Assistant Accountant

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