Accounts Assistant

What’s in it for you?

• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• Additional annual leave purchase scheme
• Enhanced sick pay
• Employer pension contribution
• Private health insurance with discounted family plans
• Life assurance scheme
• Discounted gym membership
• Employee assistance programme
• Free mortgage advice
• Free on-site parking
• Rewards and recognition scheme
• Access to modern training facilities and resources
• Complimentary barista-style coffee
• Opportunity to develop your finance career within a growing and innovative organisation

Must have’s

• Previous experience in an accounts or finance position
• Strong knowledge of purchase ledger, sales ledger and reconciliations
• Experience using accounting software and financial systems
• Strong Microsoft Excel skills
• Excellent organisational skills with the ability to priorities workload effectively
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Analytical mindset with a proactive approach to problem-solving
• Ability to work collaboratively within a small finance team
• High level of accuracy and attention to detail

Nice to have’s

• AAT Level 4 qualification
• Experience supporting month-end and year-end processes
• Experience with accruals, prepayments and inter company reconciliations

So, what will you be doing?

• Processing purchase ledger invoices, expenses and nominal ledger coding
• Processing sales ledger invoices
• Ensuring invoices are correctly approved and authorised
• Managing supplier queries and reconciling supplier statements
• Processing bank and credit card reconciliations
• Assisting with monthly cash flow forecasting
• Managing regular and ad hoc payment runs through online banking
• Processing accrual and prepayment journals
• Completing inter company reconciliations
• Supporting month-end and year-end reconciliation activities
• Monitoring and responding to finance inbox inquiries
• Assisting with external audit requests and queries
• Identifying opportunities to improve financial processes and efficiencies
• Maintaining accurate financial records and supporting day-to-day finance operations

Helpful extras

• Interest in working within a dynamic and specialist sector
• Ability to adapt to changing priorities during busy periods
• Enthusiastic and motivated approach to continuous improvement

Interested? Send your CV to i2i Recruitment today!
Our mission of ‘Making Recruitment Personal’ also means making recruitment fair. As a result, we are committed to reviewing every application with a sense of diversity and inclusion. We strive to personally connect with each applicant, but due to the number of applications we receive, this is not always possible. We will still aim to update you on your application, regardless of if it’s successful.