Accounting Assistant

3 weeks ago

Bristol, United Kingdom Vehicle Certification Agency Full time

**Details**:
**Reference number**:

- 261708**Salary**:

- £27,243 - £27,921**Job grade**:

- Executive Officer**Contract type**:

- Permanent**Business area**:

- VCA - Finance & Resourcing**Type of role**:

- Accountancy
- Administration / Corporate Support
- Finance**Working pattern**:

- Flexible working, Full-time, Job share, Part-time**Number of jobs available**:

- 1Contents

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About the job

**Benefits**:
Things you need to know

Location
- BristolAbout the job

**Job summary**:
Are you organised and have great attention to detail?

Would you like the opportunity to work in the finance department for an innovative Government Agency?

If so, we'd love to hear from you

**Job description**:
This is an exciting opportunity for you to join our Finance team as our Accounting Assistant and contribute to the continuous improvement environment we are proudly developing.

As an Accounting Assistant, you will be working closely with the Management Accountant, preparing, posting, and providing information on transactions, purchase ledger, banking and payments. You will also assist with the preparation of the management accounts and related transactions.

VCA would love the opportunity to develop you to become a vital part of our team. You will have the opportunity to study an accountancy qualification, if you’re not already qualified, or allow you to study further. You will also benefit from colleague knowledge sharing, access to a broad network of eLearning through the Civil Service, as well as opportunities to attend external training courses to further develop your knowledge.

**Responsibilities**

Key accountabilities of the role include:

- Processing of supplier payments, bank transfers and customer refunds via the banking system and journaling these transactions, where applicable, into the accounting software.
- Monitoring the purchase ledger and compiling creditor reports.
- Assisting in the preparation of monthly management accounts, accruals, and prepayments.
- Assisting with all forms of the management of the Agency’s Fixed Asset Register, including Additions, Disposals, Transfers and Deprecation.
- Maintaining the Agency
- s procurement system by adding and removing staff, updating approval limits and ensuring the agencies guidance on procurement is followed.
- Corresponding with internal stakeholders on report and analysis requests and providing such information in a timely manner.

For an in-depth insight into the role please refer to the Role Profile.

**Person specification**:
The essential criteria for this role is:

- Experience of working in a finance team, with a good understanding of the key accountabilities as listed above.
- Team player, customer focussed and able to effectively communicate with both internal and external stakeholders, offering advice and resolving queries.
- Ability to prioritise and work accurately under pressure.
- Excellent attention to detail and good analytical and problem-solving skills, as well as proficiency with accounting software and excellent Excel skills.

**Qualifications**:
**Behaviours**:
We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

- Delivering at Pace
- Working Together
- Changing and Improving

**Benefits**:
The Vehicle Certification Agency is the designated UK Vehicle Type Approval Authority. We have over 30 years' experience supporting industry by providing internationally recognised testing and certification for vehicles, their systems and components.

If you would like to read more about VCA and the benefits of working for us, visit our Careers website

Things you need to know

**Selection process details**:

- This vacancy is using Success Profiles, and will assess your Behaviours, Strengths and Experience.**How to Apply**
- Experience of demonstrating attention to detail and accuracy when resolving discrepancies.
- Experience of working within a fast-paced working environment where you have had to prioritise tasks and meet deadlines.
- Experience demonstrating proficiency with accounting software.
- Experience of working in a finance team, with a good understanding of financial transaction accounting.

Your personal statement will be limited to a maximum of 1000 words.

The selection process will be designed specifically for the role. As a result, your assessment will include:

- an interview.

The sift is due to take place on 3rd February 2023.

Interview/assessment will be held from 16th February 2023.

We will try to meet the dates set out in the advert. There may be occasions when these dates will change. You will be provided with sufficient notice of the confirmed dates.

You’re encouraged to become familiar with the role profile, as you may be assessed against any of the criteria recorded within.

The Department for Transport alongside other Government Departments recruit using Success Profiles. This means for each role we consider what you will need to demonstrate in order to be successful. Th

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