Assistant Accountant

3-month contract, with the potential to extend or become permanent

Location: Remote with 1 day per week in Central London

£50,000 - £55,000 pro rata

Overview

An established and growing digital marketing business who have offices across the UK and Europe are looking for an experienced and hands-on Assistant Accountant to support the finance function. The role will initially start as a 3 month contract but has the potential to extend and potentially become a permanent role

This position will report directly to the Head of Finance and support the day-to-day financial operations for the UK and European entities.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage day-to-day finance operations across UK and 4 European entities
• Process and review financial transactions including accounts payable, receivable, and bank reconciliations
• Assist with month-end close activities and financial reporting
• Support intercompany accounting between European entities and the US parent company
• Manage and reconcile multi-currency transactions
• Identify and resolve accounting discrepancies or issues
• Support improvements in finance processes, automation, and system efficiencies
• Work with finance systems including Xero and NetSuite to optimise workflows
• Ensure accurate financial records and compliance with internal policies

Skills & Experience

• A minimum of 5 years of experience working in a sole accounting role or small finance team environment is essential
• identifying areas for improvement and helping streamline processes
• Strong understanding of transactional accounting and day-to-day finance operations
• Experience handling intercompany transactions
• Experience working with multi-currency accounts
• Strong working knowledge of Xero is essentially and ideally good working knowledge of  Netsuite
• Ability to work independently and proactively identify and resolve issues

Tiger Recruitment is B Corp Certified, which means that we've been verified as meeting B Lab's high standards for social and environmental impact.

REF: JL160612