£ 30000 Per year
Accounts Assistant
Permanent,Full-time
Job Description
- Preparation and maintenance of audit support file, liaison with auditors and monitoring outstanding task list.
- Preparation of adjusting journals, together with proper audit trail support, to accurately correct posting errors within the accounting records of the Group.
- Preparing or reviewing balances sheet reconciliations for items such as trade debtors, trade creditors, VAT and cash. Ensuring that reconciling items are resolved in a timely fashion.
- Review of trade debtor and trade creditor listings for intercompany items and liaison to ensure timely settlement.
- Monthly review of accruals and prepayments to ensure all entries reverse out appropriately.
- Execution of and reconciliations for monthly payroll journals for the group's payrolls, including accruals for amounts cross-charged to other entities.
- Liaison with the segment accounting teams and consolidation teams as part of the financial reporting close process to ensure timely and accurate reporting.
- Liaison with the Tax department to ensure an appropriate accrual is posted for tax and deferred tax quarterly for all entities within the group.
- Other ad hoc duties as required.
Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
- The candidate should have a strong desire to learn and develop.
- Bring energy and passion for what they do.
- A self-starter that is prepared to challenge the norm and explore new ways of doing things.
- Must be interested in pursuing a career in accountancy.
- Must be computer literate with the ability to adapt to new software products.
- Strong Excel skills are required.
- Must be collaborative in order to build relationships across the organization with a strong sense of teamwork.
- Must be able to communicate effectively at all levels.
- Attention to detail and agility to work across a range of areas is critical.
- Must be able to take ownership of tasks, bear responsibility for work produced.
- Must be able to demonstrate academic success.
- Experience in a similar role and industry is highly desirable
Reference no: 107278