Assistant Accountant

Assistant Accountant

(intermediate bookkeeper role for a part-qualified accountant)

We’re aviation! We’re IT! We’re in six countries (at the moment) with plans to expand!

We’re looking for the right person to join our small team of accountants, who work closely with Operations and Sales! This role offers the right candidate an ability to learn more about the broader aspects of how a services company does business - with particular focus on the US (multi-state) and Canada (multi-province) - at least to start with.

The ideal candidate will have proven experience of a broad range of general, all-round, bookkeeping responsibilities together with a high-level technical expertise and attention to detail.

This is an ideal preparation for a career in bookkeeping, preferably moving towards qualification as an accountant.

This role offers excellent experience in compiling the whole trial balance of multiple companies, encompassing a broad range of bookkeeping responsibilities and related technical skills, including:

• Management of a portfolio of small companies


• Balance sheet control accountancy


• P&L variance analysis from budget


• Foreign currencies


• Management reporting, including pre-consolidation


• Processes preparatory to statutory financial reporting


• Supporting operational and sales (non-financial) colleagues around the group’s European subsidiaries (and, occasionally, the group’s North American subsidiaries)


• Sales tax reporting and VAT/HST/GST/PST reporting


• Opportunities for multi-state tax analysis and tax reporting

Reporting to the Head of Finance, there might be further opportunities to learn about sales support, bid preparation, standard contractual terms, insurance, banking, international taxation, company secretarial, country research and techniques in Windows and Excel for the right candidate.

Experience and Skills

The role is suited for an applicant who meets the following:

• A part-qualified accountant (CMA, AIPB, NACPB, ACCA etc)


• Strong Excel skills (auto-filters, pivot tables, use of macros and a wide variety of other formulae and functions)


• Prior experience of data entry into ledger software


• Attention to detail must be second-to-none


• Takes a methodical approach to workload with strong time-management skills, an ability to plan and to forecast time and tasks ahead


• Ability to reorder priorities in response to conflicted deadlines


• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills


• Strong file management skills in Google Drive and Windows


• Fluency in both written and spoken English (this requirement is essential)

As part of our recruitment process, short-listed candidates will be invited to sit a technical test covering the main elements of the position.

The broad day-to-day responsibilities of the job include:

• Accounts management, including key aspects of subsidiaries’ general ledgers (in multiple currencies)


• Manage all aspects of accounts payable and accounts receivable ledgers


• Manage all aspects of cash books and bank reconciliations


• Reconcile balance sheet accounts


• Compile trial balances


• Generate management accounts


• Analyze variances to budget


• Compile sales tax, VAT/HST/GST returns and to reconcile output VAT/HST/GST to revenue

Other mandatory requirements of this role include:

• Valid US driving license


• Proof to work in the US


• Undergo a background check


• Proof of qualifications


• Working at the office in Herndon, Virginia, between the hours of 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM, all five working days in the week, with limited dispensation for occasional hybrid working after six months.

Benefits:

• Excellent healthcare benefits: Medical and Dental


• 401K including an employer match 


• Paid time-off and sickness leave


• Paid Military Leave

Join Our Team

ServiceTec International, Inc. specializes exclusively in the provision of Managed IT Services to the world’s airport and airline industries, and have been doing so since 1989. We operate globally with headquarters in the UK and the USA, and offices in Canada, The Netherlands, Germany and Norway. We partner with airports and airlines of all sizes to manage, maintain, monitor and support business and mission critical IT systems.

ServiceTec Culture: We’re a people-oriented company. We value our employees, believing they should be treated fairly, with courtesy and respect.

We believe people work better when they feel supported and know that there is a team behind them. We nurture talent and our philosophy is to promote from within if at all possible.

We consistently recognize those employees who go "above and beyond.”

ServiceTec International, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer and will comply with all applicable local, state, and federal statutes concerning equal employment opportunity with regards to all employees whether full time, part time, casual, temporary, and seasonal or contract. ServiceTec will not discriminate on grounds of sex, trans-gender status, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marital status, civil partnership status, age, race, ethnic origin, color, nationality, national origin, disability or on other grounds not prohibited by legislation. This policy applies to the process of recruitment and selection (both internal and external), promotion, training, conditions of work, pay and benefits and to every other aspect of employment, including general treatment at work and the processes involved in the termination of employment.

For Immediate consideration, please send in your resume and cover letter, including salary expectations which be treated in confidence. We are thankful to receive any applications; however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

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