A heavily task focused Assistant Accountant is required by a local firm to manage the Sales Ledger, Purchase Ledger, Month End & Reporting. Working with a part time Purchase Ledger bookkeeper plus a fully Qualified Accountant (who comes in once a month) you'll be responsible for: Daily banking transactions (Including PayPal): updating payments & receipts, banking cheques Sales ledger (Sage 50 & BigChange): invoicing as required (sim costs & install projects), credit control, monthly client statements Purchase ledger (Suppliers & Company Credit Card): match monthly statements, match invoices to purchase order, chase missing invoices, schedule payments on terms agreed (mainly holiday cover) Quarterly VAT returns & monthly CIS returns Control & administer petty cash: invoices & maintaining level of funds Cash-flow reporting: account for all payments, purchase orders, provisional costs e.g. subcontractors & potential inflow of cash Assisting with month end and year end accounts (WIP Journals & Deferred income) Reporting: daily receipts, engineers' productivity Incoming and outgoing post Managing fuel cards & company credit cards Liaising with third party, clients & suppliers Commission figures for relevant departments, upload salary payments and assist with P11D's Take card payments over the phone Any ad hoc duties as required Assist office team with answering incoming calls in a professional manner What does the Assistant Accountant need? Competent with Microsoft word, excel and Sage Line 50 software (or similar) Bookkeeping experience, able to accurately and competently work with figures Must have excellent communication skills Excellent time management and organisation skills and ability to work to deadlines Ability to manage own workload and prioritise under pressure What's on offer for the Assistant Accountant? Salary c. £40,000 Full Time in office 8 to 5 (some flexibility on start times) Parking on site Healthcare after 3 months Death in Service Pension Sick pay 3 days rolling per year 20 days hol increasing to 23 days F4P Recruitment is an established Recruitment Consultancy, Surrey-based, providing a full recruitment solution of temporary and permanent staff within the Surrey and Hampshire area, over 4 divisions: Accountancy & Finance; Sales & Marketing; Business OfficeSupport; IT & Executive. You must reside in UK and be able to produce evidence of eligibility to work in UK. F4P Recruitment does not discriminate on the grounds of age, race, gender, disability, creed or sexual orientation and complies with all relevant UK legislation. We are acting as a Recruitment Agency & are GDPR compliant.