£26000 - £30000 Per year
Assistant Accountant
Permanent,Full-time
Job Description
- Working closely with the finance and operational teams you will have complete oversight of the Purchase and Sales Ledger while assisting with the preparaiton of the management accounts.
- Provide ad-hoc analysis on sales, overheads and processes
- Obtain approval for all UK purchase/supplier invoices and process.
- Undertake daily bank reconciliation within Xero.
- Review purchase ledger regularly and chase missing AP invoices.
- Ensure the accuracy of all purchase/supplier invoices before uploading to the accounting system.
- Ensure supplier ledgers are fully reconciled on Xero.
- Maintain and update supplier ledgers with bank details regularly.
- Review and maintain customer ledgers
- Action credit control function to ensure customer payments are received promptly
- Produce cost of sale and overhead analysis.
- Be a first point of contact for all finance queries.
- Produce daily stock reconciliations and, alongside the Operations Team, assess any unexpected stock movements.
- Assist finance manager with monthly management accounts.
- Provide cover for team members during vacation/illness/vacancy periods.
- Compile ad-hoc reports and/or analysis as and when required.
- Contribute and support the continuous improvement of Finance systems, practices, and policies.
- Ad hoc duties as required.
Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
- Educated to college level and working towards a professional accounting qualification.
- Xero experience is required.
- Strong Excel skills required.
- Strong experience in credit control.
- Experience in AP functions desirable.
- Collaborative self starter with initiative, who is goal driven
- Creative thinking "outside the box" to provide solutions and solve problems
- Excellent presentation, written and verbal communication skills
- Strong attention to detail.
- Energetic, confident, charismatic - a credible team player
- ACCA
- CIMA
Reference no: 105528