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Mature Accountants ltd
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Luton, Bedfordshire
Accounts Assistant (Mat Cover)
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Salary: £30,000 per annum |
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Overview
A Bedfordshire based engineering company is seeking the skills of an experienced Accounts Assistant to come into the company and join the Finance Team on a 18 month maternity cover contract . The Accounts Assistant will be a key member of the Finance Team and ensure that all aspects of the day to day accounting tasks including accounts payable are performed accurately and in a commercially effective and timely way. Main Responsibilities Accounts Payable Tasks: Process purchase invoices. Reconcile supplier accounts. Reconcile the inter-company account. First authorisation for Supplier payments. Other Day to Day Accounting Tasks: Posting bank payments not automatically generated by the accounting system. Reconciling the bank account daily. Preparing weekly updated analysis of the debtor's report for the credit controller. Updating Cognos for the daily and weekly reporting. Management of any other issues that may come to light as a result of daily business activities that require support/resolution. Month End Assistance: Monthly update of the Fixed Assets file. Prepayments and Accruals. Aged Creditor reports, analysis and reconciliation. Inter-company Reconciliation including resolving queries and obtaining statements. Process general journal entries. Responsible for various reports e.g. Legal spend submission. Uploading balances into Cognos using the group upload file. Preparing sales, margin and cost reports. Preparing Reconciliation sheets from final balances. Assistance with Compliance matters: Preparing quarterly VAT returns. Intrastat Submissions. Audit & Tax information and requests. Group Reporting Requirements: To ensure all relevant information and controls are maintained in line with group policy and appropriate approvals are obtained. Qualifications and Experience: Experience at Accounts Assistant and/or Accounts Payable level required. A finance, accounts or relevant qualification beneficial or working towards e.g. AAT. Someone who can build good relationships with the suppliers as well as the wider business. Someone who is prepared to put in the hours necessary to meet deliverable targets or at key reporting times. Strong support work ethic. Commercial awareness. Able to consider the wider implications of decisions. Strong character who is willing to challenge where necessary in order to ensure compliance with policies/procedures. Team player who is comfortable working in a small team environment and also as part of a wider group structure. Needs to be 'hands-on' with transactional processing. IT literate.