Accounts Assistant – (MAT COVER) Job Description Template
Our company is looking for a Accounts Assistant – (MAT COVER) to join our team.
Responsibilities:
- Reconcile the bank accounts daily;
- Processing purchase invoices;
- Updating Cognos for the daily and weekly reporting;
- First authorisation for Supplier payments;
- Posting bank payments not automatically generated by the accounting system;
- Preparing weekly updated analysis of the debtor’s report for the credit controller;
- Reconciling supplier accounts;
- Reconciling inter company accounts;
- Management of any other issues that may come to light as a result of daily business activities that require support/resolution.
Requirements:
- Commercial awareness;
- To ensure all relevant information and controls are maintained in line with group policy and appropriate approvals are obtained;
- Someone who can build good relationships with the suppliers as well as the wider business;
- A finance, accounts or relevant qualification beneficial or working towards e.g. AAT;
- Strong character who is willing to challenge where necessary in order to ensure compliance with policies/procedures;
- Able to consider the wider implications of decisions;
- Someone who is prepared to put in the hours necessary to meet deliverable targets or at key reporting times;
- Needs to be ‘hands-on’ with transactional processing;
- Strong support work ethic;
- IT Literate;
- Team player who is comfortable working in a small team environment and also as part of a wider group structure;
- Experience at Accounts Assistant and/or Accounts Payable level required.