Assistant Accountant – Southwell (onsite) - £30k-£40k
Benjamin Edwards are recruiting for an Assistant Accountant for an established business, to support the Finance Manager and Finance Director as deemed necessary, including with provision of financial information to assist the business.
The role of the Assistant Accountant
Responsibility for all aspects of day-to-day credit control management and collection of customer debt
Work to meet your individual and team KPI’s to enable the Finance Director to deliver accurate and timely financial reporting
Creating new customer and supplier accounts on Sage and PSA
Processing sales orders into Sage
Raising purchase orders in Sage
Processing bank/cash payments & receipts onto Sage
Processing of credit card expenses onto Excel and Sage
Promptly raise sales invoices and applications for payments upon completion of work
Uploading invoices onto customer portals as required
Inputting supplier invoices, validating nominal coding and matching POD’s
Ensure the order book is regularly updated
Accruals and prepayments
Month end and correcting journals – prepare and post
Bank reconciliations
Stock management – maintaining computerised records
Maintaining project cost records and reporting
Involvement in preparing monthly management accounts
Involvement in budgeting and forecasting
Payroll processing
Preparing and filing CIS and VAT
Day to day supervision and support to the Accounts Assistants
Report design and presentation of key data to Departmental Heads and Directors
Ad-hoc support to the Financial Controller
The ideal candidate for the role of Assistant Accountant
AAT qualified
Minimum of 5 years’ experience in Accounts
Experienced in the use of Sage or a similar package
Intermediate level Excel skills, as a minimum
