Accounts Assistant

11 hours ago


Oxford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom Ricardo Full time

About the Role

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Accounts Assistant to join our team at Ricardo. As an Accounts Assistant, you will play a key role in ensuring the smooth operation of our financial processes, including invoicing, credit control, and financial reporting.

Key Responsibilities

  • Prepare and process sales invoices, including compliance with VAT guidance.
  • Manage complex invoicing processes, including external and intercompany invoicing from overseas subsidiary companies.
  • Act as the escalation point for queries or issues with sales invoicing.
  • Ensure credit notes are approved in line with company policy.
  • Prepare monthly reporting on sales invoicing statistics for presentation to management, including analysis of credit notes raised and team performance vs KPIs.
  • Identify and implement process improvements to maximise the efficiency of the sales invoicing function.
  • Process purchase invoices within agreed guidance.
  • Process employee expenses and credit/purchase cards within agreed guidance.
  • Resolve queries from employees and suppliers and proactively deal with account discrepancies.
  • Support the preparation of weekly payment runs.
  • Prepare monthly reports, including PSA data, control account reconciliations, and analysis.

Key Competencies and Experience

  • Strong computer skills, especially within Excel and Outlook.
  • Experience of using accounting software.
  • Good knowledge of HMRC guidance on VAT.

Desirable Competencies and Experience

  • AAT Level 4 or equivalent.
  • Experience of Agresso/Unit 4 ERP and Microsoft Dynamics.

About Ricardo

Ricardo is a global strategic, environmental, and engineering consulting company, listed on the London Stock Exchange. We have over 100 years of engineering excellence and employ close to 3,000 employees in more than 20 countries. We provide exceptional levels of expertise in delivering leading-edge and innovative cross-sector sustainable products and solutions.

Our Culture

We value diversity and believe that a more diverse workforce creates a richer and more varied working environment. We are committed to engaging positively and proactively with all our employees and to ensuring an inclusive culture. We are a recognised 'disability confident' employer.

What We Offer

We offer a range of benefits, including 25 days' annual leave, plus 8 flexible bank holidays, a competitive company pension scheme, life assurance, and professional subscriptions reimbursement. We also offer a wide range of flexible benefits to suit your lifestyle.



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