Assistant Accountant Contract

I’m currently working alongside a leading business in Dudley in their recruitment of an Assistant Accountant on a temp to perm contract. Paying up to £28k

I’m currently working alongside a leading business in Dudley in their recruitment of an Assistant Accountant on a temp to perm contract. Paying up to £28k

Key Responsibilities of Assistant Accountant:

• Support the Accountants in preparing the monthly accounts
• Revenue reconciliations including resolving arising queries and posting accrued and deferred income journals.
• Review maintenance and other fixed costs and post prepayments, accruals and any other necessary month end journals
• Responsibility of posting consolidated invoices to the relevant services
• Analysis of key cost lines to assist accounts reviews carried out by the Management Accountants
• Maintain intercompany reconciliations and suspense accounts, posting corrections where necessary.
• Prepare Weekly Performance Report to be distributed to the group
• Reconciliation and ownership of various balance sheet reconciliations
• Take a proactive approach with highlighting/driving improvements to current systems and processes to improve efficiencies
• Maintain all bank accounts across the business.
• Monthly reconciliations of all bank accounts incorporating posting all payments, receipts and transfers
• Liaising with the banks when necessary, banking of cheques
• Monitoring treasury inbox and answering queries, reviewing and applying requests for increases in spend limits for purchasing card.

The successful candidate will have the following:

• Previous treasury and management accounts experience essential
• AAT qualified or equivalent.
• IT literate – Microsoft Office in particular Excel
• Accounts system knowledge
• Able to work with minimal supervision and independently as well as part of a team
• Good interpersonal skills and ability to communicate with people of all levels throughout the business
• Able to work under pressure in a fast paced environment
• Great awareness of deadlines

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