Accounts Assistant - Graduate

Page Personnel Finance are recruiting for an Accounts Assistant - Graduate to join our client, a leading Marketing Consultancy located in West London (W14)

Client Details

Our client is a leading Marketing Consultancy who, due to growth across their business, are looking for an Accounts Assistant- Graduate, to join their West London accountancy team.

Description

Located in London's West End, our client is looking for an Accounts Assistant - Graduate, with responsibility for the following duties:

Primary responsibility will be providing support to the management accounts team, including:
o Revenue accounting
▪ Learn and apply revenue recognition rules
▪ Review new contracts and assist with the monthly booking and reconciliation of revenue
▪ Ensure the department complies with specified controls for Sarbanes-Oxley purposes
o Calculation of Sales Commissions
▪ Collate sales forms & contracts by sales staff, incorporate information in spreadsheets to calculate monthly commissions
▪ Prepare monthly scoreboards monitoring sales performance against targets
o Control of unbilled revenue accounts
▪ Assist with the monthly reconciliation of control accounts
▪ Review and follow up unbilled balances by project, liaise with sales teams and report to the finance management team
* Other responsibilities:
o Bank and cash management:
▪ Preparation of bank reconciliations and posting of multi-currency journals
▪ Weekly cash reporting
o Accounts Receivable:
▪ Interacting with the Company's systems in order to prepare and send out sales invoices by post, email or the client's portal systems depending on their preference
▪ Liaising with Sales Administrators and Consultants on the timely issuing of invoices
o Accounts Payable:
▪ Coding and posting invoices onto the Company's accounting system
▪ Liaising with suppliers on the status of their invoices and helping to resolve queries
▪ Accurately filing paid invoices and other documents for the Accounts Payable team
o Completion of statutory returns:
▪ ONS surveys
▪ Withholding tax compliance
o Ad hoc tasks as required

Profile

Strong academics

2:1 Graduates - Russell Group Universities

"A" and "B" grades at A-Level.

Job Offer

Salary of £24,000

Full study support