Accounts Assistant

**Role**: Accounts Assistant (part-time role, 2 days per week)
**Location**: Office based (Newbury)
**Remuneration**: £23,000 - £25,000 FTE (pro rata) + company benefits
**Start date**: As soon as possible

FCS-live is a leading Fire Safety company specialising in Fire Risk Assessments, Fire Safety Training, Fire Engineering and Consultancy. At FCS, we have a great company culture and a commitment to our people and our clients.

As part of our growing Finance team, we are looking for a talented Accounts Assistant join us on a permanent, part-time basis. As Accounts Assistant you will work closely with the Finance Manager to drive the success of, and optimise, the Finance department,through achievement of departmental and organisational objectives.

**Main responsibilities**
- Credit control - compiling and managing database of debtors (Excel)
- Contacting and following up with debtors for updates on outstanding invoices
- Sending copy invoices, making comments on spreadsheet, and updating spreadsheet weekly
- Preparing statements fortnightly and responding to any related client queries
- Managing the Finance inbox (Outlook) and responding to client queries

**Additional Tasks**
- Completing bank reconciliation
- Preparing and sending out invoices
- Processing supplier invoices and compiling the month-end spreadsheet for payment
- Preparing and sending out remittances following receipt of client payments
- Processing customer payments and matching payments to customer accounts on Sage
- Cross-checking internal invoices against client invoice totals
- Accruals and pre-payments**-**accrual of asset register, commission charges held on database, and accruals/prepayments supplier/assessor invoices
- Checking VAT monthly to access the VAT records on Sage, check T codes, and ensure all entries have correct VAT code and nominal record
- Support Finance Manager with ad hoc activities

**Person Specification**
- Prior finance/accounts experience within an SME preferred
- Strong Microsoft Excel skills and the ability to reconcile data in an efficient manner
- Superlative communications skills and the ability to operate with discretion when dealing with confidential and sensitive information
- Previous experience and a good working knowledge of accounting routines/practices, including month-end reconciliations (essential) together with a knowledge of prepayment and accrual procedures
- Highly motivated and able to work from own initiative.
- A team player who is willing to contribute to all aspects of the business
- You will need to be flexible in your role, trustworthy, honest and have a high level of professional integrity