Assistant Accountant

The Opportunity

Location: North East England (hybrid – 4 days office / 1 day home)
Salary: Competitive + excellent benefits
Working hours: 9am –5pm , Monday to Friday

We’re working with a large, well‑established organisation to recruit an Assistant Accountant into their growing finance team. 

This is a great opportunity for someone looking for a broad Assistant Accountant role with real exposure to month‑end, audit and group reporting.

Key Responsibilities

Reporting into an experienced Financial Controller, the Assistant Accountant will support the delivery of accurate and timely financial reporting across part of the group.

Key responsibilities will include:

• Supporting month‑end close to tight but manageable deadlines
• Bank reconciliations (weekly and month‑end)
• Balance sheet reconciliations
• Accruals and prepayments
• Posting payroll journals 
• Revenue posting and light AR exposure
• Fixed asset accounting
• Supporting audit and management accounts preparation

What we're looking for

This role would suit someone who enjoys working with data, likes structure and wants to continue developing their accounting skills.

We’re keen to speak to candidates who have:

• Part‑qualified status (ACA / ACCA / CIMA) or early‑stage studies
• Previous experience supporting month‑end processes
• Strong Excel skills (lookups, pivots – important)

Next Steps

If you are interested in this role, please apply online or send your CV to louise.smith@nigelwright.com