Accounts Assistant

Môrwell Talent Solutions is delighted to be exclusively working with a client based in the Vale of Glamorgan, who is seeking an Assistant Accountant to join its finance team on a Fixed Term contract basis for the period of 12 month (with a potential contract extension).

The role will pay a salary of up to £27,000 per annum plus benefits.

Reporting into the Management Accountant, the Assistant Accountant will be responsible for providing accounting\bookkeeping and administrative support and will also be responsible for maintaining the purchase ledger, day to day banking and assisting with sales ledger invoicing and credit control across all group companies, including subsidiaries overseas. 

Main responsibilities to include –

Set up and maintenance of supplier accounts.

Processing the purchase ledger invoices including those in foreign currencies.

Preparation of purchase ledger payment runs including payment of foreign currency invoices.

Maintaining ledgers and preparing relevant financial reconciliations, collating information from supplier statements etc...

Processing of bank payments using the Online Business Banking Portal and posting the payments to the ledger.

Timely reconciliation of all bank and credit card accounts including Euro and Dollar accounts.

Processing of spend on the company credit cards.

Processing staff expenses ensuring proper authorisation and adherence to the expenses policy.

Supporting the finance team by issuing sales invoices as required.

Supporting the finance team with credit control and debt chasing.

Assisting in the improvement of the company’s financial controls and procedures.

Prepare basic analysis of nominal accounts as required.

Assisting with the annual audit and tax packs by collating invoices\information to support accounting transactions.

Contributes to team objectives and deadlines by working collaboratively.

Working closely with teams at overseas subsidiaries and other teams in the business (Commercial, HR and Operations).

Other reasonable duties required to meet the needs of the business.

Key attributes required of the successful candidate –

Good IT and communication skills.

Excellent attention to detail.

Works well as part of a team and contributes to team deliverables and projects.

Able to work to month end deadlines with little supervision.

Energised and enthusiastic with a professional ‘can do’ attitude

Skills / experience required -

The ideal candidate will possess the following:

Experience of working within Finance in a similar role.

Basic knowledge of VAT in relation to posting invoices and expenses.

Experience of working with Sage 50 or other Sage software would be beneficial.

Proficient with Excel.

Credit control experience would be beneficial.

Good Communication skills

Experience of working with foreign exchange would be desirable but not essential.

The role will be based on site near St. Athans

Hours of work are 8:00 – 5:00pm Mon – Thursday with a 3:30pm finish on Fridays

If this role sounds like it could be for you, please get in touch asap