Assistant Accountant

Confidential; Borehamwood; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

Confidential, a multi-site business in Borehamwood, is seeking an Assistant Accountant to join the finance team. The role is office-based five days a week from 9:00 to 17:00 with some flexibility.

You will handle reconciliations, trade processing, reporting, cash management, payroll processing support, and aid with year-end and audit activities, while supporting Purchase Ledger, Credit Control and PRS submissions. Experience in fast-paced environments and strong communication are essential.

Qualifications

• Experience with reconciliation, assisting with year end and month end activities
• Excellent communication skills
• Experience of working in a fast paced environment

Responsibilities

• Review and process weekly trading information from sites.
• Ensure monies are received in the bank in a timely manner from all sources.
• Reconcile all joint venture events ensuring third parties are correctly accounted to.
• Compile weekly trading statistics.
• Ensure any trading anomalies are queried and escalated to senior management.
• Wage % input.
• Highlight trading inefficiencies, overspends, abnormally high discounts/ promotions etc..
• Assist with compilation of weekly payment proposal.
• Bank reconciliations.
• Ensure sites are operating within their sign off limits.
• Ensure invoice requests are submitted along with signed contracts.
• Assist with payroll processing/ reconciliations.
• Support Purchase Ledger.
• Support Credit Control.
• Support PRS submissions.

Skills

Reconciliations

Payroll processing

Financial reporting

Cash management

Month-end close

Year-end audit

AP/Credit control

Job description

NLB Solutions are working with a multi site business that are recruiting for a new Assistant Accountant to join the finance team as they have expanded again. The business are looking for an experienced assistant accountant that can take responsibility for reconciliations, trade processing, reporting, cash management, ad-hoc analysis, management accounts support and year-end audit participation. The role will report into the Head of Finance who will help the new candidate settle into the company and team. This role is in the office 5 days a week with the core hours are 9am to 5pm with flexibility as required. The role will also support the AP and credit control functions as required.

The business offer a fast paced dynamic environment to work in with dedicated individuals that are looking to learn, grow and develop as the business expands.

Duties:

• Review and process weekly trading information from sites.
• Ensure monies are received in the bank in a timely manner from all sources.
• Reconcile all joint venture events ensuring third parties are correctly accounted to.
• Compile weekly trading statistics.
• Ensure any trading anomalies are queried and escalated to senior management.
• Wage % input.
• Highlight trading inefficiencies, overspends, abnormally high discounts/ promotions etc..
• Assist with compilation of weekly payment proposal.
• Bank reconciliations.
• Ensure sites are operating within their sign off limits.
• Ensure invoice requests are submitted along with signed contracts.
• Assist with payroll processing/ reconciliations.
• Support Purchase Ledger.
• Support Credit Control.
• Support PRS submissions.

Person Spec:

• Experienced with reconciliation, assisting with year end and month end activities
• Excellent communication skills
• Experience of working in a fast paced environment