Company Accountant
- Recruiter
- Mature Accountants Ltd
- Location
- Old Woking
- Posted
- 22 Jun 2018
- Closes
- 05 Aug 2018
- Job role
- Accountant
- Sector
- Accounting - Public practice
Our client is a small engineering company, part of a group and with multi-currency import and export transactions. They require a Company Accountant to succeed the present incumbent who is retiring. The position is stand-alone as there is no other finance staff. You will report to the Managing Director. The starting salary would be £45,000, increased by 5% after a successful 6-month probationary period. The Company also pay a sales commission and profit bonus assessed once a year. Other benefits include 6% pension (matched), private dental/medical insurance, death in service insurance & free parking.
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Primary responsibilities
Producing & maintaining financial & management accounts.
Reporting to the parent company (monthly)
Preparing figures and reports for the annual audits
Supporting the Managing Director with information & data, as required
Maintaining constructive working relationships within the Company/Group
Support the development/training of colleagues
Keep secure Company information & property
Sales ledger and Purchase ledger
Credit control (chasing late accounts in conjunction with Sales dept)
Reconciling cash book & bank accounts with ERP system (Microsoft Dynamics NAV)
Producing stock valuations (writing off obsolete stock annually)
Import/Export administration - Entry Certificates, Intra Stat, EC Sales List. Quarterly VAT returns
Purchasing Euros & US Dollars
Managing site service contracts - gas, electricity, water, telephones, broadband etc
Paying non-trade debtors - HMRC, utility companies, outsourced payroll/IT etc
Preparing salary figures for outsourced payroll, paying salaries & PAYE
Communicating any changes to staff auto-enrolment pensions, to outsourced provider
Processing staff expense claims - Mastercard, petty cash & reimbursement
Maintaining an asset register
General tasks - opening mail, recording €/$ exchange rates (FT & HMRC), banking, back-up servers daily, staff P11Ds etc
Offer comment/advice/ideas on ways of improving Company performance
Candidate Profile and range of experience
Fully qualified member of an accountancy body or holder of an equivalent qualification.
Experience in similar roles.
Record of working with a group of companies.
Knowledgeable all-rounder with thorough understanding of business principles and practices.
Meets the requirement for a commercially astute, articulate, and technically strong person.
Good communication and interpersonal skills at all levels, both written and verbal
Strong IT skills.
High integrity and openness combined with commitment to good governance