We are looking for a motivated and detail-oriented Assistant Company Accountant to join our finance team for a temporary period.
If successful you will complete a three-month probation period.
Main Responsibilities & Duties
• Preparation of monthly stock reports and analysis.
• Review price variance of actual invoiced V standard costs.
• Investigate stock variances.
• Maintaining a fixed asset register.
• Preparation of accounts related tasks in a timely and accurate manner.
• Preparing, reconciling, and posting nominal journals including control accounts, accruals and prepayments.
• Ensuring the System Spreadsheets and Nominal Ledgers reconcile, preparing the journal for Depreciation, producing analysis reports, P&L and Balance Sheet for inclusion in the Board Report, compilation of the monthly Board Reports for the Board Meetings.
• Completing the Balance sheet reconciliations on a monthly basis.
• Liaise with outside agencies such as HMRC.
• Reviewing aged creditors report with Purchase Ledger Clerks on a monthly basis, to balance, revalue and reconcile Purchase and Sale Ledger controls prior to month end closure.
• Reconciling and submitting VAT returns and to liaise with auditors during and after Audit.
• Completing returns for the National Statistic Office.
• Reconciling & maintaining intercompany balances.
• Helping group subsidiaries complete their accounts.
• Reconciliation of purchase order deposit prepayments.
• Compile Board Report.
• Assisting with project work.
• Assistance with budgeting.
• Covering all duties of the Finance Assistant as required.
• Completing additional assignments as directed by the Company Accountant or Financial Controller.
• Ad hoc duties as required.
Essential Criteria:
• CIMA (Studying at strategic level or above) or similar qualification.
• Knowledge of stock & manufacturing.
• 5 years’ experience in a similar role.
• Excellent communication skills, accuracy and organisational skills.
• Able to prioritise and met deadlines.
• Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Excel.