Graduate Accountant

Equifind have partnered with a prestigious Infrastructure Fund based in Liverpool Street, London, in search of an Accounts Assistant.

Due to the size of the company, there is so much to learn and be exposed to. They have nearly no staff turnover and offer a great career.

Long term they see this as the ideal training ground for someone with up-to-1-years’ experience, who would like to continue studying towards their ACCA/CIMA exams; and ultimately become a qualified accountant for the business.

The company are in to work life balance, employee well-being and giving people broad experience in a structured way.

The Role

The key responsibilities for the Accounts Assistant role for the Infrastructure Fund based in Liverpool Street will be:

Manage accounts payable invoices and payments.

Processing corporate employee’s expenses through an expense management system.

Monitoring the group cash position.

Bank reconciliations.

Month-end accounting, including updating quarter-end working papers.

Posting month-end journals (fixed assets, depreciation, prepayments, accruals).

VAT returns.

Recharges.

Processing monthly payroll.

Monitoring and reconciliation of the intercompany balances.

Assisting with audit process for year-end.

Ad-hoc projects.

Application Criteria

To be considered for the role of Accounts Assistant working for this Infrastructure firm based in Liverpool Street, candidates should ideally be:

Ideally part-qualified accountant (CIMA/ACCA) or at least taken some exams post exemptions

Have an ambition or real desire to pursue the CIMA or ACCA qualification

Ability to work under pressure in a fast-growing environment

Confident in dealing with a wide range of stakeholders

Attention to detail is essential

Strong communication skills

Ideally intermediate Excel skills (Pivot Tables, V-Look Up, SumIf)

Willing to be part of a team and engage with others

Compensation

The Permanent Accounts Assistant role working for this Liverpool Street based leading Infrastructure Fund will be paid a competitive market based salary and will offer:

Employer pension contribution.

25-days annual leave.

Medical and dental insurance.

Discretionary bonus.

Other additional benefits.