[ref. e51173821] Assistant Accountant

Alexander Daniels are recruiting for an Assistant Accountant to work in a small successful finance team, working closely with the Finance Manager. You will be supporting the team in delivering timely working capital management, appropriate treasury management, sales/purchase ledger management, payroll, month end close support, audit support and financial administration support.

This role is 5 days a week onsite, with an early finish on a Friday.

• Assist with Working Capital Support
• Sales/Purchase Ledger Support
• Payroll
• Month End Close Support
• Audit Support
• Financial Admin

• Process weekly and monthly payroll and associated reporting
• Complete all monthly payroll reconciliations.
• Daily payment and receipt allocation of all banks.
• Perform daily bank reconciliations.
• Issue daily sales report
• Complete and process commercial invoices
• Set up and manage customer accounts.
• Management of processing of overhead invoices
• IF monthly reconciliation and reporting to the bank.
• Reconcile and complete quarterly VAT returns
• Assist in completion of month end reconciliations and Management Accounts
• Assist in yearly audits.
• Support and assist the wider team to include cover for sales order processing and credit control during leave.
• Ensure that all filing is done accurately and on a regular basis.
• To undertake any other ad-hoc duties required by the Finance Manager and CFO.

• The ability to make process / procedure improvements
• The ability to work to deadlines
• Ability to ensure others comply with financial controls and procedures
• Willingness and accessible personality to interact with all business functions
• Strong interpersonal skills to communicate effectively at all levels and build effective working relationships
• Ability to work on own initiative

• Able to demonstrate relevant experience in a manufacturing business
• Must be a strong and effective communicator
• Must be highly IT literate with good ERP knowledge and advanced spreadsheet skills
• Able to effectively understand and manage information at a detailed level
• Ideally, a candidate should be at a minimum, part/fully qualified or qualified by experience.
• Experience of a private equity business
• Experience in a small to medium sized business