Assistant Accountant, European Private Equity

Permanent
London
Posted 6 months ago
£35000 - £40000 per annum + 20% bonus, study support, pension GBP / Year
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Assistant Accountant, European Private Equity

This role comes with study support and hybrid working

My client are a leading European Private Equity firm and buyout investor, focused on portfolio companies in Europe with more than €5 billion of assets under management.

Responsibilities

Assist in production of monthly management accounts – inputting invoices into accounting system, preparing and posting various nominal ledger entries, bank reconciliation
Review costs for variances to budget
Reviewing management accounts for subsidary offices
Prepare and post the monthly prepayments and accruals
Accounts payable – organising approval and payment of weekly invoices (suppliers, credit card, expenses, travel invoices)
Manage monthly payroll cycle, submitting documents to payroll company, pension contributions submission
Assist finance team with cash management and cash requirement projections
Review employee expenses
Assist in completion of the monthly dashboard
Assist in preparation of the annual budget and reforecast
Complete quarterly VAT returns
Manage out of pocket expenses to be recharged back to portfolio companies
Assist external auditors with the preparation of statutory accounts at year end
Assistance with preparation of board packs

Experience and Qualifications required

Part qualified ACCA/CIMA/CPA/AAT
1-2 years accounting experience
Systems & IT competence
Experience using Sage
Good Excel skills

Personal skills

Good communication skills
Ability to work well both independently and as part of a team
Good organisation skills and ability to meet deadlines at key times in the financial year
Good attention to detail
A desire to learn and take ownership of workload and projects
Ability to multitask
Ability to work with personnel at various levels of seniority both internal and external to the organisation

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