Assistant Accountant

We’re looking for a detail-oriented and proactive Assistant Accountant to join our Automotive SME client. You’ll take ownership of key financial operations such as outbound invoicing, credit control, and balance sheet reconciliations. Your work will play a critical part in ensuring the accuracy and efficiency of financial processes, directly supporting their commercial success.  This is a brilliant opportunity for someone who enjoys hands-on finance work and wants to contribute to a company where no two days are the same—and where your ideas and initiative are valued.

Responsibilities

•    Process all invoice requests for the commercial team in a timely manner
•    Manage the customer process in SAP and with the wider business, from sales order to cash receipt and goods shipped
•    Ensure all customer payments are processed accurately and reconciled promptly
•    Effectively communicate with customers regarding payment statuses, commission payments and refunds, addressing any queries or concerns
•    Monitor Accounts Receivable email inbox
•    Build, manage and maintain an effective Order Book, tracking customer orders through the sales process
•    Be an effective link between the finance and commercial teams to support CRM management
•    Lead on any CRM integration with SAP
•    Ensure compliance with all outbound invoicing VAT recording, and local federal/state taxes as applicable
•    Complete periodic royalty and license fee reporting
•    Prepare gross margin reporting, identifying variances against plan to aid commercial decision-making.
•    Support and holiday cover for all cash-related meetings.  
•    Manage and implement improvements for accounts receivable (AR) related reports.  
•    Provide AR information for weekly payment runs.  
•    Assist with the month-end process.
•    Effectively cover any holidays or absences from the rest of the finance team.
•    Support to the Management Accountant and wider finance team and company on an ad-hoc basis.

Knowledge, Skills, Experience and Qualifications:

•    Demonstratable experience in a similar transactional-based finance role
•    Minimum Level 3 AAT qualified, ideally Level 4. Alternatively, we would accept candidates who are qualified by experience (QBE)
•    Previous experience in implementing process improvements
•    Excellent communication, organisational and time-management skills
•    Key eye for detail
•    Ability to adapt to rapidly changing priorities and deadlines in a high-paced scaling company
•    Ability to work independently or as part of a team
•    Strong Microsoft Office Skills – particularly Excel 
•    Experience with ERP Systems – particularly SAP Business One – is a plus