Salary £30-32,000
Colchester
Hybrid Working 
3 Month FTC - with possibility of going Permanent 

We are excited to be recruiting a assistant accountant vacancy on a 3 month FTC for a growing business based in Colchester.

If you are an ambitious (ACCA/CIMA) studier or AAT Qualified professional and looking to join a company which will offer development and a supportive environment, please get in touch to find out more about this opportunity.

This opportunity will be providing accounting and financial analysis to the business whist maintaining financial controls.     

Brief overview of responsibilities

• Ownership of business unit finances, projects, overhead and working capital
• Partnering with key personnel to understand primary cost & revenue drivers and variances.
• Daily liaison with operational and commercial management to understand costs and to provide both challenge and support to project and financial forecasts & budgets.
• Completion of ongoing and post-project financial reviews with Project Managers outlining and highlighting budget differences and variances from original plan.
• Detailed analysis of monthly financials and forecasts for review by senior management.
• Presentation of financial performance to private equity investors.
• Preparation of monthly Management Information Pack
• Month-end journal preparation and approval.
• Prepare month end flash reporting for review with the MD.
• Completion of forecasting and annual budgeting
• Monitor contracts and ensure that all customer invoices / credit notes / contract variations are raised & logged in an accurate and timely fashion.
• Inform project managers on status of customer payments and cashflow.

Working knowledge of the above duties is not essential however you must be coming from a busy finance department, with knowledge of monthly variance analysis, forecasting, budgeting, project accounting and standard costing.

This is an ambitious business who requires a hard-working Assistant Accountant to join their team. If you are driven and looking to take the next step in your career, please get in touch today.

Please contact Pure or apply as required.