Job Description

- Maintenance of all bank accounts to include dealings with the bank and inputting of payments and receipts.

- Ensure all payments & receipts are posted to the correct designated area and are accountable for.

- Overseeing all aspects of the accounts department
- Create month end financial reports within set deadlines, including bank reconciliations and sales ledger reconciliations.

- Ensure quarterly stock take is recorded correctly and apply necessary journals
- Investigate and resolve customer queries, by telephone and email
- Preparation of client records to Trial Balance stage
- Producing Profit and Loss Account and Balance Sheet
- Sales, Purchase Ledger, Book keeping and preparation of VAT returns
- Reconciliations of statements, payments and remittance advices, bank and credit card statements
- Checking statements against suppliers for missing invoices/credit notes
- Monitoring receipt of goods against issued purchased orders
- Processing of all invoices & weekly payment runs
- Check and reconcile supplier statements for overdue invoices
- Posting monthly journals

- Final Accounts to Audit stage
- Maintenance of asset register

- Ensuring month end is completed in a timely fashion

- Credit control - allocating incoming payments, posting of daily receipts, taking payments from clients over the phone & ending client statements monthly

- Ensure all timesheets are received, checked and processed in & all employees are paid accurately & on time.
- Process the preparation & payment of statutory returns e.g. P45’s, P46’s, P11d’s, CSA payments & tax & National Insurance payments to HM Revenue & Customs

HR FUNCTION
- Process new starters, colleague bonus payments, changes to working hours, salaries or job titles.

SUPPORT FUNCTION

- Compile Quarterly Board Reports & Agenda

- Compile Board Minutes of Board Meeting from Company Secretaries Notes

- Keep records of Shareholders & provide quarterly correspondence

- Preparation of Documents for AGM and Shareholders

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

- Accounts / Sales Ledger experience full working knowledge of SAGE 50 and SAGE Payroll - Excellent communication skills both face to face and over the telephone - Well organised, capable of prioritising, able to work to agreed deadlines. - Competent in Microsoft Excel and a good general knowledge of IT applications. - Must have previous experience in similar role - Knowledge of employment law and occupational health - desirable