Overview

Accounts Assistant – Redhill Surrey £22/26k

To support the continued growth of the company, we are recruiting for a Finance Administrator/Accounts Assistant to support the Financial Operations to be responsible for a range of accounting tasks and assisting with ad hoc projects as required.
Due to company growth, we have expanded our finance team and are now looking to recruit an experienced and enthusiastic administrator who can assist the continued development of our finance functions.

The successful applicant will work closely with the Head of Finance and the team to support the processing of financial transactions and assisting in the day to day as necessary.
It will be essential to ensure the core activities and workload are processed in an efficient and timely manner to ensure daily reports data are met.

Main Areas of Responsibility

• Sales and Purchase Ledger data entry and upkeep
• Credit Control, chasing overdue payment by telephone and email
• Posting & Reconciliation of bank statements with accounting system
• Manage accounts payable including purchase order and invoicing
• Supplier invoices to match against PO and check against Job cost
• Reconcile supplier statements and chase up missing invoices
• Processing sales invoices, receipts
• Sending out customer monthly statements
• Ensuring supplier and customer ledgers are up to date and reconciled
• Processing staff expenses, Business Credit Cards expenditure and reconciliations
• Processing Petty cash
• Producing monthly debtors and creditors report
• Support monthly payroll processing & submission
• Support the preparation and filing of CIS Return and VAT Return
• Dealing with financial paperwork and filing
• Any other duties which may reasonably be required, including internal orders, Parking, Dart Charge, Congestion charge processes and queries.
• Processes of new supplier and customer accounts.
• Providing month end support

Keys Skills:

• 1 to 2 years Financial Administration or similar experience
• Competent in finance systems/software i.e. Sage 50 / XERO and proficient in Excel
• Experience working within Accountants Payable and Receivable functions
• Strong exposure to excel and double entry bookkeeping
• Strong numerical skills
• Working understanding of GDPR legislation
• Demonstrable professional level of interaction with internal & external stakeholders
• Strong attention to detail
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Accurate data and information processing
• Flexible in a multi-task environment and adaptable to changing priorities
• Commitment to continuous improvement.

Personal qualities

• Friendly and confident individual with excellent communication skills
• Professional, flexible, and proactive approach to work with drive and ownership of tasks
• Willing to roll sleeves up and work in a small, dynamic team.
• Desire to obtain professional accountancy qualification.
The role will be Full time on a basis of 40 hours per week, working hours 8am – 5pm Monday to Friday. You will be required to work in the office located in Redhill.
Full Time hours: 40 hours per week
Job Types: Full Time / Part Time, Permanent

Benefits:

• Company events
• Company pension
• Flexible schedule
• On-site parking
• Fantastic Company Culture
• 28 days holiday (including Bank Holidays)
Schedule:
• Monday to Friday
Experience:
• Accounting: 1-2 years (preferred)
• XERO accounting software (preferred), But Sage 50 experience is sufficient