Job Description

The candidate we require would be a qualified accountant (including part-qualified and qualified by experience), with good accounting skills who is both adaptable and preferably has some experience in a busy commercial organisation.

The responsibilities would include:

• Preparation of monthly management accounts using Dataflow and Excel.
• Accounting for claims against suppliers and sub-contractors.
• Preparing and submitting UK, French, Belgium and other VAT Returns.
• Preparation of EC sales lists for VAT purposes.
• Belgium essential fuel user rebate claims.
• Maintenance of fixed asset registers.
• Progressively take over the weekly accounting for individual truck profitability.
• Review and check payment runs.
• Checking/agreeing fuel and tolls invoices and coding other expense invoices.
• Various ad hoc accounts reporting functions eg monthly statistics, purchase ledger adjuster reports, review of Euros surplus/deficit.
• Assisting the accounts department manager and group financial controller with day-to-day accounts functions as required.the gap/accruals reconciliations.
• Supervise, as required, the checking of purchase invoices by staff.
• Help update the cash book.
• Credit checks on customer base using Experian.
• Liaising with credit controller and assisting with any accounting input need on more complex customer accounts.

SKILLS & EXPERIENCE REQUIRED

The successful candidate must have:

• Excellent attention to detail.
• Good technical skills.
• Computer literate, especially Excel.
• Proactive and keen to learn.
• Strong communications/interaction skills.
   

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities