Senior Accountant
Location: Aberdeen
Role: Full time, 36.5 hours
Salary: Up to £59,500 per annum dependent on experience
Application Deadline: Friday 12 September 2025
We’re looking for a Senior Accountant to join our team and work closely with our Financial Controller. This is a hands-on role where you’ll get involved in all aspects of day-to-day accounting, help keep things running smoothly at month-end, and play an important part in making sure our finances are accurate and well managed.
Main responsibilities include:
- Supervision of Accounts Assistant with processing of invoices, employee expenses and reconciling petty cash and credit cards
- Preparation, processing and submission of monthly payroll
- Overseeing the purchase ledger through to monthly closure
- Assisting the Financial Controller with the preparation and production of timely and accurate monthly management accounts, running monthly profit/loss reports, variance analysis and other various month end reports
- Completion of bank and balance sheet reconciliation
- Manage all transactions associated with the Aberdeen Harbour Board Retirement Benefits Scheme Pension
Skills, experience and qualifications
- Relevant experience of working in a similar accountancy role
- Qualified/part qualified and working towards accounting qualification (CIMA, ACA, ACCA, ICAS)
- Knowledge of RTI/PAYE/NIC and pensions regulations
- Knowledge and experience of accounts practices and procedures
- Excellent interpersonal and communications skills with a discrete and confidential approach
- Strong planning and organisational skills and able to work to deadlines
- High level of accuracy, numeracy and attention to detail
- Ability to take initiative and a practical approach to problem solving
- Positive and flexible approach to work
- Proficient computer skills, including Microsoft Office Suite and accounting software
- Good customer service attitude
How to apply
Port of Aberdeen is committed to equality of opportunity and encourages a diverse range of applicants, and to the principle of appointments based on merit. We apply openness and transparency of process.
If you are interested in the above role, we kindly request that you submit your completed application and equal opportunities monitoring forms using the application link below.
