Assistant Accountant
Posted 1 day ago by We Do Group
£40 Per hour
Undetermined
Hybrid
London Area, United Kingdom
Summary: The Assistant Accountant role in London is a hands-on position within a fast-growing healthcare business, requiring an experienced individual to support various finance operations during a period of rapid growth. The successful candidate will engage in tasks such as invoice processing, inventory allocation, and improving finance workflows. This role is ideal for someone comfortable in a busy SME environment who can adapt quickly and contribute to operational efficiency. The position is hybrid and offered on a 6-month contract basis.
Key Responsibilities:
- Support the wider finance and operations teams across several core areas of the business including purchase ledger and invoice processing.
- Provide AP and AR support.
- Conduct supplier reconciliations.
- Manage inventory allocation and stock reporting.
- Match inventory costs and sales activity.
- Track consignment stock.
- Assist with finance administration and reporting.
- Support month-end activity.
- Help improve finance workflows and processes.
- Support operational finance across the wider business.
- Assist with ERP and systems-related improvement work where needed.
Key Skills:
- Strong transactional finance experience.
- Previous Assistant Accountant or operational finance experience.
- Comfortable working in fast-paced SME environments.
- Strong attention to detail.
- Good Excel skills.
- Proactive and adaptable.
- Experience supporting inventory or stock-led businesses is beneficial.
- Confident managing finance admin and reporting workloads.
- Willingness to roll up sleeves and help where needed.
Salary (Rate): £300.00 daily
City: London
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: undetermined
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: Other
Assistant Accountant London | Hybrid | 6 Month Contract | £200 - £300 Day Rate | Fast Growing Healthcare Business
This business is at that awkward but exciting stage of growth where complexity has increased quickly, but the finance processes and systems are still catching up. Which means they need someone who can come in, get stuck in quickly and help steady the ship operationally. There’s a lot happening across inventory allocation, invoice processing, AP/AR workflows, consignment stock reporting and manual matching work. The finance team needs an experienced pair of hands who is comfortable operating in busy SME environments and helping improve day-to-day finance operations. This isn’t a polished corporate environment with huge teams and layers of process. It’s a growing business where people work collaboratively, solve problems quickly and help wherever needed. The successful person will play a key role supporting transactional accounting, finance administration and reporting across the business while also helping improve workflows and operational processes.
The Role
You’ll support the wider finance and operations teams across several core areas of the business including:
- Purchase ledger and invoice processing
- AP and AR support
- Supplier reconciliations
- Inventory allocation and stock reporting
- Matching inventory costs and sales activity
- Consignment stock tracking
- Supporting finance administration and reporting
- Assisting month-end activity
- Helping improve finance workflows and processes
- Supporting operational finance across the wider business
- Assisting with ERP and systems-related improvement work where needed
This role is very hands on and would suit someone who enjoys improving structure inside scaling businesses.
What They’re Looking For
Strong transactional finance experience
Previous Assistant Accountant or operational finance experience
Comfortable working in fast paced SME environments
Strong attention to detail
Good Excel skills
Someone proactive and adaptable
Experience supporting inventory or stock-led businesses would be beneficial
Confident managing finance admin and reporting workloads
Someone happy rolling their sleeves up and helping where needed
The Bits People Care About
6 month day rate contract
£200 - £300 per day
Hybrid working - London
Growing healthcare/pharma business
Fast paced operational environment
Broad finance exposure
Strong collaborative culture
Opportunity to help improve processes during a key growth stage