DACBeachcroft is looking for a Group Assistant Accountant to join our Finance team on a full-time, permanent, hybrid basis in our Bristol office.
The Group Assistant Accountant is a varied role involving month-end reporting, balance sheet reconciliations, finance business partnering, cash flow forecasting, and budgeting.
The Group Assistant Accountant role reports to the Group Financial Reporting Manager and sits within the Group Financial Reporting & Control team.
The Group Finance Reporting & Control team is responsible for the consolidation of group results, financial reporting to the Board and banks, management reporting, budgeting, forecasting, statutory reporting, treasury, cash flow management, working capital analysis, management of processes and procedures, Group financial policies, and risk management.
Role Responsibility
* Assisting with the preparation of monthly Management Accounts for reporting to Board and Banks
* Preparation of various balance sheet reconciliations and validation of data, including:
o Trade debtors and bad debt provisions
o Unbilled disbursements
o Deferred income
o Unbilled revenue (work-in-progress, WIP)
* Assisting the Finance Business Partner with the management of overheads for Business Services.
* Monthly analytical review of overhead variances against budget, posting accruals, prepayments, etc., where required.
* Assisting in the preparation of overhead budgets and forecasts for Business Services.
* Partnering with the Business and dealing with ad hoc queries.
* Supporting the production of the year-end accounts and preparation of relevant information for the external auditors.
* Preparation of the cash flow forecast, including preparing correspondence for the bank.
* Preparation of the cash management spreadsheet on a weekly basis.
* Assisting with ad hoc tasks and projects as delegated by Senior Finance staff.
The Ideal Candidate
* The successful candidate will have a positive attitude and be willing to "roll their sleeves up" to understand the detail.
* Ideally working towards an ACCA / CIMA / ACA qualification. Accountancy graduate or Advanced AAT student would also be considered.
* Must be a highly motivated self-starter, able to work well within a team environment, solve problems, learn and grow.
* Strong skills in Excel are required.
* Experience of working in a finance department is preferred.
* Able to communicate confidently orally and in writing.
* Able to be flexible in terms of a changing environment and constantly-changing workload.
* IT literate with working knowledge of MS Windows applications. Experience of working with 3E would be a distinct advantage.
* Organised and able to handle multiple demands and deadlines simultaneously.
About the Company
We're a leading international legal business with over 3,000 colleagues and a diverse range of capabilities. We're market leaders in insurance, health, and real estate but with a full-service offering, including growing Financial Services and Tech capabilities. We represent a wide range of clients – from household names to government departments and NHS bodies. We act for nearly all of the top-20 UK and global insurers, we're market leaders in the provision of strategic, commercial, and regulatory advice to providers and commissioners in the health sector, and in real estate we advise all of the UK’s top-five housebuilders.
We are a fast-growing international business with offices around the globe. In addition to our 11 UK offices, we also have offices in Dublin, Madrid, Paris, Milan, Rome, Singapore, Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Peru, and Miami, plus a broad network of affiliations across the globe.
Working with us
Our vision is to be leading business advisers, recognised for our insight and our outstanding commitment to clients, and for being the place where talented people want to work. Combine this with our supportive culture and hybrid working model, and you have: a Life that Works.
Our flexible approach means that we help our colleagues to be their best at work while recognising that they have all sorts of different interests and commitments outside work.
We pride ourselves on our supportive, approachable culture. We are trusted, appreciated as individuals, and embraced as part of a team. At DACB, we don’t just accept your differences, we celebrate and advocate for them. From bespoke solutions for our clients to treating you as an individual. Our strength comes from your diverse ideas and bringing the ‘whole you’ to work. So if you’re good at what you do, come as you are!
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