Assistant Accountant

Service Care Solutions is currently recruiting for an Assistant Accountant to provide financial assistance to the Corporate Accountants/Finance Business Partners and participate in all aspects of financial management and accountancy.

The role is located in Kidlington, and the
Pay rate: £15.64 per hour.
Contract: 12 Months +
Overall Purpose of the Role:
The successful candidate will be responsible for providing financial assistance to the Corporate Accountants/Finance Business Partners and will participate in all aspects of financial management and accountancy.
Key Accountability Areas:
The following are the key accountability areas for the role:

Contributing to the production of the Force MTFP and annual budget by providing information and analysis on BAU budgets and bids and recommendations to changes to budgets - accurately and timely manner.
Facilitating the financial performance monitoring process by identifying and extracting data from source systems, validating/reconciling the data, evaluating predicted expenditure levels, identifying exceptions and providing feedback to Accounts and Business stakeholders.
Preparing financial analysis and costings for internal and external use, providing feedback to stakeholders as required.
Maintaining accurate and timely accounting records in accordance with legislation, accounting standards, and force regulations.

Ensuring journals/budget virements/Requisitions and invoices are processed according to Forces financial regulation to agree time.
Undertaking specific tasks in accordance with the agreed timetable in relation to the statutory yearend closedown.
Contributing to the recovery of income by ensuring appropriate sundry debtors are accurately raised in a timely manner.

Supporting the management of customer queries in a timely manner.
Providing analysis, guidance, and advice on issues concerning legislative, professional or force financial regulations in conjunction with the Corporate Accountant and Finance Business Partners.
Any other duties allocated by Management as and when required.

The Knowledge or Skills Required:
To be eligible for this role, candidates must possess:

A good standard of education including excellent numeracy skills and literacy skills
AAT qualification (essential)
Proven practical and technical post-qualification experience in a finance environment.

To apply for this position, please contact Lewis on 01772 208962 or email Lewis.Ashcroft@ServiceCare.org.uk