Assistant Accountant
30k - 35k
Leatherhead
Hybrid working
9am - 5.30pm with dynamic working hours
Duties:
- Prepare sales invoices, applications for payment and credit notes and associated supporting documentation.
- Obtain approval for sales invoices and credit notes.
- Post invoices and credit notes onto the finance system (Oracle).
- Support correct allocation of costs to projects, including staff allocations, time transfers and Accounts.
- Payable-related support.
- Prepare and distribute job-related information and reports.
- Support project managers with timesheet-related queries.
- Review and analyse differences between forecast and actual monthly billing.
- Field queries from internal and external auditors.
- Use client portals to review PO status and available balances prior to invoicing.
- Liaise with the client purchasing/finance team with purchase order queries.
Reporting and other responsibilities -
- Running weekly and monthly project-based scheduled reports
- Liaising with Financial controller to ensure that all month end tasks are completed on a timely basis.
- Posting Journal entries e.g. Expenses/revenue transfers or any correction entries.
- Ensuring daily Internal Audit is conducted for all the processes within the business.
- Preparation of monthly billing report to review actual billing vs forecasted billing
Requirements, Experience & Skills:
- AAT or equivalent would be an advantage.
- A strong track record of client billing, including complex projects.
- A thorough understanding of Oracle.
- Intermediate Excel skills, including pivot tables and VLOOKUPs.
- Comfortable with other Microsoft Office applications.
- Able to work collaboratively, thus building strong relationships with Project Managers and Finance.
- Skilled at prioritising workload to ensure key deadlines are met.
- Organised and flexible
If you think you have the right experience and skillset for this position then please APPLY NOW!