Reed Accountancy Looking for Accounts Assistant at Potters Bar , Hertfordshire Full Time

Role: Accounts Assistant

Location: Southgate

Contract Type: Permanent Full Time – Office based

Salary: £25k to £27k (negotiable) + benefits

Benefits

• 23 days leave, plus bank holidays

• Additional holiday days for long service – up to 28 days

• Celebration of tenure

• 3 years £500

• 5 years £1000

• 10 years £5000

• Private health insurance with Vitality

• Birthday off

• One well-being day off per year

• Maternity/Paternity Pay

• Pension schemes increase – after 2 years.

• Mental health & wellbeing training through the charity Mind

• Professional Emergency First Aid at work training

• £500 referral scheme for staff who refer a new employee, paid upon passing probation.

• Company payday lunch

• Daily Fresh fruit

The Role

We require a motivated Accounts Assistant who is an excellent multitasker with exceptional communication and time management skills. You can expect to assist the accounting department with data entry, processing, and recording transactions, updating the ledger, assisting with audits or fact-checking, and preparing budgets and reports. You should be thorough, accurate, and honest with good bookkeeping skills.

The ideal candidate should have an understanding of basic accounting principles and proficiency in the use of MS Office software, such as Excel and proficiency in an accounting package – ideally Sage 50. You should be trustworthy, efficient, and highly organised.

Main Duties and Responsibilities

• Liaise with internal departments team regarding outstanding payments

• Setting up new supplier accounts

• Producing supplier and client statements and statement reconciliation

• Assist with the Month End and carrying out revenue analysis, as required

• Raise and post sales and purchase invoices with correct nominal codes, department codes and project codes

• Allocate client payments made directly into the company bank account

• Book-keeping procedures, reconcile ledgers, knowledge of payments on account

• Bank reconciliations

• Processing and posting credit card transactions

• Journal posting

• Manage queries to resolution through investigation, reconciliation and escalation where necessary.

• Processing client cash receipts

• Production and maintenance of debtor’s reports

• Adhere to the Accounts department processes and procedures

• Ad-hoc accounting matters

Skills & Knowledge

• Excellent communication skills both written and spoken

• Experience in Microsoft packages and an Accounting packages

• Good business acumen

• Minimum of 2 years experience in a similar role

• Excellent organisational skills and ability to prioritise work

• High level of numeracy and attention to detail

• Excellent analytical skills

• Ability to be adaptable to changing priorities and deadlines

• Have a pragmatic, logical approach to problem solving

Ideal but not Essential

• Experience with Sage 50 or Sage Intacct

• A part-qualified or AAT individual is desirable

• Experience in the property management sector