Assistant Financial Controller

Job Title: Assistant Financial Controller
Location: Lowton (WA3)
Hrs: Monday - Thursday 07:30-16:00hrs & Fri's 07:30-12:40hrs
Contract Type: 10 month FTC (Maternity cover)
Salary: £35,000 per annum.
Sector: Finance
Job Role
Our client, a well established, manufacturing/engineering business, based in Lowton, require an experienced Accountant/Financial Controller for a minimum 10-month fixed term contract.
As the Assistant Financial Controller, your duties will be:
" Assist with budget preparation.
" Manage, control, and reconcile balance sheet accounts.
" Assist in month end processing.
" Consolidation of UK & European accounts.
" To oversee and assist in the day-to-day VAT Returns, Invoices, Aged Creditors and Debtors etc.
" Prepare accurate and timely journals.
The ideal Assistant Financial Controller will hold the following skills and experiences:
" Have solid experience working in a Finance/Accounting department.
" Must be minimum part qualified AAT.
" Experience Syspro/SAP or Sage is ideal.
" Strong IT skills including Excel spreadsheets/pivot tables/formatting/Lookups and all Microsoft Office functions.
" Knowledge of fixed assets/depreciation/AP/AR/credit control is ideal.
" High level of analytical and numerical skills.
" Excellent communication skills

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