Salary Guide: Industry and Commerce Sector - June 2008

Accounts Ledger Clerks and Supervisors
 
Salary Range £
Accounts Clerk (up to 2 years experience)
10,000 – 14,000
Accounts Clerk (more than 2 years experience)
12,000 – 15,000
Accounts Supervisor/Assistants
14,000 – 17,000

 

Assistant Accountants / Book-keepers
 
Salary Range £
Bookkeeper – prepare accounts to Trial Balance
14,000 – 17,000
Bookkeeper – prepare final accounts
16,000 – 19,000

 

Credit Control
 
Salary Range £
Credit Control Clerk
11,000 – 13,500
Credit Controller / Manager
15,000 – 20,000
Senior Credit Control Manager
20,000 – 26,000

 

Payroll
 
Salary Range £
Payroll Clerk
11,000 – 13,500
Payroll Supervisor
15,000 – 18,500
Payroll Manager
17,500 – 21,000

 

Accounting Technicians
 
Salary Range £
IATI Foundation (up to 12 months experience)
8,000 – 12,000
IATI Intermediate (18 months experience)
11,000 – 13,000
Qualified (2 years plus experience)
13,000 – 17,000

 

Qualified by Experience
 
Salary Range £
Up to 2 years experience
10,000 – 15,000
Up to 5 years experience
14,500 – 21,000
More than 5 years experience
22,000 – 27,000

 

Part Qualified Accountants
 
Salary Range £
ACCA / CIMA trainee - no experience
9,000 – 12,000
ACCA 1 / CIMA Foundation
11,500 – 13,000
ACCA 2 / CIMA Intermediate
14,000 – 16,500
ACCA 3 / CIMA Final
15,500 – 19,000

 

Newly Qualified
 
Salary Range £
Coming direct from practice
19,000 – 25,000
Qualified and experienced in industry
21,000 – 26,000

Senior Qualified Accountants
Post qualification the size of the employer increasingly influences salary level and hence in the following, salary levels for small (£0-30m), medium (£30-75m) and large (£75m) companies are given. Salaries are the average expected salary for the positions stated.
 

 
Small
Medium
Large
Financial/Management Accountant
26,000
28,000
30,000
Financial Controller
35,000 - 40,000
40,000
45,000
Financial Director (single company or division)
40,000
45,000
50,000+
Group Financial Director
n/a
50,000
60,000
Head of Internal Audit
n/a
35,000
40,000

Notes

The information contained within this document is intended for guidance only. Please do not hesitate to contact Jonathan St. Clare on 028 90 339968 should you wish to discuss salary, or any other recruitment issues further.

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