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Assistant Accountant

Job Posted: 3 hours ago

Salary: £ 15 - 19 / Hour
Job Type: Temporary
Location: Penryn, Cornwall

Expire in: a month

Job Description

Assistant Accountant – Penryn – Temporary (Until Christmas initially, possibly into the new year)
💰 Pay: £15 - £19 per hour (including holiday pay), depending on experience
📍 Location: Penryn
🕒 Hours: Full-time, 37 hours per week (Monday to Friday, early Friday finish on offer)
📅 Start: ASAP

Are you a finance professional available immediately and looking for your next temporary opportunity? Do you enjoy working in a busy, collaborative finance team where everyone supports each other? This could be the perfect short-term assignment for you.

Carrington Wood is pleased to be supporting a respected and busy organisation as they look to add an Assistant Accountant to support their finance team on a temporary basis. This is a great opportunity to jump into a hands on finance role, keep things running smoothly, and gain valuable exposure across the business.

What You’ll Be Doing:

✔ Managing account reconciliations
✔ Assist in the preparation of the monthly Management Accounts
✔ Supporting with transactional finance and month-end duties
✔ Collaborating with colleagues across departments
✔ Getting involved with ad hoc tasks, including some that may fall outside of finance
✔ Helping to keep finance processes ticking over efficiently and accurately

What We’re Looking For:

💡 Previous experience in a finance role (practice background beneficial, but not essential)
💡 AAT qualification would be desirable, but not essential
💡 A proactive, reliable team player who enjoys being busy and helping out wherever needed
💡 Strong attention to detail and a positive, can-do attitude

Why You’ll Love This Temporary Role:

✅ Pay between £15 and £19 per hour (including holiday pay), subject to experience
✅ Early Friday finish available
✅ Friendly, down-to-earth team who support and motivate each other
✅ A varied workload with exposure across the business
✅ Start ASAP - ideal for someone between roles or looking for immediate work

📅 Apply now for a confidential chat about this Temporary Assistant Accountant role near Penryn.

Carrington Wood is a specialist recruitment consultancy supporting organisations across Cornwall, Devon, and the wider South West. We recruit across Finance, Administration, HR, Customer Service, and Business Development on both a temporary and permanent basis

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