Accounts Assistant

**Accounts Assistant**

Main duties:

- 1) To assist the company accountant with all aspects of the financial management of the company, to include:

- **Management of the purchase ledger** - entering/importing supplier invoices onto the Accounts system; monitoring supplier balances to ensure that invoices are approved; advising the Accountant of upcoming payments; setting up trade accounts with new suppliers.
- **Assisting with the Sales ledger** - production of sales invoices to customers; helping to monitor Debtors and chasing in money where required.
- **Management of the subcontractors -** dealing with their induction papers, processing weekly wages through to payment; production of the monthly CIS returns and statements to subcontractors.
- **Management of the company credit cards - **through to reconciliation of the monthly statements.
- Assisting with the company bank reconciliations.
- Assisting with the management of the weekly cashflow.

There will also be some clerical duties to include, but not limited to:

- Answering the phone.
- Ordering items for the office when needed.
- Ensuring that office equipment is working - telephones, photocopiers etc.
- Filing of supplier invoices onto job files.
- Prior Accounting experience, to include use of Sage Line 50, or a similar Accounting package.
- Knowledge of the building industry in terms of CIS taxation and Reverse charge VAT.
- Good organisational skills.
- Self-motivation. This role is largely unsupervised and requires the person to work independently, but to seek the appropriate help where needed.
- Good communication skills and an outgoing personality.

Job specifics:

- 40 hour working week. Start time can be between 7 and 8 am and finish time between 4pm and 5pm.
- Always office based.
- Competitive salary offered.

**Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent

**Salary**: £26,596.00-£28,288.00 per year

Schedule:

- Monday to Friday

Ability to commute/relocate:

- Woolwich, SE18 6RS: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

**Experience**:

- Accounting: 1 year (preferred)

Work Location: One location

Reference ID: Accounts Assistant