Assistant Accountant

Kenneth Brian Associates are recruiting for a market leader in their field, who are recruiting for a Assistant Accountant on a permanent basis. The ideal candidate experience within a similar role and will live within commutable distance to Croydon as this is an office based role.

Main Purpose:

• To manage and participate in all data processing, reconciliation and monthly reporting, and other finance-related administration.
• Train and develop Finance Coordinators.
• Manage and motivate Finance Coordinators, ensuring the function runs efficiently; to a high standard, meeting deadlines set by the FD, whilst also driving continuous improvement.
• Identify and make recommendations for profit maximising opportunities

Responsibilities of Job

• Nominal; Activity, journals, recurring entries, trial balance reconciliation, pre-payments, accruals.
• Account review; sales/purchase, credit limit, payment terms, account status, credit review.
• Nominal ledger; check data accuracy on all nominal accounts.
• Month-end process accounts; ensuring data accuracy, all reports created, data reconciled, carry out month-end process.
• Oversee & manage VAT records, reconciliation, and submission to HMRC.
• Ensure bank balances have sufficient funds for upcoming expenditures, & maximise interest.
• Prepare and analyse monthly management reports in preparation for FD.
• Update and report department & company KPIs.
• Recognise and report on profit-maximising opportunities.
• Foreign exchange; obtain and record daily rates, recommend and organise foreign exchange.
• Oversee monthly payroll processing, reporting, & statutory compliance.
• Oversee Pension; submissions, administration for employees, management of scheme, reporting.
• Asset register; add assets, calculate depreciation, and process journals.
• Stock review, analysis, and report on significant stock movement to FD.
• Manage credit account application process.
• Manage the day-to-day finance coordinator operations; set and ensure compliance of team members to standard work operating procedures.
• Provide leadership to Finance Coordinators to achieve high performance that delivers continuous improvement and quality financial data.