Assistant Accountant
About the company
A wonderful opportunity to join an International Consultancy, in a newly created full time permanent position, as their Assistant Accountant. This is an office-based position near London Bridge, to start in December 2026. Monday to Friday, 40 hours per week, one day can be remote working
IDA Recruitment Ltd specialises in office support recruitment across London. We work with sectors from Creative start ups to Professional Service organisations. We have a great deal of experience of the London Market and throughout our careers have nurtured long term respectful relationships with candidates, enabling them to reach their potential. Due to high volumes we are unable to respond to every application. We expect to contact successful candidates within 5 working days.
Your tasks
Reporting into the Financial Accountant, your responsibilities are caried and include:
Prepare payment runs for the Financial Accountant Manage the accounts inbox, actioning emails or assigning them to the relevant team member
Analyse outstanding debtor and aged receivable balances, communicate them to Assignment Managers and liaise directly with debtors where required
Set up new suppliers in the finance system, including verifying details and preparing documentation for Kyriba (payment platform) supplier set-up
Prepare month-end schedules for review, including accruals, prepayments and depreciation, and process journals (including payroll) following approval
Maintain the fixed asset register Ensure all purchase invoices are approved in the workflow in line with payment runs and month-end deadlines
Ensure the completeness of timesheets by the month-end deadline, investigating gaps and unusual bookings and processing corrections
Maintain and update project information in the accounting and expense systems, including activity codes
Maintain and update the live project list monthly Update and circulate monthly exchange rates, and record them in the expense system
Maintain Kyriba data for staff and suppliers, reconciling balances weekly
Provide cover for transactional AP and AR processing during absences, including expenses, virtual cards, intercompany invoicing and remittances
Assist with budget preparation, financial forecasting and the annual audit, including the carbon audit
Ensure compliance with internal controls, policies and relevant regulations
Requirements
The successful candidate will need to be able to demonstrate at least 4 years experience within an accounting or finance role. Ideally with experience working within a project-based, consultancy or engineering environment working with multiple legal entities and international operations. You will be studying, towards AAT Level 4 (or similar) Intermediate to advanced Excel including lookups and pivot tables is required. An excellent communicator, who is curious and uses their initiative. A wonderful opportunity to join a growing, long-established, forward-thinking business where your contribution will be valued.
What we offer
£40,000 - £45,000
Benefits include:
- 25 days holiday annual entitlement (pro rata)
- annual discretionary bonus
- 5% employer pension contribution
- private medical insurance
- weekly French lessons
- annual profit share scheme
- Sports & Social Club