Job Description

The Assistant Accountant role includes the following duties and responsibilities:

• Support the Finance Department and management team by maintaining reports and completing bookkeeping, accounting and administrative duties for the company
• Completing and overseeing accounts payable and receivable tasks and maintenance of ledgers
• Apportioning costs to correct cost centres and sales channels
• Daily bank reconciliations for multiple bank accounts in multiple currencies, including detailed bank receipt reconciliations in Excel using remittance reports
• Preparation of weekly payment runs
• Finding and correcting errors
• Assisting with cash flow forecasting
• Preparing sales and intrastat data for the foreign VAT accountants
• Driving and supporting continuous improvement of the role and wider team processes
• Month end journals
• P&L analysis
• Assist with the preparation of year-end files for the external auditors
• Other duties as and when required

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

Previous experience in accounts, particularly dealing with a high volume of transactions daily Strong Excel skills (VLOOKUPS, IF, SUMIF, pivot tables, text to columns and more) AAT Qualification Excellent attention to detail Proactive, ability to evolve with the job role Able to meet tight deadlines Good organisation skills Experience working with and analysing the P&L