Assistant Accountant

A superb opportunity for an experienced Assistant Accountant to join a global business offering excellent benefits and career prospects. They offer a hybrid working pattern of 2 days in the office, a 35 hour working week and study support for those pursuing AAT, ACCA or CIMA studies.

This is a technical position, requiring a solid understanding of double-entry bookkeeping principles. Suitable applicants will have solid month end experience, including bank reconciliations and balance sheet reconciliations, accruals and pre-payments.

Responsibilities

• Performing weekly and monthly cash reconciliations, payments and analysis.
• Month end reporting to group and third-party companies on monthly activity along with the provision of statements.
• Preparing accurate and timely payments for inter-company transfers of funds.
• Ownership and management of client queries and requests related to the role.
• Performing daily sales ledger maintenance including but not limited to: ledger clear downs journal postings internal and external ledger queries.
• Own, structure and schedule sales ledger related reports for both internal and external requirements.
• Maintenance of daily sales ledger KPI’s to better understand other departmental requirements.
• Managing and scheduling the monthly ledger period close, ensuring accuracy within agreed deadlines.
• Monthly preparation and review of monthly ageing debts.
• Supporting assessments to identify process improvements and efficiency