Accounts Assistant

Key Responsibilities:

- To support both the Finance Manager and the Assistant Accountant in the compilation of meaningful financial information for the purposes of decision making.
- The preparation and maintenance of accounts and reports to enable the monitoring of expenditure by budget holders within the business and the production of accounts for monitoring against budgets and investigation of variances.
- The production of quarterly fee invoices itemizing all charges based on information from teaching and boarding staff.
- Monitoring and recording of receipts from parents and the following up of late payments.
- Maintain the purchase ledger including input of invoices and reconciliations and statements.
- Fortnightly BACS payment run for all suppliers and expenses.
- Input details of invoices and payments to the computer under the appropriate nominal codes to enable the creation of quarterly accounts and annual accounts to trial balance stage.
- Maintenance of Nominal Ledger to produce quarterly accounts.
- Manage the monthly payroll, pensions and expenses process, ensuring that staff are paid on time and in full. Investigate pay queries.
- Production and submission of monthly and annual pension reports as required.
- Banking of monies received and maintenance of petty cash records and float managed jointly with the Assistant Accountant.

Key Requirements:

- Accountancy qualification, such as AAT
- Experience within a similar hands-on role
- Team player, proactive with workload
- Own transport is essential due to location