Assistant Acocuntant

Robert Half are currently working with a supportive business based in South Wiltshire who are looking for a part qualified Assistant Accountant to join their team on a permanent, full-time basis.

Role

The main responsibility of this role is to support the Accounts team, including transaction level processing, management accounting and assisting the credit control and payroll teams when needed.

Key Responsibilities include:

• Bank reconciliations and posting cashbook transactions.
• Reconciliations of balance sheet accounts, including sub-ledger control accounts and provisions.
• Assisting with month end closure and preparation of monthly management accounts.
• Analyses of monthly overheads and providing explanations for major variances.
• Preparing prepayments and accruals adjustments.
• Processing employee expenses and arranging payment.
• Assisting with the preparation of the weekly cash flow.
• Preparing weekly sales reports.
• Providing cover to sales ledger and payroll teams when necessary, including posting sales invoice and cash collections and assisting with monthly and weekly payroll processing.

Profile

The ideal candidate will be:

• Part qualified ACA/ACCA/CIMA.
• Microsoft Excel to an intermediate level
• Experience of preparing and posting sales and purchase invoices, cash transactions and journals.
• Experience of data processing with accuracy, as well as contributing to analysis of financial results and problem solving.
• Experience of preparing management accounts is desirable.

Company

A supportive and progressive organisation who offer an excellent work environment as well as study support.

Salary & Benefits

This is a full-time opportunity working Monday to Friday and earning up to £35,000 pa. They also offer study support, pension, health care and on-site parking.

The salary range/rates of pay is dependent upon your experience, qualifications or training.

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