Accounts Assistant

Our client based in Chippenham are seeking an Accounts Assistant to join their team on a Permanent basis.

Accounts Assistant Duties:

To support the finance function, with a focus on accounting, audits, and external reporting.

Accounts Assistant Key Responsibilities

• Providing financial support and monthly reports to business units
• Prepare, post, and reconcile prepayments and accruals
• Responsible for Inter co invoices
• Responsible for Intercompany reconciliation
• Maintain fixed asset register
• Reconcile sales & balance sheet accounts
• Compile and submit VAT returns
• Credit Control
• Preparation of monthly management accounts, P&L, Management reports, KPIs and variance analysis
• Raising sales invoices
• Uploading monthly reconciliations
• Timesheet processing and reports
• Prepare and review financial models and proposals to support the decision-making process
• Develop and improve finance and project systems.

Accounts Assistant Additional Shared Activities:

• Supplier authentication and set-up
• Take on company-wide finance tasks as allocated from time to time
• Project set ups
• Support financial team providing day-to-day assistance as required
• Assist in monthly and year end management/financial accounts
• Ad hoc financial analysis in support of the preparation of management accounts

Accounts Assistant Required Skills:

The ideal candidate will be / have:

• AAT qualified with at least 2 years post qualification experience.
• Strong organisational abilities, experience of working to tight deadlines and a hands-on approach to finance.
• Advanced Excel including pivot tables, look-up functions and similar is essential for all analysis and reporting duties
• Knowledge of accounting principles, good understanding of financial/management information systems and technically competent with finance and accounting knowledge and skills.
• Strong analytical skills and the ability to adapt to and implement change.
• High level of numeracy (Accounting/Maths/Statistics) and the ability to interpret management information.
• Highly computer literate, with particular reference to accounting and management software and their application in a software/hardware engineering and manufacturing environment.

Accounts Assistant Personal Qualities:

• Approachable and professional
• Ability to work flexible hours under pressure to tight timescales
• Passionate and driven
• Self-motivated and energetic
• Flexible and adaptable
• Good sense of humour, with the ability to create and maintain excellent communication between different stakeholders
• Good communication skills, comfortable interacting with different stakeholders throughout the organisation

Accounts Assistant Benefits:

• Bike to work scheme
• Excellent pension scheme offering 5% contribution:

Health care cash back plan

4x salary life assurance

Income protection plan

• 23 days holiday + bank holidays in 1st year increasing to 25 days
• Holiday buy & sell scheme

If this role is of interest to and you fulfil the criteria, please apply with your full CV, or contact the team on 01225 300779.