Assistant Accountant
Job Type | Permanent Full Time |
Area | Croydon, Surrey |
Sector | Finance - Assistant Accountant |
Start Date | |
Job Ref | AACM30 |
Job Views | 37 |
- Description
Kenneth Brian Associates are recruiting for a market leader in their field, who are recruiting for a Assistant Accountant on a permanent basis. The ideal candidate experience within a similar role and will live within commutable distance to Croydon as this is an office based role.
Main Purpose:
- To manage and participate in all data processing, reconciliation and monthly reporting, and other finance-related administration.
- Train and develop Finance Coordinators.
- Manage and motivate Finance Coordinators, ensuring the function runs efficiently; to a high standard, meeting deadlines set by the FD, whilst also driving continuous improvement.
- Identify and make recommendations for profit maximising opportunities
Responsibilities of Job
- Nominal; Activity, journals, recurring entries, trial balance reconciliation, pre-payments, accruals.
- Account review; sales/purchase, credit limit, payment terms, account status, credit review.
- Nominal ledger; check data accuracy on all nominal accounts.
- Month-end process accounts; ensuring data accuracy, all reports created, data reconciled, carry out month-end process.
- Oversee & manage VAT records, reconciliation, and submission to HMRC.
- Ensure bank balances have sufficient funds for upcoming expenditures, & maximise interest.
- Prepare and analyse monthly management reports in preparation for FD.
- Update and report department & company KPIs.
- Recognise and report on profit-maximising opportunities.
- Foreign exchange; obtain and record daily rates, recommend and organise foreign exchange.
- Oversee monthly payroll processing, reporting, & statutory compliance.
- Oversee Pension; submissions, administration for employees, management of scheme, reporting.
- Asset register; add assets, calculate depreciation, and process journals.
- Stock review, analysis, and report on significant stock movement to FD.
- Manage credit account application process.
- Manage the day-to-day finance coordinator operations; set and ensure compliance of team members to standard work operating procedures.
- Provide leadership to Finance Coordinators to achieve high performance that delivers continuous improvement and quality financial data.