A heavily task focused Assistant Accountant is required by a local firm to manage the Sales Ledger, Purchase Ledger, Month End & Reporting. Working with a part time Purchase Ledger bookkeeper plus a fully Qualified Accountant (who comes in once a month) you'll be responsible for:

• Daily banking transactions (Including PayPal): updating payments & receipts, banking cheques
• Sales ledger (Sage 50 & BigChange): invoicing as required (sim costs & install projects), credit control, monthly client statements
• Purchase ledger (Suppliers & Company Credit Card): match monthly statements, match invoices to purchase order, chase missing invoices, schedule payments on terms agreed (mainly holiday cover)
• Quarterly VAT returns & monthly CIS returns

• Control & administer petty cash: invoices & maintaining level of funds

• Cash-flow reporting: account for all payments, purchase orders, provisional costs e.g. subcontractors & potential inflow of cash

• Assisting with month end and year end accounts (WIP Journals & Deferred income)

• Reporting: daily receipts, engineers' productivity

• Incoming and outgoing post

• Managing fuel cards & company credit cards

• Liaising with third party, clients & suppliers

• Commission figures for relevant departments, upload salary payments and assist with P11D's

• Take card payments over the phone

• Any ad hoc duties as required

• Assist office team with answering incoming calls in a professional manner

What does the Assistant Accountant need?

• Competent with Microsoft word, excel and Sage Line 50 software (or similar)
• Bookkeeping experience, able to accurately and competently work with figures
• Must have excellent communication skills
• Excellent time management and organisation skills and ability to work to deadlines
• Ability to manage own workload and prioritise under pressure

What's on offer for the Assistant Accountant?

• Salary c. £40,000
• Full Time in office 8 to 5 (some flexibility on start times)
• Parking on site
• Healthcare after 3 months
• Death in Service
• Pension
• Sick pay 3 days rolling per year
• 20 days hol increasing to 23 days