Accounts Assistant

7 months ago


Bedford, United Kingdom Ideal Personnel & Recruitment Solutions Limited Full time

Our client has a permanent vacancy for an Accounts to perform a variety of banking duties and financial administration, as well as reconciling bank accounts against the company’s own internal accounting records and investigating any exceptions which arise from this.

**The role**
- Manually reconciling UK and IRL bank accounts against internal accounting records
- Administration of various banking systems (including Barclays.net, Precision pay, EPDQ and Barclaycard) including new user set-up, queries, adjusting credit limits.
- Providing guidance to yards with administration queries relating to the banking systems used
- Administration of out of date and voided cheques, stop cheque requests, Cheque referrals, recalls, setting up DD’s and Templates via the banking System.
- Weekly downloading and sourcing of back-up information in preparation for reconciliations
- Weekly reporting & dashboards to senior management
- Month end reporting, presenting reconciliations for sign-off
- Preparing journal entries in JD Edwards for adjustments/write offs
- Using the company system and online banking system to review exceptions & providing guidance to business units with deposit/cheque queries to rectify errors
- Using JD Edwards and online banking system to reconcile deposits and cheques
- Using JD Edwards to reconcile the general bank accounts, ensuring all entries have been recorded in the correct accounting period
- Assisting in preparation for quarterly auditing, including SOX compliance
- Regularly liaising with other teams, both internally, and with Barclays
- Working proactively to ensure deadlines are met & processes are examined and improved.

**Requirements**:

- Good MS Excel skills, including an understanding of v-lookups and pivots
- Exceptional attention to detail
- Previous experience of reconciling bank accounts
- Able to format and present spreadsheets and reports to high standard
- Must have excellent interpersonal and communication skills - and the ability to build professional relationships
- Ideally you will have knowledge of JD Edwards system
- AAT Level 2 in Accounting is desirable but not essential
- Online banking experience is preferred

**Benefits**
- 31 days holiday including bank holidays
- Contributory Personal Pension Plan
- Life Assurance
- Amazing Employee Share Save Scheme
- Employee benefits scheme providing discounts at many high street retailers

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

**Salary**: £25,000.00 per year

Schedule:

- Monday to Friday

Work Location: In person


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