Graduate Trainee Accountant

Are you currently looking for a great opportunity working as a Trainee Accounts Assistant ? 

I am working with a Multi award winning global manufacturing client,based in Westbourne, Bournemouth, they are recruiting a Trainee Accounts Assistant to work alongside the Finance Director. This is a trainee opportunity, to learn the transactional accounts side of the business, budgeting and reporting. 

Please see details below 

Trainee Accounts Assistant – 37 hours 

Office Based in Westbourne

Salary £25,000 (with an increase in increments) 

OUTLINE OF ROLE:

Whilst guidelines for the role are detailed below, it is important to recognize that the scope and responsibility of the position will be determined, to an extent, by the skills, talent and determination of the successful candidate.

The expectation is that you have an interest in Accountancy and Finance (Numerical) and open to learning / asking questions 

 
FUNCTION/OBJECTIVES

To support and assist the Finance Director, by learning the role and being guided to progress 

Role (To learn on site) 

AP

AR

Payroll

Management accounts

Budgeting

Reporting, analysing and managing office costs

 
Candidate

A person who has an accounting background and who may be progressing their accounting qualifications.

Job Description

• Control of AP to ensure the accurate reporting of costs, VAT and payments
• Processing employee expense claims, ensuring internal approval has been granted and coded correctly for reporting purposes, recovering VAT
• Credit Card processing – preparing individual files for employees to report back expenses, processing on accounting system, recovering of VAT Review and prepare VAT return for submission to HMRC
• Accounts Receivable – sending out statements prepared from Excel data taken from global system
• Assisting with the preparation of monthly management accounts for two companies Payroll preparation – monthly collection of data transferred to our payroll provider, reconciling the reports to ensure all payments and deductions are correct, paying and recovering monies to government bodies or pension companies.
• Preparing monthly reports for approval and transmission to parent company.
• Recording office costs for events to ensure within budget limits
• Assisting with the preparation of annual budgets and year-end financial statements Administering office duties to ensure the smooth running of the UK office