ASHLEY REES
ASSOCIATES Finance & Accountancy Recruitment Specialists

A financial services organisation based in Bath is currently recruiting a Financial Analyst to join their team.

This role will play a key part in assisting with the businesses continued growth and is an excellent opportunity for anyone looking to further their career within this field.

Duties will include:

• Perform a variety of advanced financial analyses to determine the present and forecasted financial position of the company
• Use financial modelling to simulate financial scenarios and outcomes for the company
• Assisting with the preparation of the monthly management accounts and other ad hoc accounting tasks
• Assisting with the audit process
• Budgeting and reforecasting

The successful candidate will hold a professional accountancy qualification and had previous experience of working within an analytical role.

A service organisation based in Gloucester is currently recruiting a Management Accountant to join their team.

This is a newly created role working for an innovative business that is at the forefront of its industry.

Duties will include:
• Budgeting and forecasting
• Variance analysis
• KPI reporting
• Month end reporting
• Profit & loss statements
• Balance sheet reconciliations
• Analysis and reporting of financial statements and management accounts

The successful candidate will have previous experience of producing management accounts. Strong communication and IT skills are also essential.

A service organisation based in central Bristol is currently recruiting a Contract Administrator to join their team.

Working for part of a global business that is experiencing year on year growth, this is an excellent opportunity for anyone looking to further their career within this field.

Duties will include:

• Deal with contractor queries, this could be on-boarding new starters, contractual related, compliance checks, payment dates and replying to them in a timely manner
• Seeking the information needed from the relevant department to resolve the query
• Responsible for making sure certain documents from contractors have been received
• Liaising with contractors and recruitment businesses on a day to day basis to make sure everything is running accordingly
• Assist with ensuring contractors take home pay is maximised by legitimately claiming tax-reducing business expenses against their earnings

The successful candidate with have previous experience of working within an office and possess very good customer service and communication skills.

A legal firm based in Cheltenham is currently recruiting a Finance Manager to join their team.

Working for an award-winning company that has an excellent reputation within its industry, this is a great opportunity for anyone looking to further their career within this field.

Duties will include:

• Prepare financial reports for Directors
• Bookkeeping
• Assist the external accountant
• Monitor overheads
• Credit control
• Performance reports for fee earners
• Ensure necessary compliance completed in line with Law Society and SRA account rules

Previous experience of working in an accounts department is essential.  The successful candidate must be comfortable working in an autonomous role and be able to demonstrate working within deadlines.

A service organisation based in Dursley is currently recruiting a Financial Controller to join their team.

Working for a growing SME, this role offers the opportunity to progress onto Finance Director and become a key person in the senior leadership team.

Duties will include:

• Help the Managing Director make strategic decisions based on financial performance
• Budgeting and forecasting
• Create and develop KPI’s and financial models
• Review internal processes within the team, aim to increase efficiencies
• Manage and mentor a small team
• Liaise with other departments to understand how the finance team can support them
• Reconcile the balance sheet
• Assist the auditors at year end

Previous experience of working within a similar role is essential.  The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate keen commercial awareness and enjoy interacting with other parts of the business.

A service organisation based in central Bristol (with the option of working from home), is currently recruiting a Finance Manager to join their team.

This is a newly created role working for a growing and ambitious business and is an excellent opportunity for anyone interested in combining their accountancy background with project managing due diligence and compliance processes.

Duties will include:

• Assisting clients set up their operations around the globe
• Maintain a library of metrics reports and internal support documentation
• Establish legal entities and tax registrations
• Setting up of Limited Companies, branch offices and representative offices
• Establish what information is required for each part of the project plan
• Liaise with multiple resources in a wide range of countries
• Prepare client facing correspondence

International business exposure is desirable.  The successful candidate will ideally have experience of working within compliance/project management or an outsourcing environment

A service organisation based in central Bristol is currently recruiting a Senior Payroll Administrator to join their team.

