Assistant Accountant - £30,000 - £35,000- based in Reading, Berkshire
This is a superb role for an Assistant Accountant looking to continue with their qualification.
You will be working in a busy & fast paced environment.
This role will be working onsite 4 days a week with one homeworking day. Our clients offers fantastic team building trips twice a year, free parking and great bonuses which are paid both on company and individual performance.
About Your New Role:
- Daily bank postings and bank reconciliations
- Monthly Sales Reconciliation
- Credit Card Transactions
- Coding and approving invoices on system
- Posting expenses
- Assisting the Management Accountant with Accruals and prepayments
- Providing cover for the Contracts Accountant
- Core AP and AR functions
- Experience in taking part in the annual Audit process
- Raising sales invoices, credit notes, client communication management regarding AR, posting sales transactions on Vincere and Sage Intact
- Obtaining daily exchange rates and updating records in Excel and Sage Intact.
- Processing and posting supplier invoices in Sage Intact.
- Running and reviewing aged creditors reports, suggesting payment runs for approval
- Setting up payment runs on the bank bi-weekly
- Processing HMRC P30 and P32 payments and manual non-GBP currency supplier payments
- Updating cash flow post payment runs
Your Skills & Qualifications:
- Must be adaptable and able to grasp new systems quickly and embrace change
- Strong reporting skills: Excel (lookups, pivots, IF formulas, tables)
- Strong time management, planning and organisational skills, attention to detail
- Self-motivation and a willingness to continuously learn and change
- Experience in AP & AR
- Being approachable and a Team player is key
- Must be passionate about Finance
Package:
- £35,000 (max) with competitive benefits
- Hours Mon - Thurs 9am till 6pm, Fri 9am till 5.30pm
- 4 days in the office, 1 day at home
- Closed between Xmas and New Years
- Full financial study support for AAT/ACCA/CIMA with a company day off for exam days
- Attendance to company team building trips twice a year