Assistant Accountant Junior

This new role is in the Finance Shared Services function of an international engineering & design consultancy company.  This role will be primarily working from home with travel to other locations a maximum of 3-4 days per month.

This position is within the Corporate Services accounting team reporting to the Property Accountant based in the UK. The main activities are to process data for the preferred consolidated supplier & internal recharges and reconciliation.

Requirements:

Qualifications-

AAT part qualified.

Essential Criteria-

• The candidate must have accounting experience.
• Strong reconciliation and double entry bookkeeping skills.
• Intermediate working knowledge of Microsoft Excel, including use and set-up of Pivot tables, lookups and other basic formula.
• Good English skills – written and verbal communication.
• Experience of an accounting software package.

Desirable Criteria-

• Good working knowledge of Oracle accounting software.

Responsibilities:

• Processing of consolidated supplier recharges data using excel and the Oracle accounting system.
• Uploading of supplier invoices to the intranet.
• Reconciliation of recharge accounts on a monthly basis.
• Ensuring costs are correctly recharged to the business, including resolution of coding queries.
• Liasing and coordinating with the Assistant Accountant and Property Accountant on a regular basis.
• Ad hoc tasks.

The Individual:

• Sound analytical skills.
• Ability to work to deadlines and take responsibility - must be able to identify the deadline for a piece of work to be completed e.g. period end and take responsibility for ensuring that the deadline is achieved.
• Ability to communicate and influence at all levels.
• Organised - they must be able to work in a structured way demonstrating an audit trail.
• Good Attention to detail.
• Team Player – as a small team it will be necessary to cover colleagues’ workload.

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Meeting your needs: 

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More about us: 

AtkinsRéalis is a leading global consultancy with over 100 years of design and engineering expertise. With us, you'll be surrounded by the skills, knowledge and support to help you succeed. Together, we can deliver projects which have a positive, sustainable impact on the world. 

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Additional Information: 

This role may require security clearance and offers of employment will be dependent on obtaining the relevant level of clearance.  If this is necessary, it will be discussed with you at interview. The vetting process is delivered by United Kingdom Security Vetting (UKSV) and may require candidates to provide proof of residency in the UK of 5 years or longer. If applying to this role please do not make reference to (in conversation) or include in your application or CV, details of any current or previously held security clearance. 

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