Assistant Accountant

Responsibility for the payments and receipts processes. Assistance with month end procedures, and related expenditure, together with general accounting administrative duties.

Responsibilities>

• Post supplier invoices onto ITAS and ensure authorisation in line with compliance mandates.
• Raise payment instructions for approved supplier invoices in the online banking system.
• Allocate commercial and supplier payments in ITAS.
• Post and allocate cash receipts from customers in ITAS.
• Weekly bank reconciliations.
• Fixed asset register and fixed asset verification twice a year.
• Assist with month end procedures (eg. reconcile intercompany balances, raise accruals and prepayments, inventory reporting).
• Update Group reporting system (TORES) for month end.
• Perform monthly and working capital analysis, including variance against Budget
• Deal with supplier queries on costs.

Additional Responsibilities

• Provide support for other members of the Risk & Finance department when required (for example holiday cover).
• Produce reports and respond to queries from the department.
• Prepare audit and tax schedules when required.

Knowledge and Experience

• ACCA or CIMA part-qualified accountant.
• Knowledge of Microsoft Office, with particular focus on excel spreadsheets.
• Proven track record of working in an Accounts function, within Commodity Trading
• Sound understanding of Accounting Principles.

Competencies

• Strong organizational & communication skills.
• Proactive approach
• Ability to work to tight deadlines
• Team player.
• Numerical accuracy.
• Self-starter with the ability to plan and prioritise work.