Assistant Accountant

About the Company We are remote first software as a service (SaaS) company, bringing true digital transformation to the global shipping industry. We enhance the way shipping professionals work by creating technology for the maritime industry and bringing it to market.With over 85% of the world's trade transported by sea, we have a huge opportunity to transformexisting manual, offline and disparate processes into a tech-enabled and data-rich experience enabling better decision-making and fewer costly and time-consuming mistakes. Our premier platform, Sea, is the world's first digital shipping platform that provides cloud-based applications focused on the prefixture and at-fixture space. These connect to create efficiencies and digitise workflows. To understand more about us, please visit https://www.sea.live/ About the Role We are seeking an Assistant Accountant to join our finance team in a permanent, full-time positionbased in the UK and reporting to the Financial Controller. Supporting Sea's operations across the UK, Sweden, Singapore, and Poland, the team also validates reporting from several other Clarksonslocations. This provides a unique opportunity to gain broad experience within an international finance function spanning multiple jurisdictions. Responsibilities

• Assisting in the preparation of monthly accounts for group reporting.
• Preparing and posting journals, e.g. prepayments, accruals, intercompany recharges andmonth-end journals.
• Investigating material cost variances.
• Preparing intercompany reconciliations.
• Preparing balance sheet reconciliations.
• Assisting with the weekly and monthly financial reports.
• Assisting with the preparation of year-end financial statements.
• Supporting UK tax compliance.
• Processing purchase invoices and ensuring accurate coding on a day-to-day basis.
• Processing and checking employee expense claims.
• Assisting with treasury processing and preparing bank reconciliations.
• Monitoring and developing internal controls and systems.
• Checking and validating financial information received from Clarksons finance teams inother locations.
• Working closely with finance colleagues in Poland, Sweden and Singapore, includingcovering transactional work during absences.
• Supporting internal and external audits, including preparing audit schedules and liaisingwith auditors.
• Supporting process improvement, automation and systems projects, including the use ofAI tools to improve efficiency.
• Fulfilling any additional or ad hoc duties as required to meet the needs of the business. Qualifications
• Studying towards, or keen to start, an AAT, ACCA or CIMA qualification would be an advantage. Required Skills
• Numerate. Knowledge of accounting principles (e.g. double-entry bookkeeping, prepayments,accruals)
• Applicants must be self-confident, with good communication and problem-solving skills, andexperience of working in a team environment, ideally within a larger or internationalorganisation.
• Organised and able to prioritise own workload to meet tight deadlines.
• Intermediate Excel skills are essential (for example lookups and pivot tables).
• Comfortable working with colleagues across different countries and time zones.
• Interest in using technology and AI tools to improve finance processes. Preferred Skills
• Knowledge of Workday would be an advantage but not essential.