Assistant Accountant
- Employer
- IMCD UK
- Location
- Sutton Green, Guildford, United Kingdom
- Salary
- Competitive Salary
- Closing date
- Apr 22, 2021
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- Job Role
- Accounts Assistant
- Sector
- Finance
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
IMCD N.V. is a leading company in sales, marketing and distribution of speciality chemicals and ingredients. With a network of offices and warehouses across EMEA, Asia-Pacific and Americas, IMCD provides its partners with the best tailored solutions for multi-territory distribution management. Headquartered in Rotterdam, IMCD has a turnover of € 2,690 M in 2019 and employs nearly 3,000 professionals in more than 50 countries who provide best in class expertise for major global manufacturers.
Background and Role
IMCD UK is based in Sutton, Surrey, and employs around 180 people. The UK Finance team is looking for an Assistant Accountant is to support the Finance Director, UK Financial Controller & management accountant in the efficient running of the UK finance function. The role's primary focus will be related to reporting, control and treasury. A secondary aspect to the role will be supporting AP and AR functions of the Finance team.
Your responsibilities at IMCD
The list below describes the main aspects of the role but may change based upon requirements of IMCD UK and employee personal development:
- Month-end process (calculating & processing accruals and prepayments, producing balance sheet reconciliations, creation of reports analysing costs and revenues)
- Daily bank reconciliations
- Complete Limits of Authority monthly audit
- Prepare various government reporting returns for review and submit once approved
- Logistic cost analysis
- Profit & Loss analysis
- Margin analysis
- Liaising with sister companies
- Support the AP team (invoice entry, expenses entry, supplier statement reconciliations)
- Support the AR team (cash entries, invoice enquiries)
- Projects
- Ad-hoc tasks as required
Ideal Candidate
- Previous experience within an accounts function
- Completed, or already studying towards, the AAT qualification (or equivalent)
- High level of accuracy
- Analytical skills
- Excellent communication skills
Other information
- Nearly 3,000 staff globally, 180 in the UK
- UK office based in Sutton (near the station)
- Standard working hours, 37.5 hours per week, Monday-Friday.
- Team 4
- 25 days holiday + great benefits
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