£22000 - £24000 Per year
Accounts Assistant
Permanent,Full-time
Job Description
- Accounts production to trial balance and beyond for limited companies and sole traders
- Bookkeeping on cloud-based systems such as Sage Cloud, Xero and QuickBooks
- Processing sales invoices, receipts and payments.
- Preparing VAT returns
- Checking bank statements.
- Dealing with financial paperwork and filing.
- Meeting deadlines.
Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
- AAT qualified or part qualified
- Strong practical knowledge/experience of accounts preparation within a practice environment
- Strong double entry knowledge and skill
- Ideally a good working knowledge of SAGE, and other IT packages, although training would be available
- Basic tax knowledge - how to do tax computations, PAYE, VAT
- Organizational/time management skills
- Communication - good written, verbal and active listening skills
- Confident when dealing with clients and getting your views across
- Methodical and logical thinking
- Use initiative to identify problems and provide solutions
- High personal standards
- Motivated, enthusiastic and hard working, reflecting the culture of the rest of the team
- Accountancy
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