Job Description

Key Responsibilities:

Day to Day:

- Bookkeeping: Using Quickbooks (order and PO entry, stock management, expenses, etc)

- Bank reconciliation: reconciliation of funds received against Customer accounts and payments applied correctly against Supplier accounts

- Purchase ledger: Ensure all bills are entered timely and accurately in Quickbooks by the reporting period

- Sales ledger: Verify all sales invoices are recorded timely and accurately in Quickbooks by the reporting period.

- Payment Runs: Make sure suppliers are paid on time and send remittance advice

-Credit Control: Chasing outstanding invoices and sending reminders to customers

- HMRC: Preparing and filing VAT returns timely and accurately

- Prepare KPI reports to monitor the performance of the business

- Ad hoc support to COO and MD

- Answering telephone and dealing with enquiries

- Manage the ordering of office supplies for staff (Stationery, tea/coffee)

Financial Accounting and Reporting:

Working closely with the Management Accountant and support from the Financial Controller, you will be responsible for all the financial reporting including;

- Preparing monthly management accounts including variance analysis and commentaries

- Preparing annual and quarterly forecasts and budgets, including profit and loss accounts, budgets and cash flows

- Preparing consolidated group accounts

- Preparing statutory accounts for the company and its subsidiaries

- Monitoring spending and ensure is kept in line with the budget

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

You:

Experience and Knowledge Required:

- Qualified Accountant ACCA/CIMA

- Self-starter

- At least 1 year post qualification

- You'll have experience preparing statutory accounts including balance sheet reconciliations, prepayments, accruals etc

- Month- end process

- Experience of working in an office-based environment

- Lively and enquiring mind with a logical approach to work, combined with analytical and problem-solving skills

- Organisational skills with the ability to work under pressure and to deadlines

- IT proficiency - Excel (basic skills plus V-look ups and Pivot Tables)

Desirable Skills:

- QuickBooks or equivalent accounting package

- Word, Power point and Outlook

- Highly motivated

- Ability to prioritise

- “CAN DO” attitude for working within a small dynamic entrepreneurial biotech company

- Experience preparing consolidated group accounts

- Commercial awareness, with an interest in business and an understanding of how an organisation works and manages resources effectively and efficiently

- Professionalism and commitment

- Project management skills