Industry: Staffing / Recruitment
Role: Assistant Accountant
Location: Central London (Hybrid - 4 days in office, 1 from home)
The company:
A chance to join a business that provides staffing services to multiple industries including construction, engineering and medical sectors across UK&I. The company is looking for an experience Accounts Assistant to join the team and support with the day-to-day finance operations as well as supporting the financial accounting processes. Great opportunity for someone to grow and develop as part of a fostering finance function in a brilliant business.
The role:
General Ledger
* Perform weekly bank reconciliations.
* Prepare quarterly VAT returns.
* Process Accounts Payable - posting supplier invoices and reconciling supplier statements and accounts.
* Prepare monthly CIS returns.
* Update the month-end trial balance in Excel with the Sage TB.
* Review and journal prepayments.
* Review accruals.
* Maintain the fixed assets register.
* Process intercompany cross charges and reconcile intercompany balances across the group.
* Conduct the monthly account review to identify large expenditure versus budget.
* Assist in compiling weekly financial reports.
* Process and manage business expenses
* Assist in compiling the annual budget process, including analysis and supporting tasks.
* Ongoing support and training will be provided.
Credit control
* Prepare and issue weekly sales invoices to clients.
* Manage and monitor client credit accounts to ensure timely payments and adherence to agreed credit limits.
* Develop and maintain strong client relationships, addressing enquiries and concerns promptly and professionally.
* Assess and analyse credit applications, making recommendations for credit approval or rejection.
* Compile a weekly debtors report for review with the Financial Lead and Commercial Team.
* Reconcile and post customer receipts on the system (Sage 50).
* Assist in assessing credit risk for new clients.
* Complete monthly reconciliation of insurance limits.
* Liaise with the firm's debt recovery agents.
* Continually develop and improve credit control processes.
* Support the Group Head of Credit Control on ad-hoc tasks.
What's in it for you?
* Competitive salary - £35,000 - £40,000 p.a.
* Study support package
* Progression / Development opportunities
Interested? If you are keen on this opportunity, please don't hesitate to reach out and apply. Looking forward to reviewing your application.
