Assistant Accountant

Assistant Accountant

Location: Corby Salary: Up to £45,000 Full-time Office-based Free Parking Hours: 8:30am to 5:00pm, Monday to Friday

The Opportunity

We are recruiting for an ambitious and growing business in Corby that is looking for an Assistant Accountant to join its finance team.

This is a fantastic opportunity for someone looking for a varied accounting position where they can broaden their experience, take ownership of key finance processes and develop alongside a growing company.

You'll have exposure across accounts receivable, accounts payable, credit control, reconciliations and month-end , while supporting the wider Finance and Commercial teams with accurate and up-to-date financial information.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage the credit control function across customer accounts, chasing outstanding balances and resolving queries.

• Process sales information, including customer invoices and credit notes .

• Generate and distribute accurate customer invoicing.

• Complete regular customer account reconciliations , investigating any discrepancies.

• Manage customer and internal finance queries, ensuring issues relating to unpaid invoices are followed through to resolution.

• Support month-end close , including journals, balance sheet reconciliations and ad-hoc analysis.

• Process and maintain accounts receivable activity, including recharge invoices and invoice collection.

• Assist with bank reconciliations , ensuring transactions are accurately recorded.

• Provide support across accounts payable processes when required.

• Maintain accurate financial records and ensure internal controls are followed to a high standard.

• Provide accurate financial information to the Finance and Commercial teams.

• Help identify opportunities to improve finance processes as the business continues to grow.

About You

The successful candidate will ideally:

• Have a couple of years' experience within a finance or accounting environment.

• Be studying towards, or interested in studying towards, an Accounting & Finance qualification such as AAT, ACCA or CIMA .

• Have experience across areas such as AR, AP, credit control and reconciliations.

• Ideally have some exposure to month-end processes, journals and balance sheet reconciliations .

• Have strong attention to detail and be confident working with financial data.

• Be organised, proactive and comfortable managing a varied workload.

• Be confident communicating with customers and internal stakeholders.

• Be keen to develop and take on additional responsibility as the business grows.