Job Description

Assistant Accountant duties and responsibilities;

• Prepare schedules for the partners WIP and Debtor Reserves
• Post Partners' reserves to Access
• Produce cost centre summary and post to Access
• Prepare and post month end journals to the ledger
• Download credit card statements and send to Directors, on return of receipts and invoices, analyse on excel and post to Access
• Administration of credit cards
• Raising internal payroll each month liaising with HR and ensuring employees are paid correctly each month.
• Preparing year end forms and all other tasks associated with payroll including pensions submissions
• Ensure weekly time ledger postings are complete
• Agree controls and issue weekly and monthly Cost Centre Summaries
• Responsible for the St Albans office petty cash
• Process and pay employee expenses using BACS software, post to Access
• Post Recharge expenses and ensure time reconciles with Access nominal ledger account
• Setting up new employees and other ad hoc administration tasks
• Provide assistance to other members of the finance department when required
• Deal with any queries which may arise from Partners/staff within the firm

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

Educated to A level standard Desirable if they were qualified in AAT 3 years' experience within a similar finance role some experience of Computerised payroll required and understanding of complete confidentiality accounts and bookkeeping experience required Understanding of debits and credits and reconciliations Fully competent in using excel spreadsheets to produce reports Microsoft Outlook good working knowledge Attention to detail Logical and systematic approach Flexibility Computer Literate Ability to meet deadlines Work on own initiative Numerate