Assistant Accountant

Assistant Accountant | £30,000-35,000 | Liverpool

We’re working with a well-established and growing business to recruit an Assistant Accountant to join their finance team. This is a hands-on role offering variety, responsibility, and exposure across multiple areas of transactional and month-end accounting.

You’ll work closely with the Finance Manager and Directors, supporting the smooth running of day-to-day finance operations while helping ensure accurate reporting and strong financial controls. You will be responsible for:

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  Maintaining the cashbook and preparing daily banking movement reports

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  Reconciling multiple bank accounts

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  Full responsibility for the purchase ledger, including supplier queries and statement reconciliations

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  Preparing weekly BACS runs and supplier payments, issuing remittances

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  Sales income, commission calculations and reconciliations

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  Aged creditors and debtors reconciliations to the nominal ledger

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  Journals, trial balance reconciliations and month-end support

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  CIS weekly payments and monthly returns

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  VAT returns

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  Staff expenses, petty cash and fixed asset register maintenance

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  Inputting landlord charges and working with the property management system

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  Liaising with internal teams and external suppliers as part of the wider business

You’ll also provide cover within the finance team when required and support ad-hoc projects as the business continues to grow.

For this Assistant Accountant role, we are looking for someone who has:

• Experience working in an Accounts Assistant / Assistant Accountant role
• AAT Level 3 or 4 (or working towards) ideally
• Strong attention to detail with good analytical skills
• The ability to manage deadlines and work under pressure
• A professional and friendly communication style
• Confidence working both independently and as part of a team
• Systems experience such as Xero or Sage would be beneficial
• Good Excel skills – can do look ups, pivots etc

In this Assistant Accountant role, you will get:

• £30,000-35,000 salary
• Study support
• Great holiday allowance
• Social events
• Stable, long-term role
• Varied and hands-on finance exposure
• Supportive team environment with direct access to senior stakeholders
• Office-based role with clear structure and routine