Accounts Assistant/Officer

Ref: CC46362

A Japanese international shipping company and LNG carrier company is currently recruiting for an Accounts Assistant/Officer to work in their London office.

In this role, you will be responsible for processing invoices, bank reconciliations, and expenses.

The ideal candidate should have 1-2 years accounts payable experience, good communication skills, and attention to detail.

TYPE: Permanent, full-time

WORKING HOURS: 9:00-17:00 from Monday to Friday

SALARY: Negotiable, depending on experience

LOCATION: London

Accounts Assistant/Officer Main Responsibilities:

• Liaising with internal parties such as Fleet teams and with external parties such as Banks and Suppliers/Agents
• Processing of Multi-Currency purchase ledger invoices received both electronically and by post relating to various vessels operated by them for OPEX and admin
• Monitor of I2P Mariapps for no approval & new approval items and keeping the system updated
• Dealing with any supplier payment queries and investigating overdue payments
• Setting up new suppliers after verification form approved on Mariapps and dealing with system queries
• Reconcile accounts payable ledger accounts with agents/suppliers’ statements
• Updating of finance system to ensure supplier/customer contact/bank information is correct
• Conducting monthly meetings with Finance Manager relating to supplier reconciliations
• Processing of credit card information and employees out of pocket expenses
• Completing payments as required & sending out the outstanding invoice list twice a week
• Update cash flow for payment runs completed and monitoring balances of bank accounts
• Processing bank transactions & reconciliations to perform month end closure
• Crew advance funding payment to be made on a monthly basis
• Bank user to upload bank payments and also Sogecashnet bank for SCM project
• Balance Sheet reconciliations relating to agents advances completed and final disbursement accounts received
• Processing corporate accounts such as bank reconciliations, accounts payable and receivables
• Data processing, filing & photocopying
• Raising tickets for updates / improvements of new system PAL
• Filing of payment batches
• Collating of financial information
• Other ad hoc duties as set by the Finance Manager

Accounts Assistant/Officer Ideal Candidate:

• At least 1 years in accounting or relevant experience
• Good communication skills
• Strong accounts payable experience and a broad understanding of accounting principles
• Attention to detail
• Good IT Skills
• System knowledge Mariapps and shipping experience would be advantageous
• Business level fluency in English

** All applicants for the Accounts Assistant/Officer must have the right to work in the country as the Company is not able to offer visa support.

*We regret that we cannot accept applications from Working holiday visa, Graduate or Student visa holders.

If your application is successful, you will be contacted within two business days. We regret that due to the high volume of applications we receive we cannot provide feedback on individual CVs.