Accounts Assistant

KennedyPearce Consulting; High Wycombe; Hybrid; GBP 22,000 - 30,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Job summary

KennedyPearce Consulting is representing a client in the search for an experienced Accounts Assistant to join their team on a permanent basis. The role requires a strong understanding of double entry bookkeeping and accounting principles, with a focus on accurate bank reconciliations.

You will handle payment runs, accounts payable, journals and statement reconciliations in the accounting system, and deal with subcontractors invoicing and vendor queries.

Qualifications

• Organised and strong attention to detail.
• Has a confident understanding and working knowledge of double entry bookkeeping and accounting principles.
• Has a genuine interest in bookkeeping and accounts.
• Good Excel skills.
• Is a strong communicator and has a good command of the English language, both written and verbal.

Responsibilities

• Record and reconcile bank receipts and payments.
• Process payment runs.
• Handle accounts payable.
• Reconcile statements.
• Process accounting records in the system.
• Post journals to the accounting system.
• Match and file invoices.
• Deal with subcontractors invoicing.
• Deal with 3rd party vendors.
• Ad-hoc duties.

Skills

Attention to detail

Double entry bookkeeping

Communication skills

English language proficiency

Tools

Excel

Job description

Our Client seeks an experienced Accounts Assistant to join their team on a permanent basis. The Accounts Assistant would require a strong understanding of double entry bookkeeping and accounting principles.

Duties of the Accounts Assistant include:

• To ensure bank receipts and payments are correctly recorded and reconciled.
• To process payment runs
• Accounts payable
• Statement reconciliation
• Processing accounting records efficiently within the accounting system
• Processing journals of the system
• Matching & filing invoices
• Dealing with sub-contractors invoicing
• Dealing with 3 party vendors
• Ad-hoc duties

Requirements of the Accounts Assistant:

• Organised and strong attention to detail
• Has a confident understanding and working knowledge of double entry bookkeeping and accounting principles
• Has a genuine interest in bookkeeping and accounts
• Good Excel skills
• Is a strong communicator and has a good command of the English language, both written and verbal

Hybrid Working