Accounts Assistant

This is a new Accounts Assistant role working for a building and construction company, specifically their waste management entity, in the City of London

Client Details

My Client is a world leader in providing sustainable waste and energy solutions and are looking for an Accounts Assistant to join their finance team in the City of London.

Description

The Accounts Assistant will:

• Matching of supplier invoices to corresponding PO's and delivery notes
• Accurate coding and processing invoices in PeopleSoft
• Processing staff expenses and reconciling to the underlying receipts
• Processing credit card and booking into the accounting system
• Ensure allocations of payments and receipts working with the necessary people to correct any errors
• Review of weekly payment run for authorisation
• Ensure all suppliers/vendors are correctly set up on the accounting system
• Support with supplier queries i.e., payment queries/ reconciling statements
• Record VAT correctly (exposure to intra EU and reverse charge accounting of VAT an advantage)
• Review VAT treatment on sales and purchases and the prepare VAT return
• Weekly bank reconciliation of bank accounts
• Support month end processes including AR & AP, preparation of journals and accruals, balance sheet reconciliations to ensure they are complete and up-to date and any differences reconciled
• Liaise with the purchasing manager and review purchase orders
• Support and contribute to ensuring the correct operation of the purchase order processing system
• Assist in identifying processes improvements including standardisation of practice across the entities and consistency with corporate policies and practices
• Support with year end and audit processes
• Ad hoc projects/tasks as required

Profile

The successful candidate for an Accounts Assistant will need to know and show:

• 2 years experience in Accounting and Finance
• PeopleSoft skills (advantageous)
• Good working knowledge of Excel

Job Offer

• £28,000 - £30,000