Assistant Accountant Loughborough Full Time, Permanent £26,000 - £28,000 Study SupportSF Recruitment are currently supporting an exciting business in their search for an Assistant Accountant. Our client is based in Loughborough with free on-site parking. As the Assistant Accountant you will be a key part of the Finance Team working closely with the Management Accountants whilst reporting to the Group Financial Accountant. This role would suit an individual with experience in a similar role who aspires of progressing into a Management Accountant role. Alongside excellent progressional opportunities our client offers study support. The ideal Assistant Accountant will be AAT Level 3 qualified and will have Sage accounting system experience. Responsibilities of the Assistant Accountant: - Preparing monthly accruals, prepayments, bad debts, rebates etc. - Preparing financial statements and annual budgets - Making sure spending is in line with budgets - Fixed asset postings and monthly analysis against budget - Preparing monthly balance sheet reconciliations - Credit control and purchase ledger support - Analysing your company's financial performance and making longer term forecasts - Recommending ways of cutting costs - Providing information for audits and external reporting - Working with all departments and the management team to help make financial decisions, including branch system proces...