12324 – Accounts Assistant Job Spec

Location: Loughborough

Summary of the Role

Our client – an established engineering firm based in Loughborough – is seeking an ambitious accounts assistant to join & progress within their growing finance team on a full-time permanent basis.

The successful candidate will be responsible for monitoring, recording & maintaining financial information relating to a group of companies, with particular responsibility for purchase ledger and associated costs.

Key duties include:

• Process delivery tickets / on hire & off hire notices in a timely manner accurately against purchase orders,
• Process purchase invoices received against orders in an accurate, timely fashion,
• Ensure suppliers are accurately paid in line with ToB,
• Develop close relationships with external supplier ledger teams in order to improve on query resolution,
• Maintain fixed asset register for all companies incl. processing acquisitions, disposals & depreciation,
• Maintain HP account & process interest postings on a monthly basis,
• Assisting external auditors,
• Monthly reconciliation of balance sheet nominal accounts for all group companies,
• Complete quarterly VAT returns for all group companies. Reconcile output to VAT nominals & check returns prior to submission,
• Ensure cost provisions are accurate at all times,
• Understand processes / procedures. Constantly striving to improve reporting / process efficiencies.

Once established in the role, our client would like you to continue your professional development by stepping up into more senior accounting duties, including:  

• Produce management accounts on a monthly basis (in line with month-end) for group parent company,
• Calculate & process management charges to subsidiaries,
• Calculate & account for monthly accruals / prepayments for group parent company.

The Right Person

• 3x A-levels-qualified + ideally part-qualified AAT OR studying towards ACCA/CIMA,
• 1-2 years accounting experience (purchase & sales ledger, payroll admin, accounts assistant),
• Experience with payroll / CIS preferable,

• Effective communication skills,
• Ambitious, proactive and able to work on own initiative with minimal supervision,

• Excellent planning, organisation & deadline time keeping skills,
• Strong IT skills incl. Microsoft Excel skills to an advanced standard.

Package

In return for the above, our client is offering an excellent renumeration package, which is as follows:

• Appointment Type: Permanent
• Salary: £20,000 - £23,000 (subject to experience)
• Hours: Full-Time (flexible start / finish times)
• Holiday 25 Days + Bank Holidays
• Hybrid Working After Training (3-days in office / 2-days at home)
• Study Support Available
• Private Health, Vision & Dental Insurance (following probationary period)
• Auto-Enrolment Pension
• On-Site Parking

If you – or someone you might know – are interested & think this opportunity may be suitable, APPLY ONLINE or call Paul Mitchell Associates (quoting ref: 12324) on 0116 254 9404.