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The Role - Accounts Officer Basildon Based Part-Time
Are you a numbers enthusiast who enjoys working in a friendly and dynamic environment? In this role, you will be an integral part of our clients’ financial operations, ensuring that the accounting processes are smooth and efficient.
As an Accounts Officer, you will be responsible for managing financial transactions, maintaining accurate records, and assisting in budget preparation. If you thrive in a supportive setting and love handling financial data, this is the perfect position for you.
Job Responsibilities
Working closely alongside Sales Team members, the role will include the following:
- Purchase ledger
- Sales ledger
- Reconilling bank accounts
- Finance Reporting
- Performing day to day Bookkeeping tasks
- Ensure accurate and complete financial records are maintained in compliance with UK accounting standards and advise the Management Team regarding non-compliance.
- Compliance to internal workflows and procedures .
Purchase Ledger
- Responsible for purchase ledger and a weekly payment run, seeking invoice approval where necessary.
- Monitor and reconcile supplier accounts on a regular basis.
- Generate reports detailing accounts payables status.
- Bank reconciliation
- Credit card expenses.
- Monitoring costs, against projects
Sales Ledger
- Checking and posting Sales Invoices generated by the sales team
- Reporting inaccuracies in Sales Orders/Invoices
- Reporting on Customers over credit terms
- Generate reports detailing accounts payables status.
Finance Reporting
- Provide the Management Team with monthly financial statements including profit and loss and balance sheets
- Provide monthly sales data
- Verifying the accuracy of business accounts and alerting the Accounts Manager of errors
- Regularly ensuring data & associated documents are collated in preparation for preparing yearly accounts, meeting the submission deadline
Bookkeeping Activities
- Ensure accurate and complete financial records are maintained in compliance with UK accounting standards
- Monitor and review financial transactions to ensure accuracy and consistency.
- Maintain a systematic and organised filing system for financial documents.
- Collaboratively review VAT returns
- Collaboratively review financial statements showing business income and expenditure
- Ensure accurate and complete financial records are maintained in compliance with UK accounting standards.
- Monitor and review financial transactions to ensure accuracy and consistency.
- Review VAT returns.
- Induction of new staff members in entry level SAGE tasks
The Candidate
- Extensive knowledge of and at least 3 years’ experience of SAGE 50 Accounts
- Competent Excel Skills, to produce pivot tables and reports & charts
- Good attention to detail
- Passion for good quality work
- Ability to work to challenging deadlines, and manage multiple tasks simultaneously
- Able to make decisions & problem solve
- Professional customer service skills
Please note that this position is office based.
The Package
- Salary £30,000 - £35,000 based on time, salary to be pro rata
- 20 hours spread over 4-5 days flexible on work times
- 20 days holiday rising to 22 after successful probation pro rata (6 months)
- Bank holidays off
- Christmas shut down
- Birthday off
- Medicash benefit scheme
- Free onsite parking
