Accounts Assistant

2 weeks ago


SouthendonSea, United Kingdom OnetoOne Personnel Full time

Accounts Assistant - 6 Months Contract

The Role:
This varied role offers a number of support functions to the Finance and Operations teams, mainly focussed on accounts payable and purchase order processing with some sales invoicing and other finance administration.

The role will involve the liaison with the operations team(s) and group finance to gather and report information. This will require a positive proactive approach and strong communication skills to form a good working relationship.The role will be basedin Southend.

**Responsibilities**:
This role is likely to include the following, and evolve with the requirements of the finance function:

- **Transactional processing and maintenance of accounting records**
Maintain accounting records including sales ledger and purchase ledger.

Posting journals for credit cards and expenses, month end accruals and prepayments when required.
- **Monthly reporting**

Assisting with month-end procedures in a timely manner.
- **Administration**

Raising purchase orders, obtaining approvals and placing orders for overheads and five current sites (expected to grow)

Raising sales invoices and collating supporting information

Purchase order tracking and purchase ledger maintenance including coding and posting invoices and GRNI accruals, requesting payment runs

Assisting with the preparation of monthly contract reports for clients

Processing employee expenses

Accurately maintaining manual files

Collating weekly data from in house systems
- Good communication and presentation skills.
- Ability to deal with a variety of people (both internal and external)
- Flexibility and hard-working to meet deadlines and deal with project work.
- Positive, organised with a disciplined style.
- Willingness to learn and a team player.
- A natural inclination to challenge the norm and work towards improvements.
- Ability to self-review work to build in quality.
- Good level of numeracy and literacy.
- AAT part/fully qualified, or equivalent
- Knowledge of double entry book-keeping and financial disciplines and controls.
- Strong IT skills and advanced user of Microsoft Excel and Word.

6 months FTC £25,000 pro rata

Monday - Friday 9am - 5pm (School hours considered also)

Hybrid working is also offered with this role


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