Part-time Accountant

Your new company

Hays Accountancy & Finance are partnering exclusively with a growing & well-established SME based on the outskirts of Stroud, Gloucestershire, to recruit an experienced & hands-on part-time Accountant to join their growing finance team. The role offers flexible part-time hours, a minimum of 16 hours up to 28 hours per week, dependable on candidate requirements spread over 2 -5 days. A great opportunity to support the business in a hands-on and varied finance role, reporting directly to the Financial Controller within a unique sector. Open to finance professionals who are part-qualified/qualified or qualified by experience. This is a newly created growth role for the organisation and will be tailored around the right candidate, an opportunity to really add value.

Your new role

Your key duties will involve supporting the Financial Controller in reviewing/preparing monthly management accounts, reconciliations of key control accounts, and monitoring project profitability, cost controls and project accounting support. You will support with the implementation of system improvements, financial analysis, preparing key financial reports and stock management processes. You will maintain the fixed asset register, manage intercompany account balances, budgeting/forecasting processes, ONS returns, and assist with the preparation of year-end/statutory accounts. You will support other finance team members when needed, providing cover for transactional processes including purchase/sales ledger processes and payroll processing. You will be involved in ad-hoc duties to enable further business growth, including import/export processes. The role will be tailored around the right finance professional.

What you'll need to succeed

To be considered for this hands-on, varied part-time Accountant role, you will have experience in a similar position, a hands-on working approach, with key MS Excel skills and knowledge of financial systems. You will be proactive and adaptable to business needs, comfortable working within a small finance team in varied roles, willing to learn, with strong communication skills to build internal/external relationships at all levels. You will be qualified by experience or part-qualified/qualified CIMA/ACCA/ACA/AAT and be used to managing workloads to meet deadlines. Experience within the manufacturing sector, within small/medium-sized organisations, and with Sage financial systems would be advantageous but not essential.

What you'll get in return

This permanent part-time Accountant role offers a salary between £35,000 - £45,000 per annum pro rata over 16 - 28 hours per week, dependable on experience, and is based on the outskirts of Stroud, Gloucestershire. The hours can be worked over 2 - 5 days, dependable on candidate preference/requirements. Flexible working hours, with on-site parking, contributed pension scheme and a study package for financial qualification if required. A great opportunity to join a growing and well-established business within a unique sector.

What you need to do now

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