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Recruiter
Bond Moran Recruitment Ltd
Location
London
Salary
£40,000 per year
Contract
Permanent
Work pattern
Not Specified
Working arrangement
Hybrid working
First listed by Ontap
26 September 2026
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Job description

Assistant Accountant - Putney Area

Salary: Up to £40,000 + Benefits

About the Opportunity

A growing and successful business based in West London is looking to appoint a motivated and ambitious Junior Accountant to join its finance team. This is an excellent opportunity for someone looking to develop their accounting career within a supportive environment that offers exposure to a broad range of finance responsibilities.

Being the right hand person to the FD, you will gain valuable experience across month-end reporting, transactional finance, management accounts preparation and financial analysis.

Key Responsibilities

Assist with the preparation of monthly management accounts
Support month-end and year-end close processes
Perform balance sheet reconciliations and investigate variances
Process and review journals, accruals and prepayments
Assist with cash flow reporting and forecasting
Maintain fixed asset registers and related accounting records
Support accounts payable and accounts receivable activities when required
Assist with budgeting and forecasting exercises
Prepare VAT returns and support statutory reporting requirements
Help improve financial processes and internal controls
Provide finance support to operational departments across the business

About You

AAT qualified, studying ACCA/CIMA, or good qualified by experience
Previous finance experience gained within an accounting or finance environment
Strong attention to detail and a high level of accuracy
Good Excel skills and confidence working with finance systems
Has experience of using SAGE
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
Proactive, organised and eager to learn
Able to work effectively both independently and as part of a team

What's on Offer

Salary up to £40,000
Potential study support (where applicable)
Hybrid working opportunities
Defined career progression pathway
Supportive and collaborative team environment
Pension and additional company benefits

If you are looking for a role that will provide excellent development opportunities and broad exposure across finance, we would be delighted to hear from you.

Given the high volume of responses we receive from the combination of job boards, social media and other sources and despite our best efforts, many of our responses will be via email as we simply can't call every application - We know that's not what you want to hear but we hope you'll understand?

Short-listed candidates will obviously be contacted for this specific role, and if you haven't heard from us within a week, please assume you have been unsuccessful on this occasion.

We will keep your CV on file to contact you with regards to future roles and any other advice to help you, however if you do not wish to remain on our database, please let us know and we will obviously remove you. Alternatively, please feel free to contact us for a chat

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