Assistant Accountant / Financial Assistant

Jenson Fisher Consulting Ltd ,
Harlow, Essex
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Job Type: Full-time
Salary: £25,000 per annum

Overview

Our client is an established Stationary Manufacturer with a turnover in excess of £25m and over 130 staff. They now require an experienced Financial Assistant to join their busy team. The client is keen to recruit a candidate who is looking to develop their career and learn new skills, to include analysis and other financial duties as the role develops. Preparation of monthly account schedules for Financial Controller - Checking Fixed Assets data, calculating and posting depreciation journal - Cash Book - Checking payroll data and posting payroll journal - Updating of accruals/prepayments spreadsheet - Running Aged Creditors and Aged Debtors report, responsible for ensuring ledgers are tidy - Running stock audit report - Reconciliation and calculation of VAT, submitting return on HMRC and posting of VAT journal on accounting system - Petty Cash reconciliation and posting journal - Month end stock take (shared) Purchase Ledger - Posting invoices/credits - Supplier statements (shared) - Weekly payments via BACS - Monthly payments via BACS - Dealing with invoice and payment queries - Chasing of missing credit card invoices - Completing supplier credit application forms Sales Ledger - Contra journal entry on sales remittances Weekly payroll - Correcting anomalies on time and attendance system daily - Processing payroll on Sage Payroll - Submitting relevant Now Pension data - Processing new starters and leavers HR - Setting up new staff on time and attendance system (shared) - Issuing of contracts for new perm starters (shared) - Acceptance of resignation letters (shared) - Maternity/ Paternity letters - Processing applications for increase in rate forms Other Duties - Assisting Financial Controller with weekly reporting - Assisting of site financial audits - Checking and booking in goods received on accounting system - Recording of returned goods - Weekly sales reconciliation - Weekly updating of stock spreadsheet - Weekly downloading of sales data - Weekly, monthly and yearly reconciliation - Setting up of new stock items - Changing cost prices on accounting system accordingly - Weekly Bank Reconciliation - Reconciliation of Pensions direct debit - Calculation and payment of PAYE/NIC and E-Submission on Sage - Corporation Tax payments - Liaison with IT support company on IT issues (shared) - Updating of staff numbers list - Assisting with general office administration to cover holidays, absence and busy periods Experience: - Ideally studying or qualified AAT or part qualified ACCA - 3 years plus accounts experience - Attention to detail, a team player and hardworking individual

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