Assistant Accountant Capitol Foods offer support services and distribution channels for business who supply coffee, tea, fruit juices products, equipment and after sales service package to the hotel, catering, licensed and allied trades and retail convenience store sectors throughout Ireland. Position: Assistant Accountant

Location:
Belfast, Northern Ireland Job type: Full Time, Permanent

Salary:
£25,000 to £30,000 per annum About the role: Due to our ongoing success and continued growth we are now looking to recruit an Assistant Accountant to join our team in Lisburn. The Assistant Accountant will work closely with the Finance Manager supporting with month end journals, reconciliations, production of the monthly VAT Returns, EC Sales Listing & Intrastat submissions.

Responsibilities:
- Prepare monthly reports. - Ensure correct reconciliation of balance sheet accounts. - Work closely with head of departments to support in all financial matters. - Support with and respond to frequent queries from our sister company Tchibo Coffee in Epsom Head Office & German departments e.g. queries over results, operations and analyse / drill down into data to provide explanation, discuss assumptions and break high level figures down into further detail for background. - Act as full backup to Finance Manager / wider finance team if they need support or are unavailable. - VAT Production, EC Sales and Intrastat Reporting. - Prepare monthly Customer and Supplier Rebates, laisse with Third Parties as required. - Forecasting. About you: - CIMA / ACA / ACCA part qualified. - Competent in all Microsoft Office packages specifically Excel to a highly advanced level. - Knowledge and experience of using Opera & SAP. - Knowledge and experience of using an ERP system. - Excellent communication skills for presentation of information both verbally and in written format. - Attention to detail to evidence accuracy in all work produced and complete / follow through on all tasks. - Excellent interpersonal ability to forge productive working relationships which will advance the work of the team and aid remote working. Capitol Foods are equal opportunities employers, who value diversity and are strongly committed to providing equal employment opportunities for all employees and all applicants for employment. Equal opportunities are the only acceptable way to conduct business and we believe that the more inclusive our environments are, the better our work will be. You may have experience of the following: Assistant Accountant, Accounts Assistants, AAT, Accountant, Financial Analyst, Reporting, Junior Accountant, Accounting, Finance Assistant, etc. Ref: 89823