studier to join a leading FMCG/Retail business in the Lichfield area as an Assistant Accountant.

Main Responsibilities as Assistant Accountant:

• Preparation of Fixed Asset Register - maintenance & reconciliation, monitoring spend - actual v authorised and audit of assets to enable register to move from excel to AX.
• Balance sheet reconciliations - prepayments / accruals, payroll controls and tax.
• GRNI - weekly update of tracker and working with the purchase ledger to clear duplicate GRNIs.
• Assist with VAT / EC reports / Intrastats.
• Assist with preparation of journals including payroll, accruals, prepayments etc.
• Support the Purchase Ledger in process improvement.
• Ad-hoc support in the following areas: expenses, bank reconciliations, bank payments, payroll, preparation of data for group reporting, prep/analysis of data for tax reporting, monthly KPI data, provision of analytical support of account spend as requested and supplier maintenance.
• Full support and assistance with month end procedures

Skills & Experience required:

You will ideally:

• Have experience of an accounting/finance function and exposure to the above responsibilities
• A proactive approach with a can do attitude is essential
• Good Excel skills, knowledge of v lookups and pivot tables would be advantageous

Salary £18,000 - £23,000 plus study support is on offer for the successful individual along with the opportunity to work in a high-performing and knowledgeable team of Accountants.