Job Description

Main Purpose

Provide support to Chief Accountant with emphasis on general ledger posting and reconciliation - primary focus on EPTA Cold Service, but also some work for EPTA George Barker.

Principal Accountabilities and Responsibilities

• Bank reconciliations (weekly) and posting of daily cash book entries
• Month end duties - helping to ensure that reporting deadlines achieved and appropriate records kept (EPTA checklist), preparing and posting journals, Intercompany reconciliation and invoicing.
• Local tax reporting - VAT return preparation, CIS reporting, Intrastat declarations, payroll deductions (tax, NI, pension)
• Entering payments in banking system
• Facilitating Purchase ledger activities - liaison with local and Payment Factory colleagues, highlighting backlogs, resolving problems, validation of uploaded supplier invoices, allocating direct debit payments
• Entering cash receipts and payments in weekly Cash Flow forecasts
• Balance sheet reconciliations (payroll, prepayments and accruals, GRNI)

• Processing employee expenses
• Helping with new administrative requirements relating to imports and exports from 1st January 2020 at the end of Brexit transitional arrangements (potential tariffs, additional documentation).
• Providing information for external auditors (year-end and interim audits)
• Helping to cover for other Finance department staff (Chief Accountant, other Accounts Assistant, Credit Control)
• Other ad hoc duties as required

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

Knowledge of financial accounting principles (e.g. AAT study) High level Excel and other IT skills Accuracy and attention to detail Good time management and prioritisation skills SAP experience useful