Assistant Accountant
- Recruiter
- Page Personnel
- Location
- Taunton, Somerset
- Salary
- £21000 - £26000 per annum
- Posted
- 26 Jul 2019
- Closes
- 26 Aug 2019
- Ref
- 14013670/001
- Contact
- Hannah Scriven
- Job role
- Assistant accountant
- Sector
- Manufacturing/engineering
- Contract type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time
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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