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Interim Accounting Assistant

Temporary

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This is an initial 3-6 months role with the strong chance of it going permenant.

General Purpose

To provide day-to-day operational and administrative support to the Finance Manager while assisting with Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable functions. This role will help ensure efficient financial processing, with a particular focus on meeting month-end deadlines, delivering accurate month-end reporting, and maintaining effective communication across the finance team and wider business.

The successful candidate will have strong all-round accounting knowledge, excellent organisational skills, and prior experience working under pressure.

Key Duties and Responsibilities

Month-End & Reporting

  • Assist with month-end close processes to strict deadlines.
  • Prepare journals, accruals and prepayments.
  • Ensure all month-end schedules are completed accurately and on time.
  • Assist with Fixed Asset Register to account for monthly additions, disposals, etc.
  • Assist with the preparation of month end sales reports, including discounts
  • Inventory valuation control, including ensuring completeness of costing

Finance Operations

  • Support credit control activities and overdue debt collections to ensure they remain within tolerance.
  • Assist with sales invoicing, and customer account maintenance.
  • Reconcile customer accounts and allocate incoming payments.
  • Investigate customer queries and payment discrepancies.
  • Assist with purchase ledger processing and supplier invoice posting.
  • Reconcile supplier statements and resolve invoice queries.
  • Ensure invoices are processed accurately and within deadlines.
  • Assisting with preparation of payment runs
  • Calculating recharges to international offices and invoicing for these
  • Assist with quarterly VAT returns, audits and statutory reporting deadlines for UK entities.
  • Help improve finance processes and internal controls.
  • Work closely with the Finance Manager and wider finance team to meet business deadlines.

Skills and Experience Required

  • Minimum of 3+ years in a similar role.
  • Proving experience working to tight deadlines.
  • Experience preparing month-end reports, journals and reconciliations.
  • Good understanding of AP and AR processes.
  • Strong Excel skills.
  • High attention to detail.
  • Able to prioritise workload in a fast-paced environment.
  • AAT qualified or studying
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