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Finance Assistant
Our client is recruiting for an Accounts Assistant to join their Finance Team. You will help keep their financial operations running smoothly! You’ll handle a mix of income and expenditure tasks, support bank reconciliations, and help look after the Fixed Asset Register.
Main Responsibilities of Accounts Assistant:
- Get involved in a variety of day-to-day finance tasks – data entry, analysis, and creating ad hoc reports in Excel. Plus any other interesting jobs that come your way from the Head of Financial Operations.
- Import payment files and record daily credit card income, making sure everything stays compliant with standards.
- Post income and spending into the cashbook each day, and put together a complete weekly bank reconciliation to help keep everything on track.
- Work alongside the Head of Financial Operations to update the Fixed Asset Register, including adding new assets, processing disposals, and helping with inventory and asset checks.
- Prepare weekly payment runs and upload BACS files to the bank. You’ll also verify payments, check VAT treatment, and make sure everything aligns with procedures.
- Assist the Head of Financial Reporting and Financial Systems with month-end tasks such as calculating prepayments and accruals, posting journals, and doing some ad hoc number-crunching.
- Help gather information needed by external stakeholders
- Maintain clear and accurate financial records, including reconciling funding received and disbursed, and creating analysis for miscellaneous income and grant funding.
- Play a part in pulling together data needed for the annual Financial Statements.
Essential:
- AAT level 4 or Part Qualified ACCA or CIMA Qualifications or equivalent
- Proficient in Microsoft Excel
- Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written.
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