Working for an international company and dealing with some of the firm’s largest clients, this is an excellent opportunity for anyone looking to further their career within this field.

Duties will include:

• Advising overseas clients on UK payroll regulations
• Creating of easy to use guides on UK payroll/tax system
• Group payroll calculations
• Monthly and weekly timesheet processing
• Creation of welcome packs for all new temps
• Pension autoenrollment
• Holiday accruals and other statutory calculations

Previous payroll experience is essential.  The successful candidate must also be a strong communicator both over the phone and face to face.

A manufacturing organisation based in Stonehouse is currently recruiting a Group Accountant to join their team.

Working for an expanding company, currently with 5 legal entities, this is an excellent opportunity for anyone looking to further their career within this field.

Duties will include:

• Group financial monthly reporting for the board and budget holders
• Budgeting and forecasting and the creation new models
• Assist Finance Manager with month end accounting
• WIP and stock accounting
• Year end reporting
• Statutory consolidation and assisting the auditors
• Identify and implement business controls and systems improvements

The successful candidate will have strong excel model building experience and be comfortable working within both management and financial accounting procedures.

A manufacturing organisation based in Warmley is currently recruiting a Purchase Ledger Clerk to join their team.

Working for a well-established, global brand, this is an excellent opportunity for anyone looking to further their career within this field.

Duties will include:

• Supplier statement reconciliations
• Processing and coding of invoices
• Query resolution
• Post journals
• Excel spreadsheet analysis

Previous purchase ledger experience is essential.  The successful candidate will also ideally have used SAP.

A service organisation in Warmley is currently recruiting an Aftersales Administrator to join their team.

Working for a well-recognised and highly reputable business, this is an excellent opportunity for anyone looking to further their career within this field.

Duties will include:

• Manage and monitor the overall success of customer care jobs
• Log details onto CRM system
• Arrange follow up engineer appointments
• Check previous days appointments for any outstanding work
• Check end of month valuations
• Collate and analyse timesheets
• Process new build costing onto monthly spreadsheet for finance team
• Ensure any documentation being claimed is actually received

The successful candidate will have excellent communication and customer service skills.  Experience of using Microsoft Office and a CRM system is also essential.

A service organisation based in Gloucester is currently recruiting a Purchase Ledger Clerk to join their team.

This is an excellent opportunity for anyone looking to enhance their experience within this field working for a highly reputable, well-established organisation.

Duties will include:

• Coding and matching invoices
• Supplier statement reconciliations
• Posting journals
• Dealing with queries
• Processing invoices
• Data entry

Previous purchase ledger experience is essential.  The successful candidate must also be proficient on Excel and other Microsoft Office products

A service organisation based in Corsham is currently recruiting an Accountant to join their team on a three day a week basis.

Working for a well-established business within the local area, this is a great role for anyone looking to reduce their hours but still feel challenged and motivated within the workplace.

Duties will include:

• Preparing client accounts
• VAT returns
• Preparing tax returns both personal and corporate
• Using Sage for general ledger work and bookkeeping
• Dealing with client queries

Previous knowledge and experience of corporation tax is essential.  The successful candidate must also have worked within a practice environment.

A service organisation based in Gloucester is currently recruiting a Management Accountant to join their team.

This role requires someone to take ownership of a section of the organisations main revenue stream so represents an excellent opportunity for anyone looking to further their career within this field.

Duties will include:

• Budgeting and forecasting
• Variance analysis
• KPI reporting
• Month end reporting
• Profit & loss statements
• Balance sheet reconciliations
• Analysis and reporting of financial statements and management accounts

The successful candidate will have previous experience of producing management accounts.  Strong communication and IT skills are also essential.

A service organisation in Wells is currently recruiting a Bookkeeper to join their team.

Working for a well-known local business that is expanding, this is an excellent opportunity for anyone looking to further their career within this field.

