Assistant Accountant - London, United Kingdom - Harcourt Matthews Ltd

Harcourt Matthews Ltd

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London, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Assistant Accountant
**Central London
£35,000 - £45,000**+ Bonus & benefits

The Company
An Assistant Accountant is sought by this truly leading global £multi-billion turnover professional services group.

Operating within the UK, Europe, US and AsiaPac markets, they have developed an enviable reputation for outstanding client service and deliveringinnovative specialist products and unique solutions.

Continued growth has resulted in the need for a bright graduate part-qualified ACA/ACCA/CIMA ideally from a large corporate environment, to assume a high-profile Assistant Accountant within their Treasuryfunction.

Key Responsibilities of the Assistant Accountant

Responsible for consolidating, analysing, reporting and advising on global cash flows and net investment to enable the firm to manage these assets efficiently
Proactive engagement with offices to centralise cash and ensure that the firm's cash is in the right place at the right time and in the right currency
Ensure that the centre has optimal funds, avoids unnecessary costs, and generates interest income where possible
Provide accurate and timely cash and working capital reports and advice to Senior Management
Ensure inter office FX exposures in offices are reduced and the exposures are moved to the centre to be managed

Skills & Attributes of the Assistant Accountant

Part qualified accountant or part qualified AMCT and studying towards full qualification.
Previous accounting or treasury experience including cash flows, cash management, working capital management, Ability to understand business and perform analytical reviews.
Excellent advanced excel skills.
Analytical and commercially astute
Can work under pressure to tight deadlines
Good communicator with all levels
Patience and determination
BW/Analysis for Excel
User of SAP or of another enterprise resource planning (ERP) system.
Able to initiate and seethrough effective management of reporting routines
Preempts business issues before they arise, putting in place strategies to overcome potential problems
Analytical and commercially astute
Can work under pressure to tight deadlines
Good communicator with all levels
Patience and determination

Applications can only be considered from those eligible to live & work in the UK without restriction.

Harcourt Matthews is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy

Our divisions include:

Legal Operations (Legal Tech and Legal Project Management, LPM, Operations Project Managers, Change, Innovation and Process Improvement); Accounting& Finance (Part and fully qualified Accountants); Pricing & Strategy; Pfi/PPP & FM.