Assistant Financial Accountant - Headstar : Job Details

If you're the sort of person who gets a quiet thrill from reconciling things to the penny and wants to be part of a genuine business success story, keep reading.

This is a company where people don't just sit still, everyone's on a development plan. Everyone's going somewhere. In fact, the Financial Controller you'll eventually be working with? They started as a trainee and now they're running the team.

So, if you're a part-qualified accountant (ACCA or CIMA), looking to go somewhere with it rather than just tread water for another year, this could be the next right move.

You'll be reporting to the Finance Manager and supporting the Head of Accounts. You'll be handed real work, real responsibility, and real opportunities to level up, and they'll support you.

Here's what you'll actually be doing (not just ticking boxes):

• Running payroll from start to finish
• Dealing with VAT and HMRC
• Helping prep the monthly management accounts
• Being part of the year-end scramble (aka "audit season")
• Sorting out all things intercompany - transactions, reconciliations, peacekeeping.
• Updating lease schedules under IFRS 16 (if you know what that is, great. If not, you'll learn quickly)
• Crunching numbers for budgeting and forecasting and being able to explain them
• Getting involved in actual business projects, you're not pigeonholed as "just finance"

What you need:

• Part-qualified ACCA or CIMA - on your way, not just thinking about it.
• At least 2 years in a similar role
• Excel skills that go beyond - PivotTables, VLOOKUPs, the works.

What you'll get:

• An annual salary of up to £35k + study support.
• A development plan tailored to you.
• A chance to qualify and keep progressing, maybe even to Financial Controller one day.
• Supportive people who know what they're doing (and who remember what it's like to be in your shoes).
• The chance to be part of a growing business with proper ambition and not just "make the numbers look tidy."

If that sounds like your kind of thing, click "apply".