£30000 - £40000 Per year
Assistant Accountant
Permanent,Full-time
Job Description
- Monthly and annual review of Sales margins
- Review of the monthly accruals / provisions ensuring these are adequate
- Overheads review - comparing actual with budget and prior year at a cost center level
- Cash flow interrogation with emphasis on the effect on working capital
- Updating and distributing the sales capture file at both gross / net sales and volume at customer level
- PAYE Settlement Agreement - Calculating the annual payment, ensuring that all irregular or impracticable expenses of benefits for our employees are captured accordingly
- Long Term Agreements / Retro Rebates - Calculation of the rebates due per customer as part of the month end process
- Sales promotions and long term agreements analysis
- Support the year-end audit process
- Identify and drive improvements in processes and systems to add value and seek efficiencies, identifying and mitigating risk
- Creating and preparing the monthly creditors report in liaison with the Financial Accountant
- Analyzing and evaluating ways to reduce costs
- Providing timely and relevant insights to the Financial Controller / Senior Management Team as and when required
- Providing cover when colleagues are away from the business
- Willingness to assist in month end to ensure the team reports on time
- Any ad-hoc / project work as and when required
Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
- The successful candidate will be part-qualified or studying towards a professional qualification (CIMA, ACCA) and have at least 3 years' experience working in a similar role in a commercial environment.
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