Accounts Assistant

Macildowie Associates ,
Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire
Contract Type: Contract
Salary: £13 per hour

Overview

The temporary and contracting division of Macildowie are currently recruiting for an Accounts Assistant to join a well known organisation based in Milton Keynes. The position is initially a temporary opportunity but due to increased sales and stronger than expected 2019 forecast, there is opportunity for the position to become permanent. As Accounts Assistant you will receive an hourly rate of up to £13 - £15per hour. The Accounts Assistant will report into the Financial Controller but will have involvement and interaction with other internal stakeholders and business unit owners. The Accounts Assistant will be responsible for: - Processing and completing purchase and sales ledger duties including the raising of sales invoices, allocating payments as well as coding, matching and batching purchase invoices - Working alongside the Financial Controller to complete monthly VAT returns - Assisting with Credit Control when required although very much an ad hoc duty - Assisting with the completion of monthly journal entries - Ad hoc involvement with the prepayments and accruals when the Management Accountant requires assistance - Maintenance of the fixed asset register on  a monthly basis - Completing monthly intercompany accounting duties - Other ad hoc duties when required To be considered for the role of Accounts Assistant you must: - Be working towards a financial qualification (AAT/ACCA/CIMA) - Have experience of working within a similar position with exposure to purchase and sales ledger duties - Have a strong desire to work as part of a successful team - Be a good communicator through both written and verbal methods Salary and Benefits As a temporary Accounts Assistant in Milton Keynes you will receive an hourly rate of up to £15.00 per hour. The Company The organisation are a well known brand based just outside of Central Milton Keynes who are experiencing a strong period of growth and upturn in revenues. The business operate within the FMCG sector and are able to boast incremental advancements in profits over the past three years which has resulted in the recruitment of the Accounts Assistant position on a temporary basis. Macildowie is a specialist recruitment consultancy with a rich history of enhancing the careers of professionals across the Midlands and the Northern Home Counties. We have an unrivalled understanding of the local market place and recruit for the majority of the region's premier employers. To search for all of our live jobs please visit us at http://www.macildowie.com. Macildowie are a recruitment business working on behalf of a client to recruit this role. Your personal data may be forwarded to that client company as part of the application process. After applying for this role you'll be sent a request for your consent to hold your data on our systems. If you would like information on how we will process your data please go to our website and view our fair processing notices which are located at the bottom of the page under privacy policies. Within the fair processing notice for Candidates there is guidance on how to amend your contact preferences or exercise your rights relating to personal data. We can't provide direct links as email address and website urls within our job adverts are removed by some of the websites on which we advertise.