Assistant Accountant

Supporting the finance department, internal and external accountants and the management teams by completing routine clerical and accounting tasks. 

Duties :

- Completing and overseeing accounts payable and receivable tasks and maintenance of the ledgers. 

- Apportioning costs to correct cost centers and sales channels

- Daily bank reconciliations for multiple bank accounts in multiple currencies. Includes detailed bank receipt reconciliations in Excel using remittance reports

- Preparation of weekly payment runs

- Finding and correcting errors 

- Assisting with cash flow forecasting

- Preparing sales and intrastate data for the foreign VAT accountants. 

- Driving and supporting continuous improvement of the role and wider team processes

- Month end journals (Accruals, prepayments etc.)

- P&L analysis

- Assist with preparation of year-end files for the external auditors 

- Adhoc tasks as and when required

- Marketplace reconciliations

Essential skills :

- Previous experience in accounts, particularly dealing with a high volume of transactions daily, e.g. Accounts assistant, bookkeeper

- Strong Excel skills (VLOOKUPS, IF, SUMIF, pivot tables, text to columns and more)

- Excellent attention to detail

- Proactive, ability to evolve with the job role

- Able to meet tight deadlines 

Desirable skills :

- Experience working with and analyzing the P&L

- Using Xero cloud based accounting software

- AAT/CIMA/ACCA