Duties will include:

• Accounts preparation
• P&L statements
• VAT returns
• Dealing with client queries
• Assisting with personal tax returns
• Other ad hoc bookkeeping tasks

Previous experience of working in an accounts department is essential.  The successful candidate must also be a confident communicator and ideally have used Xero software

A service organisation in Wells is currently recruiting a Bookkeeper to join their team on a 20-30 hour a week basis.

Working for a well-known local business that is expanding, this is an excellent opportunity for anyone looking to further their career within this field.

Duties will include:

• Accounts preparation
• P&L statements
• VAT returns
• Dealing with client queries
• Assisting with personal tax returns
• Other ad hoc bookkeeping tasks

Previous experience of working in an accounts department is essential.  The successful candidate must also be a confident communicator and ideally have used Xero software

A service organisation based in Portishead is currently recruiting a Payroll Support Administrator to join their team.

Working for a well-established organisation, this is an excellent opportunity for anyone looking to further their career within this field.

Duties will include:

• System administration
• Third party payments and GL reconciliation
• Pension administration
• Payroll data uploads and support
• Project support
• Cognos report writing and developments
• Costings interface onto SAP

Previous payroll experience is desirable but not essential.  Th successful candidate will need to have worked within an accounts role previously and be familiar with General Ledger.  Proficient on excel is also required.

A service organisation based in Portishead is currently recruiting a Payroll Administrator to join their team.

Working for a well-established organisation, this is an excellent opportunity for anyone looking to further their career within this field.

Duties will include:

• Processing monthly salaries and hourly wages
• Issuing P46’s and P46’s when required
• Calculating SSP and SMP
• Payroll reconciliations
• Assisting with Year End
• Dealing with payroll queries

Previous experience of payroll is essential.  The successful candidate must also be confident dealing with people over the phone and face to face.

A service organisation based in Nailsea is currently recruiting a Finance Assistant to join their team.

This is a newly created role working for a growing business.  Study support is also on offer.

Duties will include:

• Allocating payments
• Monthly bill runs
• Resolving billing and payments queries
• Audit support
• Documenting procedures
• Other ad hoc duties in the finance team

The successful candidate must be confident using excel and ideally had some finance experience. 

A service organisation based in Aztec west is currently recruiting an Operational Financial Controller to join their team.

Working for an innovative, multi-national business, this is an excellent opportunity for anyone looking to further their career within this field.

Duties will include:

• Manage the infrastructure of the financial operations team
• Actively participate in implementing strategic change
• Month end review
• Assist global entities, requiring occasional international travel
• Lead migration projects to increase department efficiency
• Create and maintain departmental KPI’s
• Assist with systems improvements and updates
• Cost analysis and commentary

The successful candidate will hold an accountancy qualification and have worked within a similar supervisory/lead role previously.  Experience of successfully managing change and process improvements within a team is also essential.

A service organisation based in Aztec West is currently recruiting a Payroll & Finance Manager to join their team.

This role works within the management hub for the company’s Global operation and offers the opportunity, if desired, to progress onto a more senior role within an approximate two-year period.

Duties will include:

• Analytical review pf payroll and related costs
• Posting monthly payrolls across 11 countries
• Maintenance of payroll reports and documentation
• Initiating intercompany charges where appropriate
• Charging credit card statements and accruing costs where needed
• Adding new cost centre and balance sheet codes where needed
• Maintain conformity between GL codes
• Assist with audit and payroll queries

Previous experience of working within payroll and the accounting around it is essential.  The successful candidate must also have other accounting knowledge/experience including reconciliations, prepayments and accruals.

A manufacturing organisation based in Stroud is currently recruiting a Financial Accountant to join their team.

Reporting to the UK Finance Director, this role will suit someone who enjoys working for larger, multi-national organisations.

Duties will include:

• Statutory reporting for UK group
• Supporting UK compliance with GAAP/SOX requirements
• Coordinating VAT preparation, submissions and compliance
• Prepare data for UK Group tax return, calculate tax returns
• Develop and perform special projects and analysis as directed by site management
• Attend meetings to ensure understanding of meeting customer and statutory regulatory demands
• Coordinate and support technical accounting assistance to the UK group

The successful candidate will hold a professional accounting qualification and have experience of preparing UK statutory accounts.  Knowledge of US GAAP and strong excel skills are also desirable.

A service organisation based in Trowbridge is currently recruiting an Accounts Payable Manager to join their team.

Working for an environmentally friendly, ethics-first organisation, this is an excellent opportunity for anyone looking to further their career within this field.

Duties will include:

• Overseeing and mentoring a team
• Process improvements and reengineering
• Mont end analysis, working closely with the management accounts team
• Ensure the P2P strategy and policy is effective and complied with
• Develop effective internal and external relationships to allow for optimum P2P management
• Set and achieve department KPI targets
• Manage the provision of reports
• Address and resolve instances of non-compliance

Previous experience of working within a similar role is essential.  The successful candidate must also be able to demonstrate strong commercial awareness and analytical skills.

A wholesale organisation based in Stroud is currently recruiting a Purchase Ledger Clerk to join their team.

Working for a local business, this role will suit someone keen to develop a career in finance working within an owner-managed environment.

Duties will include:

• Statement reconciliation
• Posting journals
• Processing invoices
• Working off Sage
• Dealing with customer queries
• Other ad hoc duties within the team

The successful candidate must be able to demonstrate strong numerical ability and have worked within an office previously.

A manufacturing organisation based in Warmley is currently recruiting an Administration Team Leader to join their team.

This is a newly created role due to organisational growth and is an excellent opportunity for anyone looking to further their career within this field.

Duties will include:

• Mentoring and managing a small team
• Reporting on stock levels
• Assisting the Operations Manager with logistical queries
• Analysing spreadsheets
• Setting up new customers on the system
• Managing customer issues
• Looking at ways to improve efficiencies within the department

Previous experience of working within a senior administrative role is essential.  The successful candidate must also be a strong communicator both over the phone and face to face.

An accountancy practice based in Portishead is currently recruiting a Senior Accountant to join their team on a part time basis, approximately 25 hours per week but could be flexible.

Working for a well-established, independent practice, this role has been created due to organisational growth and will report directly to the owner.

Duties will include:

• Accounts preparation
• Mentor and oversee junior staff members work
• Tax calculations
• Deal with client queries
• VAT returns
• Management accounts for small companies

Previous experience of working in a practice is essential.

An accountancy practice based in Portishead is currently recruiting a Semi-Senior Accountant to join their team

Working for a well-established, independent practice, this role has been created due to organisational growth and is an excellent opportunity for anyone looking to further their career within this sector.

Duties will include:

• Accounts preparation
• Tax calculations
• Deal with client queries
• VAT returns
• Management accounts for small companies

Previous experience of working in a practice is essential.

A service organisation based in central Bristol is currently recruiting a Finance Administrator to join their team.

This is an excellent entry level role for someone who enjoys people interaction and working with numbers.

Duties will include:

• Setting up customer accounts
• Assisting with audits
• Arranging payments
• Chasing up overdue payments
• Dealing with customer queries
• Invoice processing

Previous experience of working in an office is essential.  The successful candidate must be comfortable using excel and communicating with people over the telephone.

A service organisation based in Frome is currently recruiting a French-speaking Administrator to join their team.

This is a newly created role working for a growing, ambitious organisation and will give the successful candidate the opportunity to occasionally travel off site and abroad to meet the organisations’ clients.

Duties will include:

• Stock reporting for designated countries and customers
• Review, amend and format site inspection reports
• Read and review internal audit reports
• Ensure all electronic files are allocated appropriately
• Provide regular reports to bank and customers
• Specific country administration including HR, legal and accounting

A high level of both written and verbal French language skills are essential.  The successful candidate must also possess strong administration skills and be able to organise and communicate effectively.