Assistant Accountant
- Recruiter
- Page Personnel
- Location
- West Sussex, Burgess Hill
- Salary
- £27500 - £32000 per annum
- Posted
- 05 May 2023
- Closes
- 02 Jun 2023
- Ref
- JN -032023-5981616
- Contact
- Nathan Jeffery
- Job role
- Assistant management accountant
- Contract type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Experience level
- Part qualified
Assistant Accountant / Burgess Hill / Accountancy / Finance / Engineering
Client Details
A well respected international engineering organisation are looking to recruit a permanent Assistant Accountant.
Description
As Assistant Accountant you will be responsible for:
* Nominal ledger maintenance and ownership for several group entities (UK and overseas)
* Month-end close activities including journal posting, bank reconciliations, forex revaluations, fixed assets, inter-company billings etc.
* Assist with preparation of internal and parent company consolidated monthly management accounts and associated reports to strict deadlines (listed parent company)
* Variance analysis and ability to communicate results to non-financial staff
* VAT compliance (including overseas)
* Ensure accurate coding of sales and purchase ledger invoices
* Second stage review of staff expenses and company credit card expenditure
* Monitoring of all group bank accounts including via internet banking
* Arrange bank transfers and payments as necessary
* Knowledge of the Purchase Ledger function to provide support and coverage
* Assist with the preparation of statutory financial statements for several group entities
* Inter-company reconciliations and payments
Profile
* Relevant accountancy qualification
* Preferably some experience working within an Accountancy Practice
* Comprehensive knowledge of Microsoft Office - Advanced Excel, with a good working knowledge of the other programmes
* Excellent attention to detail and accuracy
* Pro-active with a desire to improve processes and business performance
* Team player and effective communicator
Burgess Hill office based.
Monday to Thursday 8:30am - 5:30pm & Friday 8:30am - 1:00pm
Job Offer
£28-32,000 DOE