Assistant Accountant
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Job Type | Permanent Full Time |
Location | Leatherhead |
Area | Leatherhead, Surrey |
Sector | Finance - Accounts Assistant |
Salary | £28,000 - £30,000 |
Start Date | ASAP |
Telephone | 01372642001 |
Job Ref | 01292 |
Job Views | 241 |
- Description
- Kenneth Brian Associates are working with a market leading SME service business based in central Leatherhead, looking to hire an Assistant Accountant to support the Financial Controller and small finance team. This is not a progressive role and will ideally suit someone looking for a long-term opportunity in a friendly local business.
To be considered for this role you will have the following skills:-- Ability to work under minimal supervision
- Organise and prioritise workload effectively in order to meet deadlines
- High levels of professionalism and integrity
- Good interpersonal and strong team ethics
- Good communication and negotiation skills, both oral and written
- Ability to form relationships with a range of people
- Allocate customer receipts
- Carry out credit control on customer accounts, building relationships to maintain up-to-date details and reduce overdues
- Send weekly debtors chase letters
- Weekly call with the National Sales Manager to review overdue debts and issues
- Reconciling customer statements
- Preparation of monthly statements
- Produce monthly balance sheet reconciliations for Debtors
- Monthly SL & PL failure reconciliations
- Intercompany Balance reconciliations
- Prepare HMRC reports including EC Sales and Intrastat
- Setting up new customers
- Raising credit notes and manual invoices
- Preparing and posting Year End Journals and system rollover
- Assisting the Year End process with the external auditors
- Report to the Financial Controller on a regular basis, immediately informing of any critical issues
- Assist the Financial Controller with ad hoc projects as required
- Credit Control experience
- General use of an accounting system
- Responsibility for ledger entries
- Good working knowledge of MS Excel, MS Word and MS Outlook