£32000 - £35000 Per year
Accounts Assistant
Permanent,Full-time
Job Description
- Customer invoicing and purchase order management - using the in-house system to monitor when customer invoices are due, liaising with the relevant project manager to confirm the correct details and submitting invoices either by email or using a customer invoicing portal.
- Credit control - using the accounts system (SAGE) to identify which invoices are overdue for payment and following up with the relevant customer Accounts Payable team as appropriate.
- Credit card receipt handling / coding / posting - checking that all transactions for company credit card purchases are appropriately categorized and have a valid receipt before uploading to SAGE.
- Expenses payments - checking of receipts, categorization of expenses and that the proper approvals have been sought before releasing expense claims for payment and uploading transactions / booking payments to SAGE.
- Petty cash management and reconciliation - Petty cash payments are managed by the Office Management team but the Accounts team are responsible for ensuring everything is correctly booked into the in-house payment system and into SAGE.
- Contractor timesheet confirmation - checking and approving contractor’s agency timesheets against our in-house system and liaising with agencies as required.
- Performing checks around accuracy and completeness of information across all systems.
Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
- Proven bookkeeping experience and knowledge of basic accounting principles (ideally but not necessarily AAT qualified or CIMA/ACCA/ACA part qualified)
- Exceptional attention to detail
- Ability to work independently
- Can-do attitude and willingness to learn
- Good inter-personal skills and ability to thrive in a dynamic, small team environment
- Ability to communicate well/appropriately with both customers and with all levels of staff
- Proficiency in MS Office, particularly Excel
- Familiarity with accounting software (Sage 50 Accounts) ideal but not required
Reference no: 106251