Assistant Accountant

EllisKnight is really excited to be looking for an Assistant Accountant for one of our key clients, working at their European head office based in Oxford. Our client is a well-established luxury student accommodation company with sites all over the UK and Europe.

They are seeking an Assistant Accountant to work in their finance team and to be the main accounting contact for approximately four to five student sites, producing a set of monthly and/or quarterly set of management accounts per site to be submitted externally to the client.

This role is on a 12-month contract basis, which is very likely to go permanent. Our client offers fantastic training, support and progression opportunities.

Key Tasks

• Production of monthly financial management information for a portfolio of clients
• To liaise with Clients and Site Staff regarding accounting queries.
• The production of annual site budgets, in conjunction with the Site Staff and Regional Managers and re-forecasting where necessary.
• Timely remittance of funds to clients and cash flow reporting.
• Ad-hoc reporting regards to banking covenants.
• To assist in the development and training of new and more junior members of the team as required
• To participate in process improvement

Knowledge and Skills

• Ideally studying ACCA/CIMA/ACA Part Qualified. QBE will be considered.
• Minimum of 2 years in a finance role or relevant post of similar responsibility. With exposure to (preparing/signing off) Management Accounts
• Client focused
• Microsoft Excel to include V Lookups, If Statements and Pivot Tables
• Excellent organisational skills
• Focus on & commitment to excellence in customer service