Accounts Assistant

This is an exciting opportunity for an accounts assistant with a strong finance background to join a growing organisation and be part of a busy and friendly finance/accountancy department. The accounts assistant will be working closely with the Group Laboratories and wider finance team to provide both operational support for procurement and back office accounts payable support.

Client Details

A medically-led laboratory that is the largest independent provider of clinical laboratory diagnostic services in the UK. This role is located in their spectacular Central London headquarters

Description

Main Duties of the Accounts Assistant:

To include, but not be restricted to, the following:

Ensuring laboratory purchasing is in line with group processes, and supporting new supplier, product set up and maintain master product list.

Liaising with suppliers to ensure prompt delivery of laboratory purchasing.

Procurement system 'super user' status to support new starters and assist laboratories.

Process medical and consumable supplier invoices upon receipt using the correct VAT treatment that is specific to that company.

Coding the invoices to the correct general ledger account/department and obtaining the appropriate authorisation through liaising with HODs in the business before presenting the invoice for payment within the agreed

Scan invoices for electronic filing on a timely basis to ensure it is easily cross referenced and retrievable.

Distributing of stock count sheets to the HODs/Lab Support Team members at month end and input of the completed count sheets from the business.

Posting the correcting month end stock adjustments.

Perform monthly stock account balance sheet reconciliations and understand the movements in order to communicate and prepare KPI reports as required by the finance team.

Reconcile supplier accounts to supplier statements on a monthly basis.

Preparing payment runs twice a month for consumables/reagents suppliers.

Chasing invoice copies for the receipts outstanding on GRNI account more than 30 days.

Looking after the procurement e-mail box on daily basis and ensuring that all requests have been resolved in timely manner.

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Requirements of the Accounts Assistant:

Degree in Accountancy & Finance or AAT

Looking to study towards a professional accountancy qualification OR towards CIPS

Min. of 1 years experience working within Accounts Payable

Skilled in Microsoft Office

Experience working on Microsoft Dynamics is beneficial

Job Offer

Looking to pay up to £24,000 with full study support and a comprehensive benefits package