Trainee Accountant

Large rollouts are routine here, such as imaging 12,000 laptops for a state agency over one summer. Enterprise clients outsource service desk, end-user support and data centre operations to us under multi-year contracts. We started in 2000 and have grown to about 320 people.

About the role

We're looking for a Trainee Accountant to join our team. This is a remote role. Expect extra hours during year-end close and audit fieldwork in January and February. We are headquartered in Birmingham and have been hiring remotely since 2020. This is a full-time remote role. We use an employer of record in India, so you get a proper employment contract, not a freelance agreement. Working hours overlap with UK business hours. You will need a stable internet connection and a backup power source (UPS or inverter).

What you'll be doing

• Assist with year-end audit requests and prepare supporting schedules.
• Reconcile balance sheet accounts, including cash, fixed assets and accrued liabilities.
• Prepare and post monthly journal entries for accruals, prepaids and allocations.
• Clean up legacy account balances that do not tie out.
• Maintain the general ledger in NetSuite or Sage Intacct.
• Process intercompany transactions and eliminations across three entities.

Qualifications

• Available for extra hours at month-end and year-end.
• Hands-on with NetSuite, Sage Intacct, QuickBooks Online or another ERP.
• Comfortable explaining numbers to non-accountants.
• Strong Excel: XLOOKUP or VLOOKUP, pivot tables, SUMIFS.

Preferred

• ASC 842 lease accounting.
• FloQast or BlackLine experience.
• Multi-entity or multi-currency accounting.
• Power BI or Tableau.

Benefits

• Company laptop.
• Annual learning budget.
• 24 days paid time off.
• Annual salary review.
• Paid sick days.

Start: Immediately.

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