Assistant Accountant - The Niche Partnership : Job Details

Are you an experienced Assistant Accountant available for an immediate start in the Southampton area? We are offering a 6-month fixed term contract with hybrid working (3 days in the office, 2 days from home) and a competitive salary. If this sounds like the right fit for you, this could be your next role!We’re partnering with a highly successful legal firm based in Southampton, known for advising financial institutions, corporations, and private clients across international offices. They’re looking for a skilled Revenue Controller to join their team.The purpose of this role is to identify, investigate, liaise, and communicate on historical issues uncovered through the 3E project. It plays a key role in supporting Financial Operations by ensuring that general ledger reconciliations are accurate, timely, and up-to-date, while also resolving any historical discrepancies.Reporting to the Financial controller, your responsibilities will include:

• Managed designated balance sheet general ledger reconciliations, ensuring timely and accurate general ledger updates in compliance with group policies
• Identified and resolved outstanding legacy balances across debtors, creditors, and bank accounts
• Prepared and posted journals to correct account balances and address historical discrepancies
• Collaborated with Financial Operations and Group Financial Control to resolve issues, aged general ledger items, and variances
• Partnered with business stakeholders and finance teams to drive systems and process improvement initiatives
• Identified and documented best practices to prevent reoccurrence of issues
• Provided regular progress reports, highlighting challenges, progress, and next steps

What we’re looking for:

• Part-qualified accountant or actively pursuing accounting qualifications.
• Over 3 years of experience in finance roles
• Strong analytical skills with a solid understanding of business, driving key insights for decision-making
• Collaborative team player and creative problem-solver with a positive, can-do attitude
• Excellent interpersonal skills, confident in engaging and collaborating within an international environment
• Strong understanding of core financial accounting standards, best practices, policies, processes, and systems
• Excellent communication skills
• Excellent verbal and written communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to influence and
• Challenge key stakeholders
• Ability to pick up new systems and procedures quickly.
• Ability to work unsupervised
• Excellent attention to detail
• Ability to work under pressure and flexibly when required.
• Organised manner with ability to prioritize workload.
• Motivated and pro-active with a 'can-do' approach
• Understanding of privacy and confidentiality

What’s in it for you:

• A discretionary bonus scheme based on company and individual performance.
• Private medical insurance (From day 1 all previous conditions to be disregarded) There is the option to
• add family members at candidates own cost.
• Permanent health insurance
• Life assurance x4
• Pension scheme 5% Employee / 3% Employer
• Travel loan scheme – travel loan for a train season ticket, repayable via monthly payroll, which helps to offset the initial cost of the ticket

We take your application seriously and WE RESPOND TO EVERY APPLICATION…because getting a job is hard enough.If you would like to find out more about this role, please apply with your CV or LinkedIn PDF. We look forward to hearing from you!The Niche Partnership is acting as a recruitment business in relation to this role. The Niche Partnership complies with all relevant UK legislation and doesn't discriminate on any protected characteristics. By completing the application process, you agree to the terms outlined in our Privacy Notice and that The Niche Partnership may contact you in connection with your application in relation to The Niche Partnership providing you with work-finding services. Our Privacy Notice can be viewed under the privacy tab on our website.