Accounts Assistant

2 days ago

Welwyn Garden City, United Kingdom Barco Sales Ltd Full time

Barco Sales are looking for an Accounts Assistant to join the team at their Welwyn Garden City office.

**Accounts Assistant
Welwyn Garden City, AL7 1HB
Full Time, Permanent
£ 26,000 - £28,000 depending on experience**

**Please Note: Applicants must be eligible to work in the UK**

Barco Sales are one of the UK’s leading independent plumbing and heating distributors working with merchants of all sizes throughout the UK. We care deeply about what we do and pride ourselves on exceptional customer service.

As an **Accounts Assistant** at Barco, you will provide all round support in the day to day functions of the accounts department from the sales and purchase ledgers to the daily cash postings and bank reconciliations.

In time you will also develop new or existing accounting skills by assisting the FC and Accounts Supervisor with aspects of management accounting and account reconciliations.

**Responsibilities of the Accounts Assistant**
- Purchase ledger tasks; coding and processing supplier invoices, reconciling supplier statements, preparing weekly and monthly payment runs
- Sales ledger tasks including daily invoices, preparing new customer accounts, credit reviews
- Credit control
- Assist in investigating and resolving supplier and customer queries
- Bank reconciliations
- Credit card statement reconciliation
- Assisting in the preparation of monthly management accounts
- Journal preparation
- Assist with monthly P&L and balance sheet reconciliations
- Ownership of anomalies and discrepancies arising from accounts reviews
- Managing petty cash, milage and expenses
- Support and cover other members of the Finance Team as required

**Key Performance Indicators**:

- Accurate and timely work production
- Ability to review reconciliations and challenge unusual transactions or postings
- Ability to use own initiative and exercise problem solving skills
- Confidently communicate at all levels both inside and outside the organisation

**Person Specification**
- Attention to detail
- Proactive
- Outstanding written and verbal communication skills
- Excellent IT skills with strong competency in Excel (pivot tables, VLookups etc)
- Good inter-personal skills
- Ability to prioritise and adapt to changing workloads
- Enthusiastic in achieving results
- Committed to driving the company forward
- Passionate about our business and what we represent
- Professional approach, strong work ethic and high level of discretion
- Team player, willing to learn and get involved with a wide range of tasks

**You must be eligible to work in the UK. No agencies please.**

Other suitable skills and experience includes Accountancy, Accountant, Account Manager, Payroll, Accounting, Accounts, Accounts Payable, Finance, Finance Assistant

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