Hutcheon Mearns are supporting a leading, globally respected organisation in North Fife as they seek to appoint an Assistant Accountant to join their high-performing Finance Team. This is an excellent opportunity for a part-qualified Accountant who is looking to progress in their career. This is a key post within the organisation, supporting the Senior Management Accountant with managing budget variances, budget preparation and forecasts, month end accruals, prepayments and journals. This is a highly interactive accountancy role, involving liaising with a range of non-financial stakeholders on finance matter that impact their business.
This a new role created to add capacity to the team to continue to provide high level of financial support.
The Job Opportunity
Reporting to the Senior Management Accountant, you will be responsible for:
- Budget Management - providing advice and support, whilst reporting any areas of concern to management for review
- Budgets and Forecasts - assist in preparation of budget and forecasts.
- Input and preparation of accruals, prepayments and journal entries
- Provide help and assistance to the Senior Management Accountant in delivering their Business Partner Strategy, and Strategic Planning process
- Assist with the implementation of new systems and procedures
- Maintenance of Finance coding structure, and reporting
- Support and training Finance Assistants within the Finance Team to help develop skills where appropriate
The Candidate
- You will ideally be a Part-Qualified Accountant (organisation supports study and progression)
- Ideally experienced working in a larger organisation, in a busy finance office
- Experience in collating large amounts of data and summarising into reports
- Experience in budget preparation
- Pro-active, problem solving approach and ability to communicate with non-finance stakeholders
- Experience with Excel and ERP Systems (Oracle Cloud highly desirable)
On Offer?
- Salary up to £34,000 with structured pay progression
- Hybrid working pattern (minimum 2 days per week in office)
- Generous benefits package, including 34 days annual level + 5 days public holidays
- Excellent pension and relocation support
- Access to a wide range of wellbeing, professional development and lifestyle benefits
- The chance to work within a purpose-driven, internationally recognised organisation that values innovation, collaboration and excellence
Next Steps?
If you are a part-qualified Assistant Accountant who enjoys partnering with stakeholders, this could be a great opportunity for you! To learn more about the opportunity and view the full job pack please contact Sarah on sarah.livingston@hutcheonmearns.co.uk. Or please apply directly with your full CV.