Senior Finance Assistant - Multi-Entity VAT & Month-End

Additional Resources Ltd; Essex; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

Additional Resources Ltd is seeking a Senior Finance Assistant / Senior Accounts Assistant to join a busy finance team in a multi-entity environment. The role demands strong VAT expertise, intercompany invoicing, and solid month-end capabilities.

You will own VAT submissions, intercompany reconciliations, and month-end processes, while supporting junior staff. AAT qualification and extensive Excel/Sage 50 experience are highly valued.

Qualifications

• Approximately 5 years' experience within a finance environment.
• Experience working within a multi-entity environment.
• Proven experience preparing VAT returns and handling intercompany accounting, including invoicing, reconciliations and transactions.
• Strong knowledge of accruals, prepayments, journals and month-end processes.
• AAT qualified, part-qualified or qualified through relevant practical experience.
• Confident undertaking bank and balance sheet reconciliations.
• Experience maintaining accurate financial ledgers and robust financial controls.
• Strong working knowledge of Sage 50.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills.
• Experience using an ERP system is highly desirable.

Responsibilities

• Preparing and submitting quarterly VAT returns across multiple entities.
• Managing intercompany invoicing, recharges and reconciliations, resolving discrepancies.
• Completing daily and monthly bank reconciliations, including multi-currency accounts.
• Posting accruals, prepayments and month-end journals.
• Supporting month-end close and the preparation of management accounts.
• Processing and reviewing sales and purchase invoices, including supplier payment runs.
• Maintaining accurate sales, purchase and nominal ledgers, and monitoring aged debtors and creditors.
• Reconciliation of balance sheet control accounts and resolving outstanding items.
• Maintaining supporting schedules and processing authorised write-offs where required.
• Acting as a senior point of contact within the finance team, supporting and guiding Finance Assistants.

Skills

Advanced Excel

VAT compliance

Multi-entity experience

Education

AAT qualified

Tools

Sage 50

ERP system

Job description

Additional Resources Ltd is seeking a Senior Finance Assistant / Senior Accounts Assistant to join a busy finance team in a multi-entity environment. The role demands strong VAT expertise, intercompany invoicing, and solid month-end capabilities.

You will own VAT submissions, intercompany reconciliations, and month-end processes, while supporting junior staff. AAT qualification and extensive Excel/Sage 50 experience are highly valued.