Average Account Assistant salary in the UK

Job Title: Accounts Assistant Salary: £23,000 Location: Willing to Travel to Solihull & Redditch - Currently WFH Job Description of Accounts Assistant: Day to day running of client accountsChecking completion statementsPosting of billsPosting monies received by clientsBank reconciliations weekly/monthlyCompleting compliance, money laundering and fraud checksChecking ledger statementsTransfer of monies between accountsLiaising with solicitors to assist themResolving queries for internal departments Assisting the team and Financial Controller as required Attributes needed for the Accounts Assistant: Highly numerate and accuratePrevious experience working as a Purchase Ledger / Accounts AssistantAble to manage own demanding workloadMeeting tight deadlinesExcellent communication skills with other departments

Due to continued growth, a well respected Metals Trading Company are looking for an Accounts Assistant to join their busy London office. Responsibilities: Assist Accountants in performing general ledger functions.Record and code financial transactions for department expenditures, project costing, and company profitability.Compile financial information to prepare reports for job costing, budget analysis, and overhead accounting.Track expenses for companies, departments, and projects.Inform staff and clients about procedural and regulatory requirements.Ensure files are indexed, verified, and available in accordance with company policies, industry standards, and legal regulations. Skills and Qualifications: Functional competency in, understanding of, and ability to apply local, state, and federal policies and regulations to ensure compliance.Knowledge of standard accounting practices and terminology.Administrative skills, Analytical skills, Communication skills.

You will be part qualified either with AAT, ACA, ACCA or CIMA and want to join a firm of accountants with a fresh approach to accounting, sitting in a practice with an antiquated approach, you will be getting frustrated that you are not able to deliver a service that you believe will help your clients maximise their profits and identify cost savings for them. The practice work primarily with owner managed businesses that want to convert to cloud accounting, enabling them to have the information they need to drive their business forward. They offer a relaxed and friendly environment making this a great place to work, and although it is an office-based role my client is open to flexibility for the right person. The environment is busy and full on, you will be juggling lots of plates, but it’s a very collaborative/team environment all 4 members of the team pulling together to achieve the same great results for their customers. The practice is chartered therefore as an accounts assistant you will have the opportunity to work with the business owner who is an expert in her field, drive your career forward and even continue studying as this will be supported for the right person. You will need to be a real hands-on Accounts assistant and will get involved in speaking with customers over the phone, dealing with their queries, setting them up on xero and receipt bank, giving them the tools to take ownership of these elements of their business. You will be maintaining bookkeeping for clients, processing payroll, VAT returns, whilst getting involved in month/year end. You will need to be passionate about Cloud based Accountancy software, and have used xero. The company are stable, and have a fantastically loyal bank of clients, everyone in the practice fully immerses themselves in their clients accounts, and nothing is too much trouble. So, if this fantastic Accounts Assistant opportunity within an expanding chartered practice, which offers you the chance to study whilst climbing the career ladder sounds like something that you would like to hear about, and you are either working in or left a practice (because you didn’t like the old-fashioned accountants approach) then I’m all ears and would love to hear from you.