Assistant Accountant 2/3 days per week

Assistant Accountant 2/3 days per week

Purpose of role;-
Performs a variety of accounting activities related to the payment and receipt of money; computes, classifies, records, and reconciles transactions into the Companies financial accounting systems. Checks transactions to locate and resolve discrepancies. This is an Ideal position for individuals looking to work for a rapidly growing company.

Deliverables;-
Purchase ledger
• Receipt, collation and input of purchase invoices and posting to correct nominal codes.
• Generation of and submission for payment of invoices on a weekly payment run.
• Maintenance of Creditor accounts including reconciliation of balances to supplier statements and making changes to any static data.
• Dealing with and resolving queries from Creditors.
Sales Ledger
• Assisting in the production of sales invoices (two invoice runs per month) by use of various systems and collation of information for generation.
• Posting of invoices to nominal ledger and maintenance of those accounts.
• Production of Debtors ledger.
• Maintenance of Debtor accounts including reconciliation of balances and making changes to any static data
• Following up the Debtor accounts to ensure payment is made promptly
• Production and emailing of Debtor statements to Debtors on a monthly basis
Payroll
• Assisting in monthly payroll and filing of relevant documentation i.e., P11d’s
• Payment of PAYE/NI and pension contributions
• Maintenance of employee records and updating databases
Reporting
• Weekly production of timesheet reports

Other
• Weekly bank reconciliations between system and online statements.
• Monthly petty cash analysis and maintenance..
• Completes cash-flow reports including forecasting future cash-flow.
• Maintenance and organisation of accounting records through filing, retrieval, retention, storage, compilation, coding, updating, and purging.
• Knows the formal and informal company goals, standards, policies and procedures.

Critical Competencies;-
• A strong working knowledge of excel is required including the ability manipulate data and work across multiple sheets simultaneously
• Ability to uses various other software applications to assemble, manipulate and/or format data and/or reports.
• Applies a working knowledge of applicable laws and regulations; verifies documents for completeness and compliance with government and private agencies.
• Is sensitive to the interrelationship of both people and functions within the company.
• Achieving Excellence
• Collaborating for Success
• Communicating
• Finding Solutions
• Gathering Information
• Influencing
• Understanding Issues

Experience required;-
• Thorough understanding of finance and accounting.
• Previous experience of the finance function
• Good interpersonal skills with internal and external customers
• Detail conscious with good organisational skills and the ability to multi-task.
• Ability to meet deadlines under time pressure.
• AAT qualified desirable

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