Assistant Accountant

May 30, 2022 | Comments Off on Assistant Accountant

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Job Title: Assistant Accountant

Locations: This is an agile role where you will be based out of our Wymondham office with flexible home working.

Business Area: Kier Utilities

Contract: Full time, permanent 37.5 hours per week

We are Kier, one of the UK's leading construction and infrastructure services, working on contracts such as British Telecoms (BT) and Anglian Water.

We are now recruiting for an Assistant Accountant to join our Central Utilities team based in Wymondham.

Key Responsibilities:

In this exciting Assistant Accountant role, you'll be part of a supportive team responsible for allocating costs to operational Water, Energy and Telecoms contracts such as weekly payroll, employee expense claims, and other intercompany invoices. You'll prepare and post finance journals, maintain monthly reconciliations of balance sheet accounts, and assist in improving cost controls in the Utilities business.

What do we need from you?

Ideally, you'll be studying towards a CIMA/ACCA qualification or AAT level3 and above, and have demonstrable relevant work experience. We're also looking for a proactive individual with good attention to detail. You'll have excellent IT skills, be customer focused with an ability to work well under pressure.

At Kier, we're proud to be able to offer our fantastic employees a wide variety of benefits that you can tailor to your needs. Some of our benefits include:

  • New and enhanced family friendly policies with 8 weeks paternity leave, 26 weeks maternity leave, pregnancy loss leave, surrogacy leave and important guidance on the menopause and the support we can offer
  • A competitive annual holiday entitlement with opportunities to buy/sell leave.
  • A fantastic matched pension scheme
  • Share in the success you help to create by investing in Kier through our sharesave and share incentive plans.
  • 24/7 virtual GP service for you and your family
  • Kier's Green Car Scheme
  • A huge range of deals and discounts at many your favourite brands
  • And many many more!
Kier is committed to creating supportive and inclusive opportunities for all our applicants and employees. We appreciate applicants from all backgrounds and we specifically encourage those from underrepresented communities to apply. Take a look to learn more about our commitments to diversity and inclusion. If you require any reasonable adjustments during any part of the application process, please let us know so we can discuss and arrange these by emailing .

Closing Date: Friday 17th June 2022

Please note, interviews may take place before the closing date, and we reserve the right to close applications early.

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