Assistant Accountant

Location: Leatherhead, Surrey (Hybrid, 3 days from home, and 2 from the office)
Job Type: Temporary until mid October 2024
Hours: 35 hours per week
Hourly rate: £16.00 PAYE or £19.84 via an umbrella company.

We are seeking an Assistant Accountant to join our finance team on a temporary basis during a critical period of year-end activities and system migration. This role is integral to ensuring that our accounting system is up-to-date and accurate. The successful candidate will be proactive, customer-focused, and capable of building strong relationships across the organisation.

Day to Day of the role:

Ensure invoices are correctly coded, authorised, and filed.
Make timely payments to suppliers, tenants, and staff for expenses.
Handle new vendor creation and vendor changes.
Prepare weekly BACS payment runs to ensure creditors are paid within their terms.
Maintain signatory lists for invoice approval and payments.
Manage day-to-day banking matters and liaise with transactional bankers.
Perform bank and balance sheet reconciliations, maintaining accurate balances.
Resolve supplier queries effectively.
Post transactions to the accounts ledger, including credit card transactions, staff expenses, and all bank movements.
Complete the month-end purchase ledger close procedure.
Forecast short-term cash flow on a weekly/monthly basis and liaise with the Treasury regarding funding requirements.
Assist with internal and external audits.
Support the Finance Manager with month-end or year-end reporting as required.

Required Skills & Qualifications:

AAT qualified or part-qualified.
Experience of working in housing or not for profit.
At least 2 years of experience working in a finance team.
Knowledge of basic accounting principles, including reconciliations.
Experience with Purchase Ledger.
Understanding of VAT.
Ability to build good working relationships and possess strong communication skills.
Advanced proficiency in Excel and Word.
Housing Sector experience is desirable but not essential.
Experience of Business Central would be ideal.