Assistant Accountant

Assistant Accountant + Study Support

Full-time 37.5 hours per week

Huddersfield

Hybrid

£27,000 - £30,000

26 Days Holiday + Stats + Excellent Benefits

Have you got 2-3 years of practical work experience as an Assistant Accountant, maybe you are AAT qualified and looking to study ACCA/CIMA, or possibly you are already studying ACCA/CIMA at work and are looking for a new challenge.

My client based in Huddersfield is seeking an Assistant Accountant to join their team.

You’ll be responsible for supporting the Group Financial Director and the Financial Accountant and have responsibility for ensuring the transactions and reconciliations and supporting the monthly management accounts of the company are complete accurate and prepared to set deadlines. Liaising with other internal departments and external stakeholders of the company on accounting matters.

Typical Duties

• Raising company Sales Invoices and posting these to the accounting ledgers
• Coding and Posting Purchase Ledger Invoices
• Performing reconciliations on the purchase ledger accounts
• Preparing proposed payment runs
• Credit control of Sales Invoices
• Posting cash to Sales and Purchase ledgers
• Liaising with Supplier and Customer accounts departments over the phone and on email as required
• Reporting on debtors and creditors balances
• Raising Commission Invoices to Business Partners
• Reconciliation of Business Partner Commission Accounts
• Completion of bank reconciliations for the group company bank accounts
• Preparation and posting of journals
• Analysis and reconciliation of control accounts for the group companies
• Preparing intercompany journals and reconciliations
• Coding and Posting staff expenses to the accounts ledgers
• Calculation of commission for the business development team
• Analysis of Credit card spend
• Reconciliation of credit card sales receipts and posting the receipts to the relevant sales ledger accounts
• Preparation of Accrual and Prepayments
• Assistant with management accounts preparation and variance analysis
• Assisting with year-end Financial Accounts preparation and Audit
• Assisting the Director of Finance and the Financial Accountant by preparing ad-hoc reports and completing financial analysis when required
• Reviewing financial records and correcting inconsistencies and coding errors
• Reporting on claims team conversion rates and team performance

Skills

• The ability to work well under pressure and towards tight deadlines
• Strong organisational skills
• Highly numerate
• Ability to work to a high level of accuracy with an eye for detail
• The ability to communicate professionally at all levels within the firm, with clients and external contacts
• A good team player, but also the ability to work confidently under their own initiative
• Advanced Excel Skills
• Flexible approach to work

Candidate Qualifications & Experience

• AAT qualified or studying towards ACCA, CIMA or similar
• Educated to A Level standard
• Practical Experience of working with Sage Line 50 Accounts system (desirable)
• A minimum of 3 years demonstrable practical experience of working at an Assistant Accountant level (desirable)

This vacancy is being advertised on behalf of Bagnall Hopkins Recruitment who is operating as an employment agency/business. Your application will be sent to one of our consultants for review, at which stage we will be in touch to discuss your details further. If you do not hear from us within 48 hours your application has not been successful.

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