Assistant Accountant Leicester LE3 Permanent Full Time, Flexible working £30k The Opportunity Are you a budding accounting professional stagnating? You’ve mastered your current role and looking to make a step up? Here lies a rare and stand out opportunity with a prominent Leicester household name. This not for profit is going through some change in their Finance dept and have a plan to reshuffle. Part of that plan is to hire a developing accounting professional to float amongst the dept supporting team members where needed but also with some core duties assigned too. The Role You’ll be assisting with the day-to-day ledgers, reconciliation processing support, accruals, journals and prepayments etc whilst undertaking weekly payroll data collation, a complex process due to the various schemes in the organisation and so consider it processing but also data mining and validation Additionally, you’ll be supporting Management Accounts, month end and year end, reporting and projects, particularly with budgeting and forecasting The Candidate I’m looking to draw interest from candidates that demonstrate a good grounding in accounting principles and practicalities, ledger work (AP/AR and Nominal), reconciliation, Trial Balance. Systems wise, especially strong with Excel to Pivot / Look-Up level (this is essential). Sage 200 knowledge a bonus. You will be part way through or recently qualified AAT and/or early stages of ACCA or CIMA. The Benefits Ongoing career development including study support, 25 days holiday, pension scheme, death in service, free parking. Flexible working is available once competent