Assistant Accountant

Supply Staff Limited; Essex; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

Supply Staff Limited in the United Kingdom is seeking an accounting professional to manage general, sales, and supplier ledgers using Sage50. The role covers bank reconciliation, invoice uploads to portals, and commission calculations.

You will also handle credit control, weekly payroll, and HMRC VAT/PAYE compliance, ensuring separation of functions within the group and collaborating with management on queries.

Qualifications

• Experience using Sage50 for nominal/general/sales and supplier ledgers.
• Proficient in bank reconciliation and ledger maintenance.
• Familiarity with VAT and PAYE compliance.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and reconcile general ledgers and ledgers for customers and suppliers.
• Upload invoices from supplementary software to Sage50 and portals.
• Run weekly payroll and handle remits and payments.
• Manage credit control: respond to queries and maintain sales ledger.

Skills

Sage50

Bank reconciliation

Credit control

Payroll processing

VAT PAYE

Tools

Payroll software

Customer portals

Job description

Duties of this role will include;

General Accounting

• Maintaining the Nominal/General/Sales and Supplier Ledgers on Sage50
• Maintaining and reconciling bank account - Current account and Financing company
• Uploading of invoices from supplementary software to Sage50, financing company and customer portals for both customers and suppliers
• Calculation of costs and Payment of Suppliers - both on Sage and Payroll software
• Reconciliation of Income and Cost of sales weekly and monthly
• Calculation of Commission payments
• Maintaining and updating compliance protocols in relation to certain suppliers
• Ensure separation of functions from other companies within the group
• Liaising with management as required to ensure compliance and resolution of queries
• HMRC accounts - VAT and PAYE
• Ad Hoc requirements as requested

Credit Control

• Ensure invoices distributed as required - to customers, finance company and portals
• Maintain Sales Ledger to ensure compliance with financing arrangements
• Resolve outstanding queries with customers and financing company
• Creation and updates of new accounts and understanding of required invoicing procedures therein
• Other Credit Control requests as required

Payroll

• Running weekly payroll
• Dealing with queries
• Sending remits and paying invoices