£26000 - £28000 Per year
Accounts Assistant
Permanent,Full-time
Job Description
- Processing all invoices and credit notes and ensuring they are authorized
- Processing staff expenses, ensuring all requests meet the company's guidelines and that the policy is communicated clearly to all employees.
- Building monthly payment runs for invoices and staff expenses and processing urgent payments when required.
- Ensuring that good relationships and payment terms are kept with suppliers and all queries are dealt with in a timely manner.
- Checking statements received from suppliers, identifying invoices that are overdue and/or not received and any payments that haven't been allocated by the supplier.
- Management of supplier data, ensuring that system information is accurately maintained.
- Working closely with the management accounts team to ensure correct general ledger coding is used on all invoices and expenses.
- Preparation of month end journals and balance sheet reconciliations for general ledger accounts relating to accounts payable, including trade creditors, staff expenses and prepayments.
- Currency card management, ensuring that all expenditure is in line with company policy and that all expenses are documented correctly on the system.
Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
- A background of working within a department in a commercial organization with prior experience with accounts payable and supporting the running of the monthly expense review and payment run.
- Proficient user of Microsoft Excel, Word and Outlook and experience using Workday systems (desirable).
- A good knowledge and understanding of VAT and double entry accounting.
- Professional and organized approach to work, with a good attention to detail.
- Ability to learn and be proactive and work in a team to achieve results with good communication skills
- The role will suit an individual who is looking to gain experience in a fast-paced and progressive environment.
Reference no: 105740