Assistant Accountant
An Assistant Accountant is a junior member of the Finance Team, usually reporting to the Financial Accountant, Management Accountant or Finance Manager.
They provide essential day-to-day accounting support to more senior team members, such as preparing financial statements and accounts, budgeting, managing ledgers, processing invoices and indirect tax (eg VAT) returns.
An Assistant Accountant’s responsibilities can vary, but mostly include the following:
maintaining financial records by analysing balance sheets and general ledger accounts
processing weekly payroll accurately and timely
preparing and verifying bank deposits and carrying out bank reconciliations
preparing financial documents such as invoices, bills, and accounts payable and receivable
completing purchase orders
completing financial reports on a regular basis and providing information to the finance team
entering financial information into appropriate software programmes
coordinating internal and external audits