Location: West Bromwich
Permanent role
Salary: £27K-£29K DOE
Office based
Monday - Thursday 08:00 16:00
Friday 08:00 14:30
HR Employment is currently looking for an Assistant Accountant to join one of our well respected client on a Permanent bases in West Bromwich.
Responsibilities:
- Preparation of monthly management accounts to a high level of accuracy, in a time manner, including accruals and prepayments
- Monthly bank reconciliations
- Daily posting of bank payments
- Preparation of monthly factoring reconciliations and identify any variances
- Preparation of monthly/weekly supplier payment summaries to be reviewed by the Finance Manager
- Preparation of weekly payroll for review by the Finance Manager
- Assist with the monthly preparation of VAT Returns
- Assist the wider team with overviews of the creditors and debtors positions and highlight any aged debts, identifying any material changes
- Liaising with other departments and managers to resolve customer queries and identify any recurring errors
- Assist and Liaise with external auditors to prepare the year end audit information
- Maintain the fixed asset registers and Lease schedules with an understanding of IFRS16
- Assist with the development of internal systems and internal controls across the business
Skills:
- Strong IT skills, knowledge of Excel and desire to learn about internal systems and their control environment
- Sage 50 Experience
- Excellent organisational skills
- Attention to detail
- Ability to support a team and work on your own
- Ability to generate reports for non-finance managers
Experience:
Previous experience working as an accounts assistant or similar role .The ideal candidate would have studied/be studying AAT Level 3 and be currently studying or have a desire to complete AAT level 4. Previous experience of management account preparation, journal entry and nominal code analysis