NXTGEN is recruiting an Accounts Assistant for a fast-growing consultancy based in Norwich. This Accounts Assistant position offers something different from a traditional transactional role, combining core accounting responsibilities with project finance, commercial reporting and regular collaboration across the wider business.
The organisation delivers complex projects across several specialist sectors and has expanded significantly across the UK. You’ll join at an exciting stage of its growth, supporting both the finance team and the professionals responsible for delivering its projects.
The role
As the Accounts Assistant, you’ll help ensure projects are set up correctly from the outset and that their financial performance can be accurately tracked throughout their lifecycle.
You’ll work closely with finance, operational and project teams, maintaining the quality of information held within the ERP system and producing the financial data needed to support commercial decisions.
Your responsibilities will include:
- Setting up new projects within the ERP system, including budgets, coding and financial structures
- Updating project records following contractual, budget or scope changes
- Monitoring project costs, revenue, budget utilisation and key milestones
- Producing clear and timely project finance reports
- Supporting project invoicing, timesheet tracking and month-end activity
- Processing purchase invoices and maintaining supplier accounts
- Identifying incomplete or inaccurate information and working with stakeholders to resolve it
- Keeping project documentation and financial records accurate throughout the project lifecycle
- Supporting improvements to finance and project reporting processes
- Assisting the wider finance team with additional accounting responsibilities
What are we looking for?
The successful Accounts Assistant will have previous experience within finance or accounting and be comfortable working with detailed financial information. Exposure to project-based work would be useful, although candidates with strong accounting fundamentals and an interest in developing their commercial experience are equally encouraged to apply.
You’ll need strong Excel skills, excellent attention to detail and the confidence to work with colleagues whose priorities may differ from those of the finance team. This role requires someone who can ask the right questions, follow up on missing information and keep several pieces of work moving at once.
This Accounts Assistant opportunity would suit someone who is:
- Experienced in a finance, accounts or project support position
- Confident using Excel and accounting or ERP systems
- Comfortable processing invoices and working with supplier ledgers
- Able to interpret and maintain detailed financial data
- Organised, inquisitive and confident managing competing deadlines
- An effective communicator who enjoys working across different teams
- Studying towards AAT or keen to continue developing within finance
This is an excellent opportunity to move beyond purely transactional accounting and gain valuable exposure to project performance, revenue forecasting and commercial reporting. The Accounts Assistant will become an important link between finance and the wider business, helping project teams understand their numbers and supporting informed decision-making.
To discuss this Accounts Assistant opportunity in more detail, contact Grace at NXTGEN Recruitment.