Assistant Accountant

I am pleased to be partnering with a growing SME, manufacturing business who are looking to recruit an Assistant Accountant to join their Finance team. This is a fantasic opportunity for someone looking to progress onto their CIMA / ACCA in the near future. This role will require someone to have strong Transactional experience and Excel knowledge.

Client Details

I am pleased to be partnering with a growing SME, manufacturing business who are looking to recruit an Assistant Accountant to join their Finance team. This is a fantastic opportunity for someone looking to progress onto their CIMA / ACCA in the near future. This role will require someone to have strong Transactional experience and Excel knowledge.

Description

Key responsibilities of the Assistant Accountant:

• Checking the completion and mathematical accuracy of fortnightly / monthly stock sheets from restaurants and bars managers.

• Completion of monthly bank reconciliations.

• Processing of daily cash-up sheets, banking and investigation of material cash differences, voids etc.

• Production of daily / monthly sales reports

• To produce accurate daily business reports comparing actual to budget and forecast for circulation to all managers and senior team.

• Posting of sales ledger report figures to the accounting system.

• Posting of all bank receipts to the accounting system.

• Accounting for events, including maintenance of customer accounts and credit control.

• Accounting for all deposits received.

• Comparison of cash and credit card receipts to bank receipts, including analysis and investigation of all differences.

• Provision of cover for the Accounts team members during periods of holiday or sickness.

• Issue and account for inter-company cross-charge invoices monthly

• Reconciliation of Inter-company accounts at month-ends

• Calculate and post month-end and year-end journals

• Assist in any change and transformation programs

• Assist with preparation of budget & forecast schedules as required

• Assist with the interim and year-end audits by producing an audit file & supporting schedules

• Assist with analysis and ad-hoc reporting as required

• Assist with quarterly VAT return submissions

• Assist in implementing internal control procedures

• Provide financial training for Operational Team when necessary

Profile

The successful candidate:

• AAT Qualified
• Strong Excel knowledge
• Used to working in a busy environment
• Good organisational skills
• Ability to assimilate information
• Good communications skills - written and verbal

Job Offer

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