Senior Accounts Assistant

TN United Kingdom; Northolt; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player in Northolt is seeking a Senior Accounts Assistant to join their dynamic finance team. This role offers the opportunity to manage accounts receivable and payable, ensuring accurate processing and reconciliation of financial transactions. You will play a key role in developing financial controls and improving processes while collaborating closely with the Financial Controller. With a positive and supportive work environment, this position offers excellent benefits, including 25 days of holiday and free breakfast. If you are detail-oriented and ready to make an impact, this is the perfect opportunity for you.

Benefits

25 Days Holiday

Free Breakfast

Pension

Free Parking

Qualifications

• Detail-oriented with strong Excel skills and experience in bank reconciliation.
• Proficient in processing AR, AP, and payroll submissions.

Responsibilities

• Manage accounts assistants with AR and AP processing.
• Ensure accurate processing of bank transactions and reconciliations.
• Assist with monthly management accounts and budgets.

Skills

Excel (functions, vlookups, pivot tables)

Bank reconciliation

Accounts Receivable (AR) processing

Accounts Payable (AP) processing

Payroll processing

VAT submissions

Financial controls

Tools

Sage 200

Sage 50 Payroll

CRM (V1)

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Job Description

Senior Accounts Assistant

Must Have

• Strong Excel skills (competent in functions such as sum, sumif, vlookups, pivot tables etc)
• Experienced at performing bank reconciliation in accounting packages
• Experienced at processing & reconciliation on AR, AP, intercompany balances
• Experienced at petty cash and credit card processing and reconciliation
• Experienced in payroll packages and monthly FPS/ PAYE year-end submissions
• Strong reconciliation skills (reconciliations including bank account, AR, AP, petty cash, intercompany)

Ideally Have

• Previous experience working with Sage 200 accounting software
• Previous experience with Sage 50 payroll or other payroll platform
• Previous experience with VAT submissions, reconciliation & payment

Accuracy of transactional processing

• Ownership of Accounts Receivable - manage and support two accounts assistants with AP processing & reconciliation
• Ownership of Accounts Payable - manage and support two accounts assistants with AR processing & reconciliation
• Responsible for ensuring bank account transactions (receipts/payments/transfers) are accurately processed and all bank accounts are reconciled
• Ownership of credit card processing and reconciliation
• Ownership of petty cash processing, reimbursement and reconciliation
• Responsible for preparation and booking of monthly intercompany charges; monthly reconciliation of intercompany balances within group
• Reconciling/checking exported data from CRM (currently V1) prior to daily import into SAGE accounting
• Dealing with accounts queries from Customer Services Team (CST)
• Responsible for timely SAGE v CRM customer accounts reconciliation
• Responsible for accurate processing & reconciliation of various merchant transactional services including Worldpay/paypal/cocoon
• Ownership of preparation of deferred income spreadsheets for package courses
• Ownership of quarterly VAT submissions, payment and reconciliation for one legal entity
• Ownership of payroll and year-end submissions for one legal entity

Management accounting/FP&A

• Ownership of various monthly analysis spreadsheets (customer turnover and various major P&L costs)
• Ownership of fixed asset register for one legal entity
• Assist Financial Controller with preparation of monthly management accounts and annual budgets

Senior Accounts Assistant Project work

• Assist with finance team's UAT of new CRM implementation (mid 2025)

Other responsibilities

• Develop appropriate financial controls and improve financial processes across the business
• Assist Financial Controller with preparation of annual statutory accounts and corporation year-end tax work for legal entities in group
• Other ad hoc work as requested

Reports to

The Successful Applicant

About You

• Detail-oriented "roll-up sleeves" attitude
• Positive, collaborative, friendly and supportive attitude to work as a team
• Well-organised, proactive
• Able to prioritise workload
• Commutable to Northolt

What's on Offer

25 Days Holiday, Free Breakfast in the mornings, Pension, Friendly environment, Free parking, 12 min walk from Northolt station