ASSISTANT ACCOUNTANT (study support and hybrid options included)

My client, a leading, modern, successful and established company based in South Cerney is looking to recruit an experienced Assistant Accountant for a permanent career opportunity with hybrid working options available if requested and study support if requested as well.

This is a very employee friendly and supportive company with a modern out look and inclusive culture promoted.

Salary is circa £30k to £38k depending on experience

The role:

Responsible for supporting daily, weekly and month end accounting processes, undertaking credit control, customer query resolution, customer set up/maintenance amongst other tasks.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Sales invoice processing with daily sales reporting and responding to customer queries.
• Review and issue pricing support credit notes monthly.
• Credit control. Responsible for debt collection and maintenance of customer collection files.
• Customer account set up and maintenance, including submitting credit approval forms.
• Reconcile Intercompany accounts monthly and resolve queries.
• Support month end close and accounts preparation. Preparing balance sheet reconciliations and processing month end journals.
• Support completion of VAT returns, including ECSL and Intrastat.
• Work with operations department to ensure smooth day to day running of the business.
• Support statutory and internal audit documentation requests as required.
• Manage shared finance inboxes and respond to queries.
• Cover both Financial Controller and Finance Admin assistant in time of absence.
• Ad hoc financial analysis and other administrative tasks as required.

Skills / Attributes Required

• Accounting experience, may be qualified or qualified by experience, or AAT or similar, with at least 5+ years of bookkeeping experience.
• Effective communicator.
• Intermediate Excel (pivot tables, V-lookups, Sumifs).
• Sage 100 experience would be advantageous but not essential.
• Ability to work on own initiative and as part of a team.
• Ability to identify and resolve issues independently.
• Ability to work under pressure.
• Well organized with excellent time management skills.
• Attention to detail.
• Maintain a professional and polite disposition at all times.
• Approachable and personable nature.

Please don't hesitate to apply