Assistant Revenue Accountant

This is an exciting opportunity for an immediately available Assistant Revenue Accountant to join an established business based in Thame on a remote, temporary basis to start as soon as possible. There is potential that the temporary candidate could go permanent after the temporary period.

Client Details

The client is widely acknowledged in their field. The role is fully remote, with the expectation to come into the Thame office on occassion.

Description

The Assistant Revenue Accountant will be responsible for:

• Correct allocation of cash receipts
• Raising sales invoices, ensure correct VAT accounting for small works and application customers
• Liaise with client contacts to pursue unpaid invoices and applications and issue debtor statements
• Liaise with commercial colleagues to resolve client queries
• Prepare monthly revenue journals
• Prepare monthly schedules to support balance sheet values for Amounts Receivable On Contracts (AROCs)
• Maintenance of controls to ensure completeness and accuracy of revenue reporting and balance sheet positions for AROCs and Trade Debtors
• Undertake 'new' customer credit checks and ensure existing customers have a credit check completed as policy. The credit check data is also to be shared with group entities.
• Any other suitable duties as per management request to support the wider Finance team or wider teams

Profile

The Assistant Revenue Accountant will be/have:

• Competent in the use of Microsoft Office software, especially Microsoft Excel, and accounting systems
• Previous demonstrable, practical relevant experience in a Finance environment that required regular reporting, possibly (but not necessarily) in a credit control environment, or in a management accounting environment
• Good Communicator and Team Worker. Out-going, comfortable on the telephone
• Highly motivated and able to work under their own initiative
• Persistent, resilient, organised, flexible, pragmatic
• Excellent attention to detail
• Solid grasp of double entry book-keeping and basic accounting principles
• Comfortable in a change environment
• Immediately available

Job Offer

• Hybrid/remote role
• Immediate start
• Potential permanent position after a temporary period