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JOB TITLE: Accounts Assistant
LOCATION: Stormking
HOURS: 08:30 - 17:00 Mon-Thu, 08:30 - 16:00 Fri
Job Purpose:
The role of the Accounts Assistant is to provide effective support to the finance team. This role will see the chosen candidate take charge of the Purchase Ledger and T&A system functions, as well as provide important administrative support and consolidation to the weekly stock takes, and support the rest of the Finance function with other ad hoc requirements.
This role provides an excellent breadth of exposure to the Finance function and would be ideal for an individual looking to further their experience and career in accounts. The role has the potential to also include study support for AAT or CIMA qualification.
Key Accountabilities:
1. Responsible for Accounts Payable function including posting purchase invoices, supplier statement recs and ensuring that suppliers are paid in a timely manner
2. Maintain the company T&A system, completing weekly reports to ensure hours are correctly recorded, setting up new starters and answering employee queries
3. Take responsibility for the weekly stock takes, providing the template for the stock to be recorded on and ensuring that the results are received in a timely and accurate manner, ready to present to the Buyer
4. Take charge of keeping the office supplies and monitoring office supply stock levels
5. Support with Accounts Receivable where required
6. Support the team with phone calls and office visitors
7. Agree intercompany balances and present these to the Management Accountant for approval
8. Run the daily invoices/daily report when required
9. Provide occasional holiday/sick cover for credit control when required
10. Provide month end support where required
11. Assisting with Year End Accounts and external audit where required
12. Other ad hoc responsibilities as required
Key Experiences and Skills Required:
13. Ability to work independently with minimal supervision to accomplish team goals and objectives
14. Computer literate, including a high proficiency in Excel
15. Familiarity with key accounting concepts
16. Excellent verbal and written skills
17. High attention to detail
18. Desire to learn and improve not only themselves but also current process
Desirables Skills, Qualifications and Experience Required:
19. Part AAT Qualified or QBE
20. Exposure to Business Central (Navision) would be advantageous
21. Manufacturing Experience, particularly with regards to stock taking
22. Previous Accounts Payable experience
Personal Attributes:
23. Teamwork – ability to work well as part of a team and actively look to help out others where needed
24. Driven by results – Decisive, confident addressing problems and opportunities, challenging activities to improve performance, demonstrate willingness to challenge accepted methods and standards
25. Action orientated – Able to deal with problems in appropriate time frames
26. Effective communication – Clear concise written and spoken, ability at all levels, customer, supplier and internal
27. Strategic agility – recognition of a changing need and speed of response, rapid reaction to challenges
28. High Standards – demonstrating a motivation to improve standards and thereby making a real difference, challenging inadequate solutions
29. Integrity and trust – demonstrating a sense of commitment to openness, honesty, loyalty and high standards in undertaking the role
30. People management – demonstrating commitment to working and engaging constructively with internal and external stakeholders