£ 27000 Per year
Assistant Accountant
Permanent,Full-time
Job Description
- Preparing assigned monthly journals, demonstrating compliance with accounting standards and group guidelines
- Responsibility for monthly preparation of accruals and prepayments
- Preparing assigned balance sheet reconciliations on a monthly/quarterly basis to include personnel accruals/payroll, stock, investigating and correcting differences
- Assisting with preparation of annual statutory
- Assisting with preparation of inputs for tax computations
- Assisting with coordinating and conducting regular stock counts
- Liaison for external and internal auditors
- Supporting other departments in understanding financial matters
- Analyze electronic and manual receipts for correct allocation onto customer and general ledger accounts
- Liaise with Credit Control team providing reporting on incoming daily receipts to ensure timely and correct allocation
- Processing of customer credit card payments
- Banking and processing of customer cheques on a weekly basis
- Uploading invoices to customer portals
- Contacting customers for payment of invoices due or overdue
- Analyze bank statements and extract direct debits for allocation to supplier and general ledger accounts
- Prepare and post manual cheque payments on a daily basis
- Assigning supplier invoices to relevant workflow authorizer
- Assist with intercompany transactions (invoices/loans/deposits/transfers)
- Balance sheet reconciliations (including bank reconciliations)
- Coordinate filing and archiving of financial documents
Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
- Accounting
- Apprenticeship
- Finance
- Teamwork - engages positively with others, working together to achieve a common goal
- Creative problem solving - generates creative ideas and fresh approaches to problems
- Analysis - able to break down problems and draw relevant conclusions
- Customer Orientation - focus on meeting customer needs, internal or external
- Accountability/ownership - takes responsibility for work commitments
- Attention to detail - work must be accurate
- Planning and Organizing - manages workload effectively to meet deadlines
- Initiative - proactive, takes action and drives through changes
- Must have GCSE grade 4 - 9 (A - C) in Maths
- Must have GCSE grade 4 - 9 (A - C) in English
- Must have GCSE grade 4 - 9 (A - C) in one other subject
- Passionate about further building a career in Finance
- Excellent communication skills both verbal and written
- Creativity in finding practical, innovative solutions and ability to learn quickly
- IT literate with strong Excel skills
- Experience within a Finance environment
Reference no: 109446