Accountants Assistant

Accountants Assistant

Location: Billericay

Salary: £29,000 per annum

Hours: Monday - Friday 8:30am - 5pm - 1 hour lunch break

Close to Billericay train station.

The main purpose of the job is to meet the requirements of accounts functions for the company to achieve accurate, on time and useful management information. Reporting directly to the Finance Manager.

Knowledge Required:

• A respect for confidentiality
• IT skills
• Technical Accounts knowledge
• A high level of accuracy and attention to detail
• Communications skills
• Team-playing skills
• Good management skills (as part of a team)
• Clear and logical thinking
• Organisational skills and an ability to work to deadlines

Duties will involve:

• Regular and reliable attendance of the workplace for contractual hours and overtime as required.
• Cooperative approach & respect for confidentiality
• Keeping organised files and records
• When required help to coach colleagues in their role, company rules and procedures.
• Minimise time and material wastage.
• Attain and maintain knowledge of standards set by relevant training modules.
• Carry out such further tasks as may from time to time be delegated to you by the Finance Manager or Directors
• Sales Ledger - Invoicing, Statements & Credit Control, Dispute Resolution, Price Review imports, order pricing, cost review
• Purchase Ledger - Invoicing, Dispute resolution, Reports, Supplier payments
• Assistance with implementation of the MRP system.
• Nominal Ledger - Journals
• International payments - Prepare and process.
• Petty Cash - Process receipts and payments.
• Reconciliation includes bank/cash accounts.
• Assist with Accountancy Software updates in liaison with IT support company and Finance Manager.
• Maintenance of Raw Material Cost Price Database
• Statutory Reporting - Ethanol Return & Receipt acknowledgement, VAT Return.
• Adhoc payment
• Reporting financial data to management
• Cash flow reporting on regular basis
• Investigate / Report discrepancies
• Year End Processes and National statistics for the company in partnership with Finance Manager

The above is not an exhaustive list of duties and you will be expected to perform different tasks as necessitated by your role due to changes and the overall business objectives of the group.