Assistant Accountant - Fixed Term Contract (8 Months)
- Recruiter
- Webrecruit
- Location
- Camberley, Surrey
- Salary
- £Competitive Plus Benefits
- Posted
- 11 Sep 2018
- Closes
- 09 Oct 2018
- Ref
- HKPQT2210/SG-GW
- Sectors
- Accountancy
- Contract Type
- Contract
- Hours
- Full Time
Assistant Accountant - Fixed Term Contract (8 Months)
Camberley, Surrey
Are you a part-qualified or QBE accountant from an EMEA background? Want to take on an interesting and engaging workload with an award-winning business? If so, our client wants to hear from you.
The Company
Our client, a global leader in information security, is looking for an Assistant Accountant to join their team on an eight month fixed-term contract.
This is a fantastic opportunity to build on your existing expertise with a business that’s helping to create a safe and sustainable digital society.
The Benefits
- Attractive salary
- Free parking
- Fresh fruit deliveries on Mondays
- Dress down Fridays
Our client is committed to innovating and putting the needs of customers at the centre of everything they do. They are always striving to exceed customers’ expectations and our client believes that their employees are key to this endeavour.
Once you join this ambitious team, you’ll discover a friendly, international environment where your contributions are valued and you are supported to make a positive contribution to the business.
What’s more, the office is based just 15 minutes from Reading train station, making for an easy commute.
The Role
As an Assistant Accountant, you will help the General Leader Team to provide financial reporting and accounting services for defined legal entities within the EMEA region.
In this exciting contract, you’ll develop and enhance processes and procedures within the reporting function and work closely with colleagues to ensure the integrity of information.
Specifically, you will:
- Provide financial information for monthly, quarterly and annual reporting
- Carry out multi-currency balance sheet reconciliations
- Prepare the general ledger journal
- Help to prepare local statutory accounts
- Handle audit and tax related queries
- Occasionally visit our client’s other locations within the EMEA region
About You
To be considered as an Assistant Accountant, you’ll need:
- To be a part-qualified accountant or be QBE and educated to degree level in a financial discipline
- Previous EMEA accounting experience
- Experience of working in an IFRS compliant environment
- Previous experience of VAT and corporate tax requirements for UK and other EMEA countries
- A track record of reconciling complex foreign currency balance sheets
- Advanced MS Excel skills
Experience of working with a major accounting system, such as Oracle or SAP would be highly beneficial.
Other companies may call this role Assistant Accountant, Junior EMEA Accountant, Part Qualified Accountant, Accounts Clerk, Finance Clerk, or Assistant Finance Accountant.
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