Cost Assistant Accountant

Belmont Recruitment; Hempstalls; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A recruitment agency is currently seeking a Cost Assistant Accountant to join a council in Stoke on Trent. This full-time, temporary role involves reconciling purchase orders and managing financial discrepancies. Candidates should possess experience with job costing systems, have a keen attention to detail, and the ability to handle competing priorities in a fast-paced environment. The role offers a hybrid working model, combining on-site and remote work.

Qualifications

• Experience working with financial and job costing systems.
• High attention to detail and ability to resolve discrepancies.
• Ability to manage competing priorities in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Reconciling Purchase Orders (POs) between systems.
• Removing or reducing unnecessary Purchase Orders.
• Analysing discrepancies to understand gaps in commitments.
• Ensuring Purchase Orders are sufficient to avoid payment delays.
• Checking for invoices paid from the Stoke ledger.
• Closing down jobs that must be completed in Servitor.
• Managing jobs transferred without historic costs.

Job description

Belmont Recruitment are currently looking for a Cost Assistant Accountant to join Stoke on Trent Council on an initial 6 month temporary contract. This is a full-time role working 37 hours per week, Monday to Friday.

Key Responsibilities

• Reconciling Purchase Orders (POs) between Buy-it and Civica
• Removing or reducing POs that are no longer required
• Analysing GRNIs to understand gaps between actual commitments and Civica
• Ensuring sufficient POs are in place to avoid delays in invoice payments
• Checking for Unitas invoices paid from the Stoke ledger and vice versa
• Closing down RMS-specific jobs (current financial year) that have not transferred to NEC and must be completed in Servitor (Old and New)
• Managing jobs transferred to NEC without historic costs

Requirements

• Experience working with financial and job costing systems
• High attention to detail and ability to resolve discrepancies
• Ability to manage competing priorities in a fast-paced environment

Location - Stoke/Hybrid

Please apply with an up to date CV ASAP if this role would be of interest to you