Job Description

Management Accounts Assistant – award winning practice. To £38,000

This well established, multi award winning, niche accounting practice is continuing to grow and is highly regarded within its sector. They are now looking for a Management Accounts Assistant to join their International Financial Outsourcing department.

This role will be dedicated to performing day to day accounting and reporting operations for a varied portfolio of clients. You will need strong experience in preparing full monthly management accounts and working to strict reporting deadlines.

Duties

*Control of a portfolio of clients, ensuring all client reporting and payment deadlines are met

*Preparation of monthly journals; comprehensive multi territory and departmental salary journals, prepayments, accruals and depreciation

*Preparation of accurate departmental monthly financial reporting packs for review, ensuring any anomalies are solved promptly

*Preparation of compliant VAT returns

*Organising source documentation received from clients and delegating information to *Financial Administrators (FAs) for client updates, ensuring expectations are clearly defined

*Supervision and training of FAs, answering queries where necessary ensuring any work delegated is reviewed for correctness

*The review of payment runs

*Maintaining excellent relations with clients, acting as a key point of contact, responding effectively to routine queries and resolving any issues

*Understanding client contracts, ensuring a thorough understanding of the contracted scope of work so that fees can be agreed for any additional work requests, and the raising of special bills once said work is complete

*Assisting team as and when required

*Assistance with year-end procedures and liaising with client auditors

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities