An Assistant Accountant is required by a local firm to manage the Sales Ledger Purchase Ledger, Month End and Reporting. Working with a part time Purchase Ledger bookkeeper you'll be responsible for:

• Daily banking transactions (Including PayPal): updating payments & receipts, banking cheques
• Sales ledger (Sage 50): invoicing as required, credit control, monthly client statements
• Purchase ledger (Suppliers & Company Credit Card): match monthly statements, match invoices to purchase order, chase missing invoices, schedule payments on terms agreed (mainly holiday cover)
• Quarterly VAT returns & monthly CIS returns
• Control & administer petty cash: invoices & maintaining level of funds
• Cashflow reporting: account for all payments, purchase orders, provisional costs e.g. subcontractors & potential inflow of cash
• Assisting with month end and year end accounts (WIP Journals & Deferred income)
• Reporting: daily receipts, productivity log cards
• Incoming and outgoing post
• Managing fuel cards & company credit cards
• Liaising with third party, clients & suppliers
• Commission figures for relevant departments, upload salary payments and assist with P11D's
• Take card payments over the phone

You'll have a fully qualified accountant to support you who comes in once a month to help manage month end.

What do you need?

• Competent with Microsoft word, excel and Sage Line 50 software (or similar)
• Bookkeeping experience, able to accurately and competently work with figures
• Must have excellent communication skills
• Excellent time management and organisation skills and ability to work to deadlines
• Ability to manage own workload and prioritise under pressure

What's on offer?

• Salary up to £35,000
• Hybrid working 3 days in office or Full Time Office (Flexi)
• Parking on site
• Healthcare after 3 months
• Death in Service
• Pension
• Sick pay 3 days rolling per year
• 20 days hol increasing to 23 days