Assistant Accountant

I am delighted to be working in partnership with a well-established and growing organisation, who are looking to appoint an ambitious Assistant Accountant into a highly visible and commercially focused role.

This is an excellent opportunity for an early-career finance professional to gain exposure across both cost analysis and commercial finance, working closely with operational teams and senior stakeholders across the business.

The Role

This is a broad and progressive position, offering a blend of financial reporting, cost analysis and business partnering responsibilities. You will play a key role in supporting business performance, improving cost visibility and providing meaningful financial insight.

Key responsibilities will include:

• Monitoring and analysing costs and variances
• Supporting month-end close activities
• Working closely with operational teams to understand performance and identify improvements
• Maintaining and validating costing data within systems (SAP experience highly advantageous)
• Supporting budgeting and forecasting processes
• Delivering variance analysis and performance insights
• Partnering with operational and commercial stakeholders to support profitability improvement and pricing and margin analysis
• Financial reporting, controls and continuous improvement across finance processes.

About You

• This role will suit a part qualified accountant (CIMA / ACCA or AAT Qualified), looking to build a career within commercial or operational finance (study support available)
• At least 2 years’ experience in a cost-focused finance role
• Exposure to costing and variance analysis
• Strong Excel and analytical skills
• Experience with SAP (or similar ERP systems) is highly desirable
• Ideally some manufacturing experience
• A proactive mindset, with a genuine interest in developing commercially
• Confident communicator, able to work with both finance and non-finance stakeholders

This role offers a clear development pathway within a forward-thinking finance function, with genuine progression opportunities.

You will gain exposure to both operational and strategic decision-making, making this an ideal step for someone looking to develop into a Finance Business Partner / FP&A or wider commercial finance role.

Synergem Recruitment is committed to equal opportunities in relation to job applications. A copy of our Diversity Policy is available on request.

Due to the high volume of applications, if you have not heard from us within 14 days, please assume your application has not been successful on this occasion.