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Accounts Assistant

Reed
Posted a day ago, valid for a month
Location

London, Greater London WC1A 2LP, England

Contract type

Part Time

In order to submit this application, a Reed account will be created for you. As such, in addition to applying for this job, you will be signed up to all Reed’s services as part of the process. By submitting this application, you agree to Reed’s Terms and Conditions and acknowledge that your personal data will be transferred to Reed and processed by them in accordance with their Privacy Policy.

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  • Reed Accountancy is seeking a temporary finance support role for a design consultancy for a duration of 3 months, starting after the Easter break.
  • The position requires hands-on assistance with day-to-day bookkeeping and accounting for three group companies, reporting to the Finance Manager.
  • Candidates should possess experience in an office environment, preferably within SMEs, and have good IT literacy, particularly in Excel and ideally QuickBooks.
  • The role offers flexibility for full or part-time work, and the company is located in central London, near St Pauls underground station.
  • Salary details are not specified, but candidates should be prepared to demonstrate a proactive attitude and a willingness to learn new skills.

Reed Accountancy are working with a very successful design consultancy to recruit some hands-on support for their small finance function on a temporary basis for 3 months, starting after the Easter break.

In this role, reporting to the Finance Manager you will assist in the day to day bookkeeping and accounting of 3 group companies and provide general financial support across the businesses.

You will be working in a busy design studio environment, where you will need to self-manage tasks to ensure you are able to hit deadlines.

This role requires someone who is flexible, keen to take on new responsibilities and is willing to help with additional tasks and support as and when necessary.

Aim of the Role

The aim of the role is to support the Finance Manager in processing the day to day financial transactions of the businesses.

Essential Skills

  • Experience in an office environment, preferably SME 
  • Good with numbers and willingness to learn new skills
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills
  • Proficient in data entry and record keeping
  • Good IT literacy and Excel skills
  • Ideally experience in QuickBooks accounting package
  • Able to work alone
  • A pro-active, “can do” attitude

Main Tasks

You will assist the Finance Manager in the following bookkeeping duties:

  • Maintaining the purchase ledger, obtaining authorisation and making payments of suppliers' invoices as and when required
  • Checking and processing staff expenses from Concur and importing into QuickBooks
  • Reconciliation of company debit and credit cards and importing into QuickBooks
  • Entering monthly sales invoices into QuickBooks
  • Processing bank transactions
  • Monthly bank reconciliations
  • General finance administrative tasks

This is a flexible role, with scope for full or part time working, depending on your experience.  The company is based in central London, very close to St Pauls underground station.

If you are available to start a 3-month temporary assignment after Easter we look forward to hearing from you.

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In order to submit this application, a Reed account will be created for you. As such, in addition to applying for this job, you will be signed up to all Reed’s services as part of the process. By submitting this application, you agree to Reed’s Terms and Conditions and acknowledge that your personal data will be transferred to Reed and processed by them in accordance with their Privacy Policy.