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Assistant Accountant

Employer
Page Personnel
Location
England, London, South West London
Salary
£26000 - £28000 per annum
Closing date
Oct 21, 2020

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Job Role
Assistant Accountant
Sector
Oil, Gas & Energy
Contract Type
Permanent
Hours
Full Time

Job Details

The client are an excellent new start-up that are growing rapidly and looking for an Assistant Accountant to join their team, based in South West London (Victoria). They are an oil and gas company, that specialise in the production of alternative (environmentally friendly) fuels. The workload has increased as the company starts to move out of the pre-revenue stage and now they are looking for an Assistant Accountant to join the finance team.

Client Details

The client is a start up renewable energy business that are based in South West London (Victoria). They are currently in the pre-revenue stages of growth and they are building their finance team in order to help manage the increasing workload. The company will continue to grow and develop over the next few years and the role is designed to move on up into a Management Accountant role quite soon. The role works closely with the current Management Accountant (was previously the Assistant Accountant) and reports directly into the Head of Finance.

Description

The successful Assistant Accountant will:

  • Review finance inbox and obtain invoices from suppliers emails
  • Obtain necessary authorisations and coding for the purchase ledger invoices
  • Liaise with suppliers to resolve queries
  • Bank reconciliations
  • Manage the fixed asset register, ensuring invoices coded to fixed assets correctly.
  • Ownership of the company expenses process using Expensify. Initial preparation of reports and distribution to team, ensuring completed reports are received on time and completed accurately.
  • Management of the accruals and prepayments spreadsheet, ensuring late invoices chased up and items categorised correctly.
  • Journal postings as directed by the Management Accountant or Head of Finance
  • Development into several month-end tasks and assisting the Management Accountant with the monthly management accounts production

Profile

The successful Assistant Accountant will:

  • Have previous Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable experience
  • Must have experience processing Purchase Ledger invoices, staff expenses and posting in journals
  • Previous experience working with SUN systems (desirable, not essential)
  • Previous exposure to multiple currencies
  • Studying towards their ACCA or CIMA studies
  • Confident
  • Pro-active
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills
  • Good Excel skills (Pivot tables and VLOOKUPS)

Job Offer

  • £26,000 - £28,000
  • Private healthcare
  • 20 days annual leave (excluding the 8 bank holidays)
  • Additional day of annual leave for every year of service
  • Season ticket loan
  • Pension (no need for a contribution by the candidate, company fully fund it)
  • Study Support package

Company

When it comes to recruiting and placing part qualified (PQ) accountants and transactional finance candidates, Page Personnel gets the job done. We have 200 specialist recruitment consultants who know the finance market inside out and can help you to find the right role or the right candidate for your specific requirements. As part of a network of 21 countries we’re also able to offer global insight and access to international candidates.

We maintain close links with institutions like CIMA and ACCA, so it’s a market we fully understand. Our expertise also extends to areas like credit control, accounts payable and payroll and graduate recruitment. 

 

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