Accounts Assistant

Accounts Assistant - Poole - up to £31,000 is required for our Poole based manufacturing client currently in growth. A diverse and interesting role much than just processing, it would suit someone who is keen to learn and develop their skills more to support the Finance Manager. Manufacturing experience would be an advantage but not essential. Working in a very small team, you will be responsible for all the transactional finance functions for the company including:

Key tasks

• Accounts Payable, match, batch and code, payment runs, reconcile statements, expenses, supplier queries
• Banking, reconcile accounts (GBP, USD, Euro), process all credit card payments
• Accounts Receivable, upload sales invoices, issue monthly statement of accounts, monitor AR balances and follow up overdue accounts
• Payroll, collate and validate weekly overtime, reconcile sickness and holiday absences, prepare monthly payroll information for payroll bureau
• Month End, reconcile all balance sheet control accounts, investigate discrepancies, process accruals and prepayments, run month end for stock valuation and WIP calculations
• Other duties, assist with year-end close, assist with annual audit, assist the Finance Manager with ad hoc tasks

Qualifications and experience

• AAT qualified or studying, solid qualified by experience background will be considered
• Knowledge of Xero an advantage but not essential
• Knowledge of manufacturing software an advantage
• Experience of payroll preparation an advantage but not essential as will be trained
• Detailed understanding of transactional bookkeeping
• Computer literacy to include developed skills in Microsoft Office applications (Excel, Outlook, Word)
• Excellent verbal, written, telephone, interpersonal and organisational skills
• Ability to follow processes and procedures
• Ability to multitask, manage variable workloads and prioritise effectively
• Accuracy and attention to detail

The role is fully office based. It can be 30 hours (4 days) or 37.5 hours per week. 25 days holiday + bank holidays, company sick pay, life assurance, pension, social events and on-site parking.

Bond Williams Professional Recruitment are an equal opportunity employer and operate as an Employment Business and Recruitment Agency