Assistant Accountant to work on a temp - perm basis. This role is designed to provide hands-on support across the full transactional finance function, covering holiday/sickness and peak periods (particularly month-end). It offers exposure across both day-to-day finance operations and month-end / reporting activity. Typical responsibilities are expected to include: - Supporting month-end close activity, including journals (accruals, prepayments, depreciation) and balance sheet reconciliations - Assisting with management accounts preparation, budgeting support and audit readiness - Purchase ledger processing (invoices, expenses, payment runs) and sales ledger support where required - Daily banking activity, cash posting and bank reconciliations across multiple ledgers/sites - Supporting VAT processes and checks ahead of returns - Credit control and cashflow support, including debtor reporting and query resolution - Liaising with internal stakeholders and external customers/suppliers to resolve finance queries - Producing and supporting ad-hoc reporting for operational teams (e.g. variance analysis, flash-style reports) - Providing cover and continuity across transactional finance during holidays, sickness and busy periods Systems exposure (varies by task / cover): - Core accounting systems (e.g. Sage / NetSuite-type environments) - Expense processing platforms - Purchase ledger / PO systems - Bespoke operational or job-based finance systems - Excel for reconciliations, analysis