Hybrid Assistant Accountant - 12-Month Contract

We Do Group; Woking; Hybrid; GBP 34,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

We Do Group in Woking, Surrey seeks an Assistant Accountant on a 12-month maternity-cover contract. The role is hybrid and hands-on, covering bank reconciliations, cash management, journals, refunds and site reconciliations across multiple payment providers.

You'll work within the Finance team to process daily cash movements, post journals in Sage, investigate discrepancies and support month-end close with Credit Control and Operations.

Qualifications

• At least 3 years in a finance or accounting role.
• Experience with high transaction volumes and reconciling discrepancies.
• Strong understanding of double-entry accounting, journals, accruals, AP and AR.
• Excellent Excel skills including Pivot Tables and VLOOKUP/XLOOKUP.
• Experience using Sage or a similar accounting system is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Manage daily bank reconciliations across multiple sites and providers.
• Process high volumes of transactions and investigate unidentified or incorrectly allocated payments.
• Prepare and post journals and transaction imports in Sage, including VAT, payroll, pensions, fees and direct debits.
• Reconcile weekly payment-provider reports and ensure accurate recording of income and charges.
• Process customer refunds accurately and within deadlines.
• Prepare monthly cash account reconciliations across a large portfolio of sites.
• Investigate discrepancies with Finance, Operations and individual sites to resolve issues.
• Maintain and clear suspense accounts and support month-end close deadlines.

Skills

Bank reconciliations

Cash management

Journals

Double-entry accounting

Excel

Pivot Tables

VLOOKUP/XLOOKUP

High transaction volumes

Attention to detail

Tools

Sage

Job description

We Do Group in Woking, Surrey seeks an Assistant Accountant on a 12-month maternity-cover contract. The role is hybrid and hands-on, covering bank reconciliations, cash management, journals, refunds and site reconciliations across multiple payment providers.

You'll work within the Finance team to process daily cash movements, post journals in Sage, investigate discrepancies and support month-end close with Credit Control and Operations.