Assistant Accountant
Manchester • Permanent • £18000 - £23000
About our client:
Although you may not of heard of the name of my client, you will have almost certainly used one of their products...
A market leading, global telecoms company who are proudly relocating their finance function to South Manchester.
A vibrant environment in state of the art offices awaits the successful candidate.
Description:
This role would suit an accounts assistant/assistant management accountant looking for the next step in their career. Responsibilities will include:
GENERAL LEDGER- Posting and filing of all general ledger journals
- Preparation and posting of working in progress activity
- Post revenue and deferred income journals
- Posting fixed asset journals
- Assistant in preparing audit documentation
- Posting and filing of all general ledger journals
- Preparation and posting of payroll journal
- Petty cash control and journals
- Weekly reporting and analysis of the companies performance
- Maintenance of fixed asset register
- Documentation for additions, disposals and write offs
- Preparation of monthly deprecation calculation
- Reconcile register to general ledger
- Annual inventory and audit
- Preparation of quarterly VAT return
- Reconciliation of VAT to general ledger
ACCOUNTS PAYABLE
ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE
ASSISTING CORPORATE FINANCE
Profile:
The successful candidate must have completed their AAT qualification and must be actively studying towards either CIMA or ACCA along with the following:
- Able to understand and explain complex accounting issues to all levels within the business including non-finance professionals.
- Have experience of dealing with external and internal auditors and preparing any required analyses.
- Must have good working knowledge of Microsoft products, particularly Excel to advanced level.
- Must have the confidence to liaise with all levels within the business.
- Must understand the importance of meeting required deadlines and producing accurate results.
- Excellent workload management and organisational skills
- Assumes ownership for getting a job done and takes pride in their work
- The individual needs to have experience of working within a team environment.
- Must be aware of the importance of providing high quality information and be able to communicate effectively when faced with problems/queries.
Where specific UK qualifications are required we will take into account overseas equivalents.
What's on offer
The basic salary is negotiable circa £23,000 + free parking + exceptional study support and a blue chip benefit package
