Accounts Assistant

Accounts Assistant - London - £30-36k

About Our Client

The company is a luxury travel and leisure company that specialise in global experiences and expeditions for their clients. With a focus on providing premium services and experiences, they are a market leader in their industry and like to keep a more limited client list in order to service them as best possible.

The head office is based near Euston (Central London) and is office based. They are a fun and dynamic company that is growing very quickly - whilst the finance team small, they work closely with the IT function - giving the successful; candidate a wealth of exposure!

Accounts Assistant Job Description

The successful candidate will have experience of:

• Accounts Receivable and Accounts Payable functions by
  
  • Accurately controlling the processing of supplier invoices, and VAT coding.
  • Reconciling supplier statements, as required.
  • Recording and allocating staff expenses.
  • Accurately controlling the processing of client invoices prepared by the sales team.
• Completing bank reconciliations daily and liaising with the wider team to collect any missing receipts/invoices.
• Updating the Cash Flow Forecast
• Ensuring documents are correctly processed through the pre-accounting software and are uploaded to the accounting software.
• Liaising where necessary with suppliers directly, and internally with the wider team to resolve any queries that may arise.
• Prepare and reconcile month end prepaid and deferred income accounts, by way of processing of journals.
• Prepare data sets for VAT reconciliations and preparing the returns
• Monthly inter-company loan reconciliations.
• Assisting with the production of Management Accounts
• Processing of month end journals provided by the FC.

The Successful Applicant

The successful Accounts Assistant will have:

• Approximately 2 - 5 years’ experience in finance
• Prior experience across both the Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable ledgers
• Strong Excel skills
• Eager to learn
• High attention to detail
• Studying towards their ACCA/CIMA/AAT/ACA qualification
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

What's on Offer

• £30,000 - £36,000
• Additional Benefits
• Bonus (disc.)
• Study Support package