Junior Accountant

Equifind are representing a West End based, UK leading Private Equity firm who are looking to hire an Junior Accountant.

Long term they see this as the ideal training ground for someone with 2-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 this permanent Junior Accountant role for a West End based, UK leading Private Equity firm will be:

Manage accounts payable invoices and payments.

Processing corporate employee’s expenses through ‘Pleo’ (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 permanent Junior Accountant role with a West End based, UK leading Private Equity firm, candidates should ideally be:

Ideally a qualified AAT accounting professional or part-qualified accountant

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 Junior Accountant role with a West End based, UK leading Private Equity firm will be paid a competitive market based salary with full study support (CIMA, ACCA).

Hybrid working pattern. 3-days per week in the office, 2-days WFH, remotely

Employer pension contribution.

25-days annual leave.

Other benefits.

Annual competitive bonus.