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- Annual Salary: £25,000 to £30,000 DOE
- Location: Southend on Sea
- Job Type: Full-time
We are seeking an experienced Accounts Assistant to support our Accounts Manager in all areas of the day-to-day accounting function. The successful candidate will ensure that the accounts are maintained up to date and that accounting records are complete and accurate. This role requires a candidate with at least 1 year of experience in a similar role, who is AAT qualified or ACCA part qualified, and possesses good IT skills with experience in dual currency accounting.
Day-to-day of the role:- Prepare bookkeeping records from the source documents supplied.
- Manage purchasing ledger by processing and inputting invoices/credit notes and resolving invoice queries.
- Handle sales ledger by processing invoices and sending statements.
- Conduct credit control activities, including contacting customers by telephone and email.
- Process BACS and international payments online.
- Manage all aspects of digital VAT.
- Perform monthly reconciliations.
- Conduct banking and bank reconciliation of GBP, USD, and EUR accounts.
- Deal with foreign currency payments and receipts.
- Post invoices, receipts, and process payments.
- Maintain an orderly accounting filing system.
- Provide reports and information as requested by the Accounts Manager.
- Perform general bookkeeping and other office duties as needed.
- Minimum 1 year of accounting experience.
- Experience in credit control.
- Experience with multi-currency accounting.
- Good IT skills, especially proficiency in Excel.
- Ability to organise your own time, integrate within a team, and prioritise tasks to meet deadlines.
- Part Qualified / Qualified to AAT level.
