Accounts Assistant

Accounts  Assistant
Job Type: Full-time

We are supporting a leading engineering services provider in the food, dairy, beverage, pharmaceutical, and personal care industries. Our client are seeking an experienced Accounts Assistant to provide crucial support to their Finance Manager.

This role offers a varied and challenging opportunity with exposure to all aspects of the business.
 
Day-to-day of the role:

Sales and Purchase Ledger Management:  
Prepare and process sales invoices and statements.
Conduct credit control and reconciliation of sales ledger to nominal.
Process supplier invoices, company credit cards, and personal expenses.
Prepare and process Bacs payment runs and reconcile supplier statements.

Cash and Bank Management:  
Perform bank reconciliations and manage petty cash.
Maintain Excel cash book.

Payroll and Reporting:  
Enter weekly timesheets and run all weekly payroll reports.
Manage weekly employee payments and CIS.
Conduct monthly financial reporting including Balance Sheet, P&L, and Trial Balance.
Run weekly job costing reports.

VAT and Compliance:  
Manage and check monthly and quarterly VAT returns.
Run monthly CIS return and send out monthly statements.

Office Management:  
Handle some office management administrative tasks.

Required Skills &

Qualifications:

Proven experience in a similar Finance Assistant role.
Ability to work independently and unsupervised.
Strong business acumen and practical common sense.
Preferred experience with Sage.
Essential accounting experience.

Benefits:
 
Competitive salary package.
Exposure to diverse financial operations.
Opportunity to work in a dynamic industry environment.
Supportive team and management