Assistant Management Accountant

Connells Group; Leighton Buzzard; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job description

Assistant Management Accountant

Job Purpose

To assist the Financial Controller as part of the S&V Finance team to ensure the maintenance of company records, accuracy of reporting and production of financial information with particular focus on accounts receivable related activities. This is a role which will require a willingness to take on a wide range and variety of tasks in order to support the team.

Principle Accountabilities and Control Objectives

Accounts Receivable & Credit Control

1. Set up of new clients and debtors on the finance system, ensuring accuracy of applicable fee scales and correct treatment for VAT purposes.
2. Monthly billing including preparation of and issuing of invoices and billing statements.
3. Allocation and monitoring of receipts to ensure accurate maintenance of sales ledger records.
4. Reconciliation of client accounts and billing statements to resolve all queries.
5. Responsible for reconciliation and clearing down of suspense accounts.
6. Building and maintaining good relationships with clients to ensure invoices are settled in a timely manner.
7. Where necessary taking legal proceedings for recovery of bad debts.
8. Processing of refunds in line with company policy.
9. Management reporting as required for month end purposes.

Accounts Payable & Expenses Management

1. Oversight of the coding of invoices, ensuring that supplier invoices are processed accurately on a timely basis, in line with company policy.
2. Responsibility for S&V expense claims: ensuring these are processed on a timely basis, including verification of claims in line with Group expenses policy, checking of receipts against claims, ensuring correct VAT paperwork is supplied, checking of VAT application and calculations.
3. Preparation of weekly expenses payment runs, resolution of expenses queries and issuing remittances.

Management Accounts & Reporting

1. Involvement in month end processes to include activities such as month end prepayments, completion of suspense account reconciliations, reconciliation of intercompany transactions, month end debt reporting and any other task to support month end reporting.

General

1. Assist with monitoring of mailboxes and responding to queries on an efficient and timely basis.
2. Banking, recording, posting and reconciliation of cash payments and receipts as required.
3. Processing of daily upload and revenue posting routines as required.
4. Accurate and timely preparation and posting of journals.
5. Processing of ad hoc payments via online banking facilities.
6. Ad hoc audit queries.
7. Assist with enquiries and other ad hoc requests from the S&V Board, Senior Leadership team, Head of Finance/Financial Controller and/or Group Finance Team as required.
8. Holiday cover/assistance where required for other functions within the S&V finance team.

Skills and Attributes

1. Ideally part-qualified (ACA, ACCA, CIMA) or working towards the final stages of a finance qualification.
2. Previous experience working within an accounts team is essential with experience of accounts receivable or management accounting being desirable.
3. Hard working with a hands-on approach, leading by example. Willing and able to work flexible hours as necessary.
4. Ability to work to tight deadlines, and work under own initiative. Enthusiastic, reliable, and keen to learn.
5. Proficient user of Excel (e.g., experienced with vlookups, IF statements, pivot tables).
6. Strong written and oral communication skills.