Accounts Assistant

7 months ago


Feltham, United Kingdom Lampton Group Full time

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**Accounts Assistant**

**Permanent**

**Full-time**

**Hybrid / Hounslow**

**£25,000 - £35,000**

**About Lampton Group**

Lampton Group was established by the London Borough of Hounslow in 2012 with the objective of trading local authority functions in order to generate financial surpluses and return those to the council.

We are established as a business that has a social heart with a commercial head that delivers outstanding services across the Borough. We are made up of five distinct service business areas**:Services**:

- **Recycle** - **Greenspace** - **Leisure** - **Homes**

Our companies represent a bold, new and ambitious approach by a London Borough. Underpinning everything we do are our CORE values - **Customer First - One Team - Respectful - Energised**.

**About the Job**

As the Accounts Assistant you will be the first point of contact our suppliers and customers encounter, the role of the Accounts Assistant is a highly visible role and one that adds true value to the business and the teams it supports. The role exists to perform many of the transactional activities within the department.

**About you**

To be successful in this role, you will have a good understanding of the importance of financial policies and governance, be working towards an accounting qualification, have good attention to detail with excellent communication skills and strong IT skills, Excel pivot tables essential, with a can-do attitude to learning new systems.
- Support the production of the monthly management accounts pack
- Prepare journals for approval, including accruals, prepayments, payroll transactions etc. Together with their supporting documentation.
- Raise and seek approval for one-off payment requests including same-day payments directly with the bank
- Daily / Weekly / Monthly Bank reconciliations and posting of receipts and manual payments
- Raise recurring sales invoices in line with requirements
- Post accounts payable invoices into the ledger
- Produce weekly debt reporting and circulate to all relevant stakeholders
- Raise and Receipt Purchase Orders

**Experience and Qualifications**:

- Required
- Be an articulate, team player with the ability to communicate confidently with junior and senior finance and operational personnel alike
- Strong IT skills, including Excel a can-do attitude to learning new systems
- Experience of working within a professional environment
- A friendly customer-focused attitude
- Desirable
- Knowledge of Agresso / BWO
- Excel pivot tables
- Desire to study towards a professional qualification (ACCA / CIMA)

**In return Lampton Group will offer you**
- ** 23 days holiday allowance**:

- ** Free Gym Gold Membership at any our leisure centres**:

- ** Enhanced Maternity and Paternity leave**:

- ** 4% Pension Scheme**:

- ** £250 Refer a Friend Scheme**:

- ** Staff wellbeing services**:

- ** Flu Jabs**:

- ** Eye care vouchers and support towards glasses**:

- ** Employee benefits portal**:

- ** Cycle to work scheme**:

- ** Electric Car salary sacrifice scheme**

Diversity, equity and inclusion are at the heart of what we value as an organisation. Lampton Group is an equal opportunities employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, disability or any other status protected by law. Our recruitment team are happy to support with any reasonable adjustments that are needed within the recruitment process.


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