Job Specifications
Assistant Accountant
Location: Plymouth – with travel to schools in the local area
Salary: Up to £30,000 p.a.
Contract Type: 12 Month Fixed Term Contract, 37 hours per week
Start Date: 5th January 2026
At Delt Shared Services, our Finance team supports a range of valued clients across the Southwest, providing expertise that drives growth, improves decision-making, and creates real impact.
We’re now looking for an Assistant Accountant to join our friendly and high-performing Finance team. You’ll play a key role in supporting one of our major clients, Transforming Futures Multi Academy Trust, working closely with the Finance Business Partner to provide accurate, insightful financial support.
Please note, this is a 12-month fixed term contract with a proposed start date of 5th January 2026.
What you’ll be doing:
Supporting the production of monthly management accounts, including accruals, variance analysis and KPI reporting
Preparing cashflow forecasts and supporting budget setting and forecasting processes
Managing control accounts, reconciliations, journals and adjustments
Handling sales invoicing, receipting, credit control and payment runs
Maintaining the fixed asset register and supporting VAT and audit processes
Providing administrative support around pupil funding contracts and purchasing
Collaborating virtually via Microsoft Teams and SharePoint as part of a remote-friendly, supportive team
This is a hybrid role, with occasional travel to schools or sites for finance-related meetings. As some of the meetings can be called on short notice, you will need to be located within a reasonable commutable distance to Plymouth.
What you’ll bring:
AAT Level 3 or 4 qualification (or working towards it)
At least two years’ relevant finance experience
Strong Excel skills and confidence in analysing and interpreting data
Great organisational skills and the ability to balance multiple priorities
Excellent communication skills - you’ll be comfortable dealing with colleagues and customers alike
Experience with IRIS Financials, IRIS Financial Planner, or Arbor MIS would be helpful, but full system training will be provided.
If you’re self-motivated, detail-driven and passionate about helping schools make the most of their resources, this could be a great opportunity for you.
Why Join Us?
At Delt, people matter - both our team and the communities we serve. You’ll be part of a purpose-driven organisation, where your work makes a visible difference. In return, we offer a supportive culture, flexible hybrid working, and opportunities to grow your skills in a dynamic environment where ideas are welcomed, and impact is recognised.
Benefits include:
Generous holiday allowance of 25 days plus bank holidays (pro rata for part time)
Up to 12 flex leave days a year
Matched contribution pension scheme up to 10% of salary
Life assurance scheme
Opportunities to buy and sell leave
Employee shopping savings portal
Opportunities for training to be funded by Delt
EV salary sacrifice
Employee assistance programme supporting mental and physical wellbeing
If you want to know about the total package we offer, please see our future employee page here https://deltservices.com/careers/
About the Company
Delt is an innovative shared services partnership between local government and the NHS. Our founding shareholders believed that contrary to conventional outsourcing, it was possible to deliver business support services, better, faster and cheaper through keeping those services local. Delt is an arm’s length company, owned by the public sector but operating like a dynamic and agile private limited company. The model works! We have measurably delivered not only better, faster and cheaper but very much in excess of our sharehol...
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