Assistant Accountant

Assistant Accountant | £24,000 - £26,000 + AAT Study Support | Bolton | PE-backed business | Long-term progression

Axon Moore are delighted to be partnering with a high-growth PE-backed business in Bolton to recruit an Assistant Accountant who is hard-working, driven and keen to succeed. This is a highly sought-after role which is well suited to ambitious aspiring chartered accountant seeking long-term progression whilst working alongside their studies towards AAT.

Key Responsibilities and Duties:

Raising sales invoices and posting purchase invoices
Processing supplier payments
Assistance with the production of the monthly management accounts
Balance sheet reconciliations
Reporting actuals against budget with comments on variances
Monthly transactional analysis
Management of fixed asset schedule
Prepayments and accruals
Management of debtors and creditor ledger
Intercompany reconciliations
Bank reconciliations
Frequent bank checks and informing operation team of cash receipts
Assistance with reporting and resolving issues with the finance system to support team
Working with auditors / providing them with information requests in a timely manner
Ad-hoc reporting
Required Experience and Skills:

Studying towards AAT
Experience working within a finance team
Strong written and verbal communication skills
Good organisational and time-keeping skills
High attention to detail and able to take ownership of their role
Good IT and MS Excel skills
Prior exposure to month-ends
Benefits:

25 days holiday plus Bank Holidays
Birthday/celebration day off
Healthcare cashback plan
Company pension (4% employer contribution)
5x Life Assurance
“Our local Lancashire Axon Moore team recruit all accounting and finance roles from CFO to transactional finance on both a temporary and permanent basis. For more information about this role or our wider team, please contact Jack Moss at (phone number removed), or see our